[ChevLoRay]

I knew a guy before I joined the USAF, back in '66-7. He bought a '63 Dodge Dart 2-dr sedan from the guy who had built it...with a Chrysler 383. Still had the stock rear end and brakes all the way around. Rear ends lasted a couple of weeks. Brakes were usually gone in three weeks. 8-inch drum brakes with that kind of horsepower is dumb thing to do. But, what a ride!

I hate adjusting drum brakes. When you build a set, and you have access to some tools in a shop, it may be easier to get the arced, and then after measuring the ID of the drum, adjusting the shoes to fit. When the drum is on the vehicle and has been for a while, the adjusters get funky with brake dust and rust, and don't want to turn very easily. If you have it on a rack, that's one thing. But, if you're on a creeper and it is on a set of stands, it's not much fun. I don't recall ever having to adjust my disc brakes.