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How to Measure Your Bolt Pattern to Find the Right Brake Conversion Kit

When it comes to purchase a brake conversion kit from Pirate Jack, we make it pretty easy to ensure you are getting the right one. We categorize our kits according to type and year of your vehicle. So, for instance, you would purchase our 1962-1972 Mopar A Body Small Bolt Pattern brake conversion kit if you [...]

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Convert the Front and Rear Disc Brakes with Our A-Body Kit

Older vehicles often have drum brakes on all four wheels. These brakes are generally less efficient than newer disc brakes, so many car enthusiasts decide to undergo a disc brake conversion using a kit from Pirate Jack to change their brakes over. However, you can choose to change either just the front brakes--leaving drum brakes [...]

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What Your Bolt Pattern Is and Why It Matters

When shopping on the Pirate Jack website, you might see a description that something like this: 1962-1972 Mopar A Body Small Bolt Pattern Standard Disc Brake Conversion Kit  What's that "small bolt pattern business" all about? Let's take a look at what a bolt pattern is and why it matters when you are shopping for replacement auto [...]

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Three Ways Our Mopar A-Body Disc Brake Conversion Kit is Making Your Life Easier

Disc brake conversions aren't the easier job you'll do when fixing up an old muscle car, but a conversion kit from Pirate Jack can definitely make your life easier. We sell kits like that 1962-1972 Mopar A-Body Small Bolt Pattern Standard Disc Brake Conversion Kit with Powder Coated Black Calipers. Because we know that this is [...]

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The Benefits of Braided Stainless Steel Hoses in Our Brake Conversion Kit

Some of our kits, such as the 1962-1972 Mopar B-body and E-body High Performance Brake Conversion Kit, come with braided stainless steel hoses. If you've worked on vehicles before you may have seen the standard rubber brake lines and wonder why we use this stainless steel variation in our kits. There are actually many advantages to [...]

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We Make Using Our Disc Brake Conversion Kits as Easy As Possible

Pirate Jack goes the extra mile to make installing your disc brake conversion kit as easy as possible. Let's say you've purchased a disc brake conversion kit for your 1965 Belvedere, but it's the first time that you've done a conversion on a vehicle yourself. Pirate Jack has your back. First of all, we make the [...]

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We Have the Brake Rotors and Pads You Need for Your Classic GTX

The classic Plymouth GTX is a stunning vehicle. Smooth lines flow down to the trademark grill. This vehicle was originally marketed by Plymouth as "the gentleman's muscle car" and that's a pretty great description of the vehicle. It originally arrived in showrooms in 1967 and was only around until 1971. Despite it's limited run from [...]

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Why You Care About the Calipers on the Car Braking System of Your Classic

Many vehicle enthusiasts make the same mistakes when it comes to fixing up their first vehicle. They might put more money into the appearance of their car than they do the performance. Of course you want your vehicle to look great, but more importantly, it needs to have the best possible performance on the road. [...]

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Where to Find Replacement Auto Parts for Your Dodge Charger

Replacement auto parts for the Dodge Charger are popular items in stores such as ours. The first Dodge Charger made its debut in 1964, but the well-known B-body model didn't arrive until 1966. Sales were initially low until Dodge redesigned the vehicle in 1968 and eliminated it's biggest internal competitor on the market, the Dodge [...]

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Why We Include Everything You'll Need in Our Disc Brake Conversion Kits

Fixing up a vehicle shouldn't be something that only people with deep vehicle knowledge and access to tons of auto parts can do. This is a hobby that should be accessible to anyone who is interested in it. That's part of the reason Pirate Jack includes all of the pieces you need for a disc [...]

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