I'm going with 4-wheel disc brakes on the wagon. Eventually I will need to install a proportioning valve. Speedway Motors has one for only $32.95, roughly half the best price I've been able to find elsewhere. It has 1/8" MPT female inlets and outlets and is a nice looking piece. As long as I use one, does it really matter which one I use?

Depending on your brake setup, you might be surprised to find that your stock metering block will work just fine.

I'm using my stock manual drum metering block, with a 4-wheel disc setup with Hydroboost. It works perfectly.

It's a '65, never had disc brakes, never had a metering block. The rears are a kit, I'm told they are a late '70s-early '80s Cadillac rear brake set up. The fronts are stock '69-'70 discs. Nothing I have at the moment has a proportioning valve or metering block or balancing valve with it.

Rich, I'm not sure if it matters what brand you use. I bought a Wilwood for $40. I went to Speedway's website. Their house brand (as shown in the picture anyway) IS a Wilwood (look at the knob on the zoom-in picture). Buy it, install it, and you're dialed-in. I think someone posted awhile back that Wilwood was pretty much the only game in town. Off-brand are just rebadged Wilwood valves.

Alan is correct. I have one I got from one of those custom bent stainless steel tubing places with my brake line kit and it looks just like the Wilwood ones I have seen and a few other brands.

Works great on my 66SS with 70 discs, where the stock one would lock the rears up when I stop a little hard.

Chris.

The only drawback to an adjustable one is that its way too fun having dialed for brake-stand burnouts rather than safety :D

I have rear discs, and barely have them doing anything graemlins/clonk.gif :D

Originally posted by Derek69SS:
The only drawback to an adjustable one is that its way too fun having dialed for brake-stand burnouts rather than safety :D

I have rear discs, and barely have them doing anything graemlins/clonk.gif :D So why not mount it in a convenient location, mark the valve with a "driving" setting and a "burnout" setting and allow yourself the opportunity to go back and forth between the two as you feel the need?

I stopped by Speedway today and the counter help was so pitiful I left without buying one. After all, I only have an HOUR for lunch. Geez! I'll stop by again when it's not so inconvenient for them to sell me some parts.

So why not mount it in a convenient location, mark the valve with a "driving" setting and a "burnout" setting and allow yourself the opportunity to go back and forth between the two as you feel the need?
You have to turn the valve through several rotations to adjust, I haven't figured out how to mark it yet... I just said to he** with it, & put a line lock on mine..

Scott

Just as a follow up, I bought the Speedway version today for $32.95 which seems like a bargain from others I've priced. While the main body had SPEEDWAY etched into it, other parts on it did indeed say Wilwood. The guy behind the counter said that Wilwood ships them the parts and they build them at Speedway. I don't care much about all that as much as I do that I got a quality piece for a good price!