57 Chevy Disc Brake Conversion Part 2 - Easy Hot Rod Upgrade

[@400brian]

Single exhaust 55-57s had the fuel and brake lines on the inside of the frame, on dual exhaust cars the lines were on the outside of the frame. On the front end: the original ball bearings required frequent re-packing and were a PITA. The hot set up was to replace the wheel hubs with mid 60s ones, ( mine came off a 65 Impala ) the tapered roller bearings were a huge improvement! I am still running the drum brakes on my car, discs are a common upgrade. Power discs should be awesome!

[@ccjensen4670]

I went with a serpentine belt set up off a big block truck and Hydro Vac power brakes...works great. Rack and pinion power steering turns without effort and a cross flow aluminum radiator with two large fans cools in the Las Vegas heat..I have a down flow aluminum radiator and electric fan to get rid of...never used..also installed new larger fuel tank with electric fuel pump in the tank and have another new tank gathering dust...live and learn....I'm sharing what I learned working with tri fives for 50 years. Also learned I should have stayed with a Holley 850 double pumper and skipped the EFI...never to old to learn..

[@garymccord4277]

I believe the 57 does quite well with out line lock. Sounds like tons of power that would have been impossible back in the day. Love those newer chevy engines Great video

[@DDSpeedShop]

yeah they r a sweet set up

[@josephprettyman2178]

To judge the success of your work gauge the size of the smile on you face,your smiling ear to ear on those linelock burnouts.

[@PapaVrooom]

Nice burnie in the garage. I don't have your luck. If I ever try that It'll be a free expansion of the garage.

[@DDSpeedShop]

haha gotta test the brakes

[@mikepoint4983]

Lol Dani is so funny , great job on the install Dan . Stay safe you guys . We need more drone vids . Cheers

[@PatinaPitstop]

Adding disc brakes to my wagon was one of the best upgrades I've done. The line loc is one of the most fun!

[@jasonleandro412]

I know it is kinda randomly asking but do anyone know of a good website to watch newly released tv shows online?

[@christophercristiano4579]

@Jason Leandro i would suggest FlixZone. Just search on google for it =)

[@lancelandyn1974]

@Jason Leandro i would suggest FlixZone. You can find it on google :)

[@NewWhirledSlacker42]

Go fast is life.. stopping quickly and comfortably is a very close 2nd

[@qball1of1]

Some of my favorite parts of the videos are the short drives. So many people now have stuff and just let it sit in a garage, lucky if it sees daylight 2x a year. I know the roads suck, but c'mon people, at least enjoy the thing a little bit, like you do.

[@stevecr8934]

Sway Bar Great Idea. Sounds like the front end needs tightening up bit. Normal 55-57s drove loose.

[@martinmayhem7122]

Dan laughs "I got a thumbs up from a guy in a Corolla!" LOL - Hell ya she does some burnouts! Effortless! Good work Dan! Just catching up on videos.

[@LeeSmith-BigK51984]

Nice job.. I helped a friend of mine with his 55 Chevy but he had a kit that he got when he bought the car.. There a nice upgrades for them Chevy's.. Great job and keep up the great work.. And keep the wrenches on turnin and the tires on burnin.. Hell yeah..

[@DDSpeedShop]

Thanks buddy!

[@Rollormotor]

I think Dani will love having power disc brakes, Plus it is much safer. I don't think she will get sick if she is using the brakes herself Just be careful the car stops fast if you have the doggo's in the car. Steve rocks!

[@DDSpeedShop]

Oua she's stoked on the car now

[@DCHutchins]

Glad the brake job went smooth for you, I had a heck of a job, every line nut rusted, pain in the ass.

[@DDSpeedShop]

Been there haha

[@streetsnailspeedshop1896]

Nice rip! Glad that system is working out!

[@benbrown2119]

Nice! I have the same flaring tool set. Good for metric bubble flares and push connects too!

[@daviderickson9445]

What brand is flaring tool set?

[@tekkvgvmc2552]

Yeah- who makes the flaring kit? Thanks

[@vanstechcorral]

Fantastic tool. No wonder you refuse to give it back! One good trick for brake line stress relief is to use your tubing bender to create a coil after the exit from the metering block.

