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Originally Posted by 1968GTO421

I noticed no one has directly answered your question of small brakes on front -vs- large brakes on rear. I had to track down my brother (Mr Chevelle guy) and query him. He had a '66 Chevelle with the 9.5 inch rums front and back. He also ran his Chevelle at local drag strips. Hence the Chevy 8.2 rear quickly gave up. He hunted down a late '70's Chevelle wagon that had the larger rear end and steeper gears) and the 11" rear brakes. He had a buddy do some cutting and welding on the rear so the upper and lower trailing arms fit correctly to bro's frame. With new brakes shoes, wheel cylinders, etc., they got the 8.5 rear into the '66 Chevelle. This job ran my bro out of money so he put off front discs for 6 months. He raced the car on weekends and drove it semi-daily along with his '66 C-10. Is he an "old lady" driver? Nope. And the 9.5 drums up front and the 11" drums in back stopped just fine. The front shoes wore faster but they always do. Brakes stop the wheels, tires stop the car.
FWIW

Thanks a bunch for this.