Hemi Swapped 1970 Challenger Gets a Major Upgrade: Wilwood Big Brake Kit Front and Rear

In this episode the Hemi swapped 1970 Challenger is back and it's getting a huge upgrade - 12.19" rotors and 4 piston calipers on all four corners. I install a Wilwood big brake for the front and rear. The front has its factory 11" rotor, single-piston disc brakes upgraded and the rear gets it's original drum brakes replaced with the lightweight kit from Wilwood. I weigh the OEM Chrysler disc brakes vs the Wilwood brakes and see what kind of weight savings I'm getting. I also use my Motive power brake bleeder for bleeding the brakes and prob vale. I also set up brake bias with the Wilwood adjustable proportioning valve. I get to test the Mopar brake kit and see how it stacks up to original Dodge brakes.
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00:00 - Intro
01:18 - Wilwood Brake Kit Unboxing
03:15 - Mopar 8 3/4 Axle Removal
04:21 - Rear Disc Brake Install
07:01 - Wilwood Brake Caliper Clearance
11:00 - Wilwood Brake Caliper Adjustment
15:12 - Wilwood Parking Brake Install
17:12 - Front Brake Removal
19:13 - Brake Rotor Build
20:01 - Front Disc Brake Install
22:22 - Wilwood Disc Brake Weight
23:44 - Motive Power Brake Bleeder
24:38 - Wilwood Brake Bleed
28:03 - Wilwood Proportioning Valve Adjustment

[@96Dak318]

I have a 73 with a 340 4 speed that has almost the exact same color scheme going on. Love watching your videos. I’ll be taking on some of these projects in the near future.

[@bryanhallman8183]

Hey, it's finally back! 😛

[@Bluedragon7777]

I don't know I found the advertisement I haven't checked to see if they're still in business but they had badass motors for this car for only sixteen hundred bucks😂😊 ready to go sure it's old but for a brand-new beefed-up old one you can't beat that

[@MikeJBlues]

Awsome job, looks great. Stopping is important. I have a 2010 Challenger R/T Classic. I did an SRT Brembo swap. Stopping is good lol

[@noboltsleftbehind]

Thanks man, 100% agreed. I hear the Brembos are a solid upgrade, and I love the look of the fresh calipers.

[@caelanreeves9760]

You are by far one of my favorite accounts on KZbin now, how do you not have more views? These videos are not only very interesting and entertaining but very very informative. I recently bought a project 70’ challenger to sit beside my 68’ coronet and I’ll be coming to your videos a lot to help me and give me confidence in my restoration as I’m swapping in a 6.4 hemi, keep on making this awesome content!!

[@noboltsleftbehind]

Thanks man, I really appreciate it. Good luck on your swap, I'm super glad my videos can help!

[@NightWrencher]

Snazzy 👍 I personally would have gone with the red ones to make them pop behind the wheels and also theyd match really close to your body color. Different strokes for different folks 😂

[@noboltsleftbehind]

Dude, let me tell you I was on the fence about it. I figured I could always hit them with some caliper paint.

[@scottziegler9172]

Great video! I can't say enough good things about having great brakes!

[@Tango_Hendrix]

You said it brother. Drilled and slotted for me! Wbu

[@Tango_Hendrix]

18:26 looks pretty asf

[@MartinodePueblo]

Love it man, yet again a great in depth video. The biggest thing i've learned from you is to get a car where you can actually get parts for! I've got a Nissan Cherry 1.5 GL from '86. Absolutely no parts findable for that in the EU. I'd love to drop in an engine with injection, and do a disk brake swap in the rear, like you. Not sure if i'll be able to sadly. Great vid, looking forward to the next!

[@noboltsleftbehind]

Thanks! I had to look up the Nissan Cherry, those things are sweet! It gives me an AE86 vibe. Definitely makes life easier when parts are easy to get, or at least similar models to steal parts from.

[@MartinodePueblo]

@@noboltsleftbehind Same! Love the 80's vibe in those cars!