[@DDSpeedShop]

Great tip!

[@fhionnsgarage4770]

Danielle is freaking adorable. Good job on the brakes.

[@theozman38]

Dani’s hot rod is becoming a bad ass toy. Lol. Yeah. Her laugh is sooo mischievous. Lol. Awesome 😎

[@N-Scale]

Pretty cool as you pass Speed World at 13:36 !!!

[@DDSpeedShop]

thanks man! fun times

[@IronheadGarage]

O yeah she does good burn outs now love the smell of rubber good job. Hoping too see the T back in the garage soon brother👍

[@DDSpeedShop]

Very soon!

[@diggerspeedshop80]

Glad you got through the frustration!!!

[@DDSpeedShop]

thanks man!

[@Nova.1971]

They work great for burnouts!!!! Glad everything worked out............

[@DDSpeedShop]

Me too!

[@chuckelliott258]

When doing burn outs with 4 wheel drum brakes leave rear drum loose so first pump applies front drum only and 2nd and 3rd pumps will apply all 4 we loved burn outs before disc brakes

[@johnmcclellan4791]

57 sounds great 👍 nice burn outs

[@DDSpeedShop]

Thanks 👍

[@Vet-7174]

Enjoyed vid !! Great Job Dani's laugh gets me every time 😆

[@DDSpeedShop]

So glad!

[@brandonshere3]

good shit man, can't wait to get back to wrenching on my 56

[@DDSpeedShop]

nice! what all is left to do?

[@brandonshere3]

@@DDSpeedShop short term is disc brakes up front and an 8.8 ford out rear for the discs and posi along with some boiled linseed oil for the patina and a pertronix electronic ignition for the distributor. Longer term is getting some new bearings for a crank, lowering the compression and a few odds and ends for the roots blower going onto a 440 I picked up for it. I'll have to figure out some kind of deal with a transmission too, hopefully a 4 speed while i'm at it.

[@brandonshere3]

also thinking about something along the lines of your 4 to 2 door swap possibly, my girl gets defensive when I talk about cutting a survivor though

[@henrygibson1530]

Well I started witching the video earlier today and just got around to finishing it. Good job on the brakes! Well I guess you are done for now with the 57. Well have a good time better get some more tire's. 😁

[@mikepantel6945]

Uh oh, she's got that LS, power steering and now power disc brakes. Power seats and windows next? Then a port to charge the phone? Maybe tunes? Nah, just stock pile rear tires every chance you get. INDOOR BURNOUT!!! Short & sweet!

[@DDSpeedShop]

Haha she's gunna be too spoiled

[@marcusmason8300]

That's a nice car and getting better all the time.

[@DDSpeedShop]

thanks buddy!

[@scotttracey3748]

Great Job nothing like the smell of rubber.Looking forward to more T videos.

[@DDSpeedShop]

Me too. Waiting in parts

[@jameshall4385]

you have an awesome hotroding attitude. let’s spend money to convert to disc brakes. it’s not for safety or reliability, it’s for better burnouts. nice 👍

[@DDSpeedShop]

haha made sense to me

[@DavidJones-hl5om]

Great job on those brakes time for a headliner and rear seat cover make Danny happy

[@DDSpeedShop]

I can't spoil her or she'll start to expect it haha

[@mathewruppert8682]

That's sweet, good burn outs and the cars looking good love the Bel Airs

[@wesleyreed415]

You do good work i love your style watching you for 6 months you 2 make me laugh keep up the great work @ DD SPEED SHOP

[@jvmiller1995]

Burn outs was the least of your worries with the old master cylinder, They was horrible If one line broke the entire system was gone. Just getting rid of the single MC made it 100 times safer the fact they are disk and power is just icing on the cake.

[@ronringel9132]

Nice job Dan... stay safe.

[@2tmacisback]

Thanks, very helpful. Just about to do it on my 55.

[@clay8430]

Is it weird I can smell brake fluid while watching this ?

[@youtubefilmvisionary67]

Nice upgrade on the front Disc Brakes!...

