If you collect the right parts its a bolt on. Granted requires a junkyard visit and some parts collection. There have discussions all over the boards about this. I have done two myself. A straight S10 set will give you fantastic brakes. On my car (71 T/A) I have upgraded the S10 set up to 12" rotors with Wilwood calipers(Really because my aftermarket wheels have big windows). The nice thing about the S10 set up is the E brake system. IDK what your budget is like but Wilwood has a bolt on kit that goes straight to 12" brakes using 1LE baking plates. Either way you get shoes for an E brake. Everybody else's kits uses a ratcheting caliper or at least one that has some kind of lever to physically move the caliper piston. Rotors with hats are best. JMHO
Picture with old and new set up, both using S10 backing plates and E brakes.
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1978 Black & Gold T/A [complete 70 Ram Air III (carb to pan) PQ and 12 bolt], fully loaded, deluxe, WS6, T-Top car - 1972 Formula 455HO Ram Air numbers matching Julep Green - 1971 T/A 455, 320 CFM Eheads, RP cam, Doug's headers, Fuel injection, TKX 5 Spd. 12 Bolt 3.73, 4 wheel disc. All A/C cars
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