The 70 LeMans Getting UPGRADES! Jegs GM A Body Front Disc Brake Conversion!

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Ай бұрын

The time has come for the 455 Pontiac powered 1970 Pontiac LeMans to step up and not just do street car duty, but be ready for some race car duty as well! With the 2024 Pontiac Nationals coming up Bob McVay of Street Racing Channel / The Old Man's Garage fame reached out about wanting to have a car to run. Unfortunately our Pontiac 350HO build won't be done in time to get the 1968 LeMans ready, so instead we're switching to Plan B, and that means we need to start with some brake upgrades!
One of the biggest upgrades any classic car can get to improve it's daily drivable characteristics is a brake upgrade, in this case we're getting rid of the old Drum - Drum setup and going 4 wheel disc brake conversion. In order to do this, we grabbed a GM A Body Disc Brake Conversion Kit from our folks at Jegs and get to work! We are holding off on doing the rears just yet, because there's also likely a rear end swap in the future as well!

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@MrBayoubig 28 күн бұрын

97 with real feel 107 at 5:21pm in center of Louisiana right now 😂😂

@evil16v1 28 күн бұрын

Ive made the conversion with the stock drum spindles. Yes you meed to get the larger special bolt. The boss that bolt is on needs machines down with am end mill or flycutter. Chevelle stuff from there . I used 69 vette manual 4 disc master, left the distribution block. 85 regal front calipers for the rear, left on the right, right on the left. Mounted with plate steel on stock pins. TA rotors. Works great.

@WiSeNhEiMeR-1369 23 күн бұрын

HOWdy LUCORE, ... getting Old Yeller ready for PONCHO' Nationals Thanks COOP ...

@mikeburnett7028 28 күн бұрын

Get some rest Rich. Have a happy 4th

@fordman7502 28 күн бұрын

I must say Austin you have cool boss to let you put some of your cars in his lot and work on your cars too.

@chuckschultz7028 28 күн бұрын

I appreciate watching the nitty gritty of muscle car life. It is not all headers and chrome valve covers!

@timshannon6363 28 күн бұрын

107 IN TEXAS in my shop it was 120, I locked up and went home I thought I was going to die

@58sportsuburban 27 күн бұрын

I went with the global west drag race control arms for my ‘70 lemans sport. And you can use them on the street.

@thomasj.kappjr.929 24 күн бұрын

87° with a feel like temperature of 99° Fort Myers Florida

@davidgough1161 28 күн бұрын

Hi, Rich. I love is car. Can't wait for some real brakes and a upgraded rear gear!

@evil16v1 28 күн бұрын

I stay stocked up at tractor supply. They sell grade 8 by the pound. A few plastic box organizers, and im saving gas and money from going to the hardware store.

@GrandPitoVic 28 күн бұрын

Brother, people are vacationing from hell right now to get a break from the heat. North Carolina here. It's the humidity that gets you ROFLMFAO!!!!

@brianstephanierobertson357 27 күн бұрын

Love those old A body GMs!!! Especially Pontiac!!!

@jamiebruce1597 28 күн бұрын

Loving it!

@user-jr4sw5cy2i 28 күн бұрын

Hey, Austin, you do know that hood that you have for the 68 will fit your 70 ?

@johnwheeler8964 28 күн бұрын

❤❤love the patina

@ricknorris6943corvair 28 күн бұрын

For some unknown reason I cannot stand the feel of brake fluid on my hands.

@dondotterer24 28 күн бұрын

No it doesn't start right up. Get a Quadrajet from Cliff Ruggles in Ohio. He wrote the book on them.

@ricknorris6943corvair 28 күн бұрын

Are those rotors directional? The ones I put on my racecar were.

@richardlucore6813 28 күн бұрын

They are aggressive, or less aggressive!

@alkennedy1124 28 күн бұрын

You want to sell any spare 1970 Pontiac sport coupe with the front chrome and real Crome bumpers, this is the year and the style I had for my first car, ,please thanks help find me a rat style 1970 Pontiac sport coupe Lemans,I ar had a post floor shifter,350 th 350, white vinal top, thanks BigAl California.

@user-hi2ev7ug4l 28 күн бұрын

Good old A-body content...can't go wrong....maybe use steel wheels on the front end..??... Good luck and pack a tool box...thanks..🔧🔧👍

@johndillinger8482 28 күн бұрын

why not get the conversion kit from right stuff detailing? support your local vendors,not jegs which is owned by a hedge fund.

@richardlucore6813 28 күн бұрын

Right stuff has nice kits! We just finished a 67 chevelle 4 wheel disc brake set up with their kit. Its good stuff and takes time to set up correctly just like all the other kits. We are not owned by any specific company to sell their parts. The jegs kit made sense for this car, and it was a clean install. Cheers!

@johndillinger8482 28 күн бұрын

@@richardlucore6813 i never said you were obligated to sell anything.how did not helping a local business make sense?

@richardlucore6813 28 күн бұрын

@johndillinger8482 Do you think local people don't work at the jegs warehouse..... or the 11th ave store? I literally just did a Right Stuff disc brake install on a 67 chevelle. They have good bits. But it was complicated getting parts from them as they are no longer "based " out of westerville. For this car the jegs kit was the choice...... we don't get paid by the people supplying the parts. We just install the bits that are necessary to get the job done. If they don't work out. We get better bits. It's really not that complicated.

@johnwheeler8964 28 күн бұрын

Sounds mean