Has anyone used or seen the drifting dad 5 lug conversion is it good, are there better ways to do it that dont involve chopping the stock struts?

 

This kit?

It looks like the old RE-Speed brake kit, the sleeves go over the stock spindles so that FC hubs and bearings can be used.
You'll need to check if they're for 84-85 or 79-83 spindles.

 

I got the same impression when I found it, I am still pissed that Re-Speed burned me long ago when I paid for a kit and they closed up shop. I had to file a Credit card charge back to get my money.

 

I don't think the kit requires any chopping, just installation of the adapters on the spindle. These are based off the RE-SPEED kits that are now discontinued

I have been in contact with Andrew because I would like this for my car. There are other big brake kits on the market such as the one from T3 or KCRACEWARE. However, those are probably 2-3x the price of Andrew's kit.

You can also use the FC 4 lug hubs if you follow Aaron Cake's procedure on swapping 4pot brakes into a 4 lug FC.

These are for 84-85 spindles so you will need to be sure that you have the correct spindles to accept this kit.

 

how can I tell the difference between spindles

 

84-85 = big spindle
79-83 = small spindle

There are ways to convert small spindles to big spindles, but at that point you'd be better off going the t3 route.

 

This is interesting. curious how much this changes track width in the front