[@jvmiller1995]

Something to beware if you have a brake warning light system in use. The plastic nut with the small metal pin is the sensor for that warning light on the proportioning valve. It has to do with the way the 2 halves are tied together and what side the contacts slide to from center to turn the warning light on. (if there is a leak of bad seal it will move the position on the switch from center and trip a switch letting us know to check our brake system. I said that because the whit nut with the pin that goes to the warning light goes on the proportioning valve needs to be removed and replaced with a calibration tool that holds the sensor switch in the proper place during the bleeding. Then once the brakes are solid you remove it and replace with the sending unit and you have a proper bleed brake system. Of course if you did not use this feature and put a brake system warning light in then I guess it would not matter. But many modern gauge sets have the dummy light for these old cars built in that they never had before so they can be made more modern and safer.

[@robertlee4564]

Better burnouts are a win !!!!

[@deopersad2915]

Awesome good job, yeah should buy that tool off him as you will be doing other projects with it soon , I have a cheap version of it areally old one but it does the job 👍🏾👍🏾

[@HorsepowerHeadquarters454]

Works better than trying to hold 4 drums back lol, glad I swapped the 68 to vac and discs just got to start on it again.

[@DDSpeedShop]

Totally worth the time and money

[@ronmccormack9849]

Dannys cars sound real strong i like it i dont think you have to hold the brakes on to do a smoker it sound like its got lots of goodies under the hood nice job on brakes have fun see ya

[@dnmtorp]

love the 57, look at those Dagmars

[@DDSpeedShop]

I'm a fan

[@TheSaxon25]

You guys made bleeding brakes fun - hard to do!! Burnouts always feel good too 🍻🍻✌️

[@vortexgen1]

Burnouts are always good.

[@DDSpeedShop]

Yes they are!

[@jeffsweeney6613]

Love the channel

[@DDSpeedShop]

thanks!

[@tomp3981]

Now you can melt the tires off it and pollute the ozone.I just want to see it and smell it from the state's. Awesome video keep on wrenching 🤘👍

[@DDSpeedShop]

Thanks tom

[@Sludge73]

Awesome. Glad ya had success! Thanks for sharing.

[@MrHevyshevy]

I need to do this.

[@lwmmotorsports4194]

Like the cars that you have

[@craigrobbins8981]

Great job man, she'll love it.

[@79beans347]

I'm probably going to have disc brakes all 4 corners andput line lock on my pinto because it will be a 5 speed so it will be alot easier with that setup but you're golden with the automatic 💪😜👌

[@DDSpeedShop]

nice! sounds like a fun rod man

[@79beans347]

@@DDSpeedShop it will be if I can get scat to send my stroker kit to me so that I can finish up my motor but gotta put it in the machine shop first so I can get it bored decked cam bearings in and .060 taken off the heads so that I can stay around 11.1 compression. Gotta get all the power I can so that it can move the big giant heavy pinto around 🤣😂😜👌💪🚗💨

[@dvv45]

Wow! Light em up!

[@QuickSpeedShop]

Nice job!

[@timerickson7056]

The reason manufacturers Put tho loops I brake lines at the master is because the found over time the vibration in the lines crack at the flares if the don't so they're basically shock absorbers

[@DDSpeedShop]

sweet good to know

[@richo2895]

That's a win !!

[@briquetaverne]

Dan, any chance you'd put a horn ring in the steering wheel and guzzy up the look a bit?

[@79beans347]

Hell yeah not being able to do a nice burn out sucks. If it doesn't do a good burnout its time to change something lol but yeah man I'm glad it will do a proper burnout so now you can call ol zip ties out to a burnout contest in the garage again 😜💪🚙💨💨💨

[@bwsgarage]

Nice job as always.

[@BigJon129]

"At least it's not fire" should be a tee shirt lol

[@DDSpeedShop]

Haha

[@57REDROOSTER]

Love the year car myself

[@shanewright6958]

Great job and video 👍👍🇨🇱

[@billbly1691]

Great video

[@trickyricky12147]

Awesome! Power steering, upgraded brakes now it's Caddy! Lol

[@DDSpeedShop]

Haha almost

[@camaropene7390]

When are we going to get another video on the 47

[@DDSpeedShop]

What do you wanna see

[@camaropene7390]

Anything u wanna film I love ur work and also classic rods

[@robertmccartney8557]

Nice smoke.