[@biggdawgg6932]

Great video and I like cars but I would not trust myself enough to do that type of work.

[@mrphiscal]

Glad you back making youtube content. . Keep it coming brother!!!

[@noboltsleftbehind]

Thanks man, will do!

[@Bluedragon7777]

Half way through the video I'm glad I watched it now 🤣. And that reminds me exactly of something that we were just talking about and when I had the transmission throttle linkage converted over and updated I had to make a part 😊 and today you've got 10 different ways to make that same part a better car part. And it's because the old throttle linkage had to do with springs and 🪝 hooks all of the new throttle linkage has have to do with cables. And whenever you buy the new one that attaches to the transmission then it doesn't hook up to the new carburetor. Which is why they have gone even further now and then the whole new system EFI 😊 and I haven't looked at it yet but I'm pretty sure I can even get an electronic mini barrel and put a six-pack of electronic many barrels on top instead of 😂 nafi that looks like carburetor ha ha ha ! And I can't remember when we first replace our master cylinder for the brake system it was the original master cylinder that's a guy had rebuilt because he was a hydraulics mechanic actually.

[@christophermcleary8091]

Hope to see even more content on that gorgeous beast of a car

[@noboltsleftbehind]

More to come in the next few weeks! I'm trying to get this thing track ready. Or as close as an old muscle car can get anyways. Haha.

[@ClassicSmashTV]

I like your work brother 👍 Is the Z coming back for more videos🤞

[@noboltsleftbehind]

Thanks man! The Z will definitely be back, keep an eye out for another episode soon.

[@infamousnova]

Niiiiccceeeee

[@reapwhatyousow3383]

that challenger is badass!! I have a 67 dart with disc brakes from a 73 challenger. Id like to do this upgrade but every kit i find says i need the magnum force spindles.......yet i cant find them. it looks like you used your stock spindles (of which i should have on my dart), do you have the kit number for the front brake kit?

[@noboltsleftbehind]

Thanks man! The Wilwood kit is part number 140-15468 and yes they are stock spindles, though I want to say they were from a later year Challenger, maybe a '73 or '74. I think the diameters are a bit different between years.

[@WOLFSCHRAMM1]

What are the break lines you used? I tried contacting summit racing, they told me the lines would have to be made?, I'm currently slowly working on a 1972 Dodge Challenger Rallye, It would be awesome if you could list links for the parts used or at least name them, that would be a huge help finding compatible parts, thank you!

[@noboltsleftbehind]

I just used the factory lines, I got some stainless steel ones from Inline Tube. I had to bend the rear axle lines a bit but they work fine. For the rear I didn't bother using a rubber intermediate line, just the hard lines straight into the calipers.

[@WOLFSCHRAMM1]

@@noboltsleftbehind Awesome, thank you!

[@acardiac5983]

Are those rear brake lines you installed stock replacements? Did they match up to new calipers without modifications?

[@noboltsleftbehind]

Yes, they’re the stock drum brake hard lines and they plugged right in with a little custom bending. You just need an adapter for the caliper.

[@acardiac5983]

When you installed the Willwood master cylinder did you have to make new brake lines or were you able to use the originals?

[@acardiac5983]

How much better does the car stop now versus Stock?

[@noboltsleftbehind]

@@acardiac5983 I used the originals, but I also switched out my distribution block with the Wilwood adjustable one.

[@noboltsleftbehind]

@@acardiac5983 noticeably better, but I wouldn't say a massive difference if you already have power front discs. Weight savings on the front wheels was definitely noticeable though.

[@bryanhallman8183]

Did you go with the 500 Monocast or the VN500 wheels?

[@noboltsleftbehind]

They’re American Racing VN501 15”

[@bryanhallman8183]

@@noboltsleftbehind Cool, so those will fit inside those wheels. 😉👍

[@72SSAbody]

Where did you get your Bilsteins?

[@noboltsleftbehind]

Got them from www.p-s-t.com , I absolutely love them.