Well, now that I've got the falcon running and driving fine, its time for me to change it all over again. I'm thinking about making it into a g***er, and probably putting a decently built up 351W in it that way I can re-use my headers and transmission. I've been looking at a few options. I can get a straight axle out of a older ford truck or econoline van and use it in my car. I've thought about that, but I want to keep disc brakes on my car. Next summer I'm driving it to school (***uming its done by then), which is about a 300 mile trip, and it'll probably see a lot of driving when I'm home too in the spring and fall, so I'm gonna need decent brakes. So any suggestions about putting disc brakes on an older straight axle would be helpful. I was also looking at this Falcon on ebay: http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1964-FALCON-2DR-SEDAN-G***ER-HOT-RAT-STREET-ROD_W0QQitemZ4568822380QQcategoryZ6232QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem And looked up the speedway motors kits. They offer a couple different straight axle kits for about 600 bucks that include springs, axle, and spindles, and also some other kits that include disc brakes. I thought mabye about doing that, but I'm not sure what width, the difference between some of the straight axles, and or how well they work out. Either way, I'd like some feedback from guys who have done these conversions, and how well they handled (not expecting much) and how it worked out. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.
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