Originally posted by College Boy
One more ? for the road...if I freshen up the drum brakes, will that be safe enough for a lightweight car with a 350 smallblock?
You can do whatever you want....but, I have always leaned toward disc brakes. It just makes me feel better, being able to stop my 'rod when I wanna. The cost of the brakes ain't nowhere near as expensive as the cost of the car or your life if they don't stop ya quick enough. In my opinion, it's always better to have more WHOA than GO.

Streets is right, they used drum brakes on all them Camaro's and they worked fine. But keep in mind that even back then, on the Hi-Perf COPO cars (eg. the '69 Z-28 pace car) they had 4 wheel disc brakes. Other Hi-Perf cars from GM had front disc brakes back as far as '67 (That I know of). So, if your motor is on a strict diet of raw meat and dynamite, I would suggest you go with the discs. I know that they cost more; but, to me they're worth it.

Cheers,
Firechicken