[@LovettSpeedShop]

Great job buddy!!

[@VictorRivera-xt1nl]

What happens to the emergency break on a standard shift car?

[@dalesakawsky7309]

Smoke show on 149th street ??

[@jarlegregersen7496]

turbo kit next !

[@davidhogan5133]

Cool. Nice job.

[@DDSpeedShop]

Thanks!

[@stevecrazyrednecktrucker4006]

You do amazingly quick work...do you ever sleep? Lol

[@Vet-7174]

Hahahaha 😆

[@DDSpeedShop]

most nights haha

[@1957kwick]

Correct me if I’m wrong but I thought you were supposed to bleed power brakes with the car running.🛠

[@DDSpeedShop]

I never have

[@vanstechcorral]

How does Dudley DoRight feel about those burnouts?

[@DDSpeedShop]

hes mellow haha

[@lorieawaitley7662]

#17 may 21 '20 02:09 PM 🇺🇸😎🎩 Part 2 : D Y K supposed to use backing plates on disc brakes and rotors 🕶

[@williamdavis3509]

About 3/4 of the way through, I lost connection. Don't know why, but I'll try again for sure.🤘✌️👍🖖🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@64C10Claymore]

Who needs a line loc

[@LAKERAT_YT]

Was there a bird flying around inside the shop?

[@DDSpeedShop]

Haha yeah sure was

[@LAKERAT_YT]

I had to research your video all over again becuase I wasn't watching you lol I was watching the bird zoom back n forth lol

[@greggkuzila7513]

Amazon or RockAuto it may take a week that you can get all your stuff I know in Canada pay a lot of money to get this stuff but Princess Auto does a good job for Canada

[@josephknowlton7246]

Liked, shared and commented.🍻🗽🤴🏻 14:41

[@mikesonneson2824]

Enjoyed

[@shartne]

excellent

[@jeffk6941]

I'm trying to piece together a power brake setup for my 68 camaro . Do you know who made the master assembly? Also, were you using 3/16 or 1/4 tube or both? Keep up the good work.

[@DDSpeedShop]

its from "right stuff" i used both sizes

[@smacwhinnie]

Where did this 57 end up?

[@DDSpeedShop]

dani daily drives it

[@morgansword]

Unhook the gas gauge as it is the number one reason I had kids. Honey we're out of gas so what cha say?? All kidding aside, next thing will be paint and a car show.

[@stevenrmckenna]

Cool car

[@DDSpeedShop]

Thanks!

[@wandahelmer1038]

I see you have a bird friend, 🤣😂😎

[@DDSpeedShop]

haha yeah

[@greggkuzila7513]

I thought most Chevys have double flares???

[@kitt7219]

TY TY!

[@Xxjoker21xX]

You are Bleeding your Brakes Backwards you have to Start on Passenger Rear then to driver rear then to pass front then Driver front to get all Air Out straight out of a Service manual!!!

[@waynebrogdon9628]

Not lame anymore

[@Tater79bj]

Dude, let the bird out lol.

[@DDSpeedShop]

haha i tried

[@Tater79bj]

@@DDSpeedShop I figured you did, just ribbin ya my friend 😉

[@badmonkey3669]

Real Hot Rods don't need to do brake stands to do burn outs :)

[@dickjohnson1158]

BADMONKEY . Heard dat !

[@Iamthathillbilly]

I had this argument for two months with an old friend, a burnout is just peeling off with no brakes, a brake stand is what he’s doing and it’s different than a burnout 😉

[@bozan8036]

Nice!!

[@DDSpeedShop]

Thanks!

[@xozindustries7451]

I hate the feeling of brake fluid on tools and my hands, seeing it all over the floor made me think of how much it sucks

[@DDSpeedShop]

Yeah its as bad as coolant

[@katmandu8208]

How to make Danny laugh pop r wheelie

[@charlesmoxley739]

Hey you should change saying just flaring the end to what you was doing is double flared the lines just saying there are people that dont know the difference Peace