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ajzamc360 
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 Topic: New Front Brake Setups?Posted: Mar/24/2023 at 8:28am |
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Hey AMC Fam.
Looking to update the front brakes on my 69 AMX. Trying to get away from the old 2 piston bendix solid rotor and find something with a little more power. Trying to stay away from the Wilwood stuff because it just seems extremely out of budget for what you get. I know for a while there was kits through kennedy or Peter Stathes that were reasonably priced at around $2000. Wondering what everyone else is doing? It is still sporting the trunnion style front end.
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RandyB
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Posted: Mar/24/2023 at 8:37am |
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There are two threads currently going on about this, did you look at the Scarebird threads?
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ajzamc360
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Posted: Mar/24/2023 at 8:40am |
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I haven't seen the scarebird thread, but i didn't want to run that setup if i could avoid it. Plus it was my understanding that scarebird was to be "no more" a while back so i'm looking for something a little more out of the box and throw on. A one day project instead of sourcing blazer calipers and escort rotors, etc etc.
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WesternRed
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Posted: Mar/24/2023 at 8:49am |
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Wilwood AMC front brake kits start under $1000
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6t8amxetc
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Posted: Mar/24/2023 at 9:34am |
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I have this setup for two of my AMC's! Was definitely cost effective by purchasing used brakes off eBay.
Edited by 6t8amxetc - Mar/24/2023 at 9:39am |
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Posted: Mar/24/2023 at 9:40am |
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What are you doing with the car that the stock setup is not effective?
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Posted: Mar/24/2023 at 9:48am |
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Aerospace has multiple Amc kits you might want to look at. They are aluminum alloy components with cast rotors.#POS Mike Luke i believe is his name on the forum is a dealer for them.
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worm611
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Posted: Mar/24/2023 at 12:34pm |
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I see a lot of options for disc brake conversion, but I don't see many posts about this website, is there something that isn't good with their product(s)?
https://www.rusticdiscbrakes.com/product-page/1965-1983-amc-front-disc-brake-kit Thank you, Jeremy
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Posted: Mar/24/2023 at 1:06pm |
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I first heard about them for Ford Bronco brakes. They are not well known in the AMC world. I think since Scarebird stopped production there has been a vigorous search for brake conversions.
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Posted: Mar/24/2023 at 4:39pm |
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Back to the question: What's wrong with your factory set up?
Calipers (they are 4-piston, not 2-piston) are cheap and plentiful.
Rotors are not. Yes, they don't shed heat very well, but they are still
great brakes for most ordinary driving. I don't drive my AMX
that much-never once have the brakes not been more than adequate. My
engineer buddy who drives his a lot, still has the factory Bendix
system. If it ain't broke---don't fix it!
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