Can I run no front brakes on a street car?

I'm looking at set of Spindle Mount American Magnesium front wheels. I'm trying to collect parts for a '55 Chevy g***er build......Would rear disc brakes on that big of a car be good enough? Or am I asking for trouble? I'd want to be able to drive it. I know it'd look really cool, but thought it'd be better to ask you guys. Thanks for the help.

 

asking for trouble, thats a big car and needs all the brakes it can get.

 

The front brakes do the majority of the stopping due to the weight of the car shifting forward when braking. Looks cool, but not safe.

 

ok, thanks.... I'll p*** on these ones then

 

when i had my 55 i couldnt wait to drive it down the road. i had just got my fresh 327 running and boy was i excited!! didnt have any front brakes due to a leaking wheel cyl., blocked off the front got rears and went for a ride around the block. damn that car was fast. but i couldnt stop that thing for ****.stop sign comin up and the road tee<d right there. left turn ,my house go straight and i would run into a school driveway, which was about 500ft long from the road to the school. i ended up in the schools back yard.over 1500 ft with my foot on the brake the whole way and still went straight past the stop sign and 500ft up the school drive and went to the side of the building and came to a stop in the back of it.glad nothing was comin when i ran that sign. after i changed my pants.i fixed the front brakes. but maybe you will have better luck than me!!im not pullin one out of the shop now until its got brakes on all four corners and they throw you threw the windsheild. ken

 

not only that but you'ld be held libil in the event of an accident- unsafe for street blaa blaaa blaa

 

Legally no. And in theory not really, the weight comes off the back causing sliding and you will die in a wreck.

 

Do you want someone following your mom around in a hot rodded '55 Chevy with no front brakes?





Well neither do I...

 

Darwin says you can!

 

Bad idea, way too much weight for rear brakes only. Heck even if was 1000 pounds I'd still want front brakes.

 

I wouldnt do it if it were me.

 

For a test run, do 60 MPH and stop quick with your E brake

 

E-T makes a bolt on ten spoke wheel that you run with front brakes. Might not be as neat loking as the Ameicans, but a lot safer.

 

As long as you have a parachute, you should be fine.

 

.......or a big anchor.

 

70 percent front, 30 percent rear......also with only rear brakes, turn a corner hit the brakes instant spin....done it....

 

You might be able to get away with fronts and no rears, but definitely not the other way around, unless killing people is your idea of being a hot rodder!

Honest question, but no. Even an ultralight like a T-bucket would be scary without front brakes.

 

Not a good idea. Function over form.

 

The answer to this one is so obvious that I can't believe how many times it comes up.

 

Yes you can, as long as you drive uphill both ways.

 

Great idea , thin out the gene pool !!!!!!!!!

 

I was asking a genuine question.....some of you guys are pretty funny. But it's starting to get rude now.

 

I almost killed my family in a T with no brakes and spindle mounts, never again. you can adapt discs to spindle mounts though. Similar to T wire wheels, I love the look but everyone is right not on the street, you can't drive that far ahead.

 

The other thing someone has not mentioned is that if you even go to a "mildly" modern brake system they have redundancy built in. Sure it's not pretty but you CAN ultimately stop if you lose fronts or rears.

 

Only way it could work is with very long wheelbase, and about 99% of the weight on the rear wheels, as in a slingshot dragster.

For any type of road car, forget it.

 

"Can I run no front brakes on a street car? "
NO - extremely bad idea for all the reasons listed above.

"I'm looking at set of Spindle Mount American Magnesium front wheels."
You didn't ask but, you can add brakes to some spindle mounts.

Don't know which AR magnesium spindle mount you are looking at for your project but American racing has reproduced the 5 spoke spindle mounts and also a version with lug nuts and brakes like any other wheel. Its in their "pro" series and about 750- ish each.

http://www.summitracing.com/search/?keyword=pro series torqe thrust&dds=1

 

Hey, its a "g***er", dont let these guys tell you how to build your car, build it your way. Function, safety, old man stuff. Fashion first. The obligatory non-functional moon tank zip-tied to the grill will absorb most of the impact anyway...

 

driveshaft brake

 

Sure, build it with no front brakes so that the first time some pimple faced 16 year old cuts you off in his mothers civic you can smash the dog**** out of both cars.