I have access to a 80 volare wagon. Can these disk brakes somehow fit on my valiant?

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71 valiant 225
75 d200 225
93 d200 cummins

it has been done-- I believe jimluv on this board did the very thing your contemplating-- approx a year ago-- i'll see if he is still around to see how it is working out

As I recall (you'd better double check because I could be sadly mistaken) you can use the calipers, rotors, spindles, upper ball joints, and upper control arms but you will need the lower control arms and lower ball joints from an A-body to make it work. There are differences in the spindles which make the conversion somewhat controversial but it is not an uncommon swap and supposedly works out fine.

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David Kight
'62 Valiant Signet, White
'98 Dodge Dakota
'06 Jeep Liberty

Growing older is unavoidable but growing up is strictly optional.

Yes. Grab the spindles and their brakes. Here's the other parts needed:

'73-'76 A-body disc brake ball joints (the F-body uppers may be the same)
'73-'76 A-body upper control arms (There is no difference between disc and drum versions)
Disc brake master cylinder and proportioning valve.

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"Mad Scientist" Matt Cramer
'66 Dart - turbocharged 225
My blog - Mad Scientist Matt's Lair

thanks for the info !

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71 valiant 225
75 d200 225
93 d200 cummins

For information on the knuckle interchange issue, see PRO and CON

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"When you find a big kettle of crazy, it's best not to stir it." - Pointy-haired Boss

1964 Valiant V200, 225/Pushbutton 904
BBD, CAI, HEI, LBP, AC, AM/FM/USB, EIEIO

Yes, it will work. I used the brakes from a '79 Cordoba.
You will need the parts Matt mentioned.
I was unable to find the correct UCA's and proportioning valve.
I bought tubular UCA's and an adjustable proportioning vavle.

The best advice I can give is to rebuild the rest of the front end while you are in there. Tie rod ends, ball joints, LCA bushings (PITA!!!), strut rod bushings, etc. You don't want to cut corners and find out you cannot get the front end aligned. Trust me, I took it back apart twice before I quit trying to cut corners.

You will be very pleased with the resuts! Good Luck.

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'71 Dart Swinger

Matt said The upper control arms ( uca's ) from the volare or cordoba are completely worthless on an a-body as already stated.

The uca's from a '71' have a smaller ball joint but are otherwise the same as the '73-76' uca's. It's not safe to use the smaller ball joint (in most people's opinion, although I've heard you can do it with some shims and enough beer) and a lot of work to make larger ball joints fit into the older uca's, (cutting/welding) so most people buy the 'easy' fit.

This is a big project and it's been done many time and many ways. I seem to recall that there is a good write up about it in the A-body section of the allpar forums.

If you need a set of factory uca's I think I've got one hidden away still. They are likely to be in need of new ball joints and rubber bushings, but make me an offer if you are interested.

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1980 Aspen 225 super six

Slant6ram: if Paul doesn't want those UCA's let me know... I am in the market for a pair

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'70 Plymouth Duster 225
"A girl can fix stuff too! (sometimes.)"