89sedan Posted February 8, 2012 Report Share Posted February 8, 2012 Hey guys was wondering if there were kits i can use to convert my drums to discs hopefully doing an engine conversion later on and require better braking cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frosty Posted February 8, 2012 Report Share Posted February 8, 2012 Hey guys was wondering if there were kits i can use to convert my drums to discs hopefully doing an engine conversion later on and require better braking cheers So.... that will be a kit for your pushbike or your billycart? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
89sedan Posted February 8, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 8, 2012 considering my username is 89 sedan i dare say an 89 corolla sedan ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
altezzaclub Posted February 8, 2012 Report Share Posted February 8, 2012 Discs on the rear will not give you better braking. ..and if you do somethng to get more rear brakes you will lock up the rears and spin unless you limit them back to where they are... We used to run larger rear slave cylinders and better rear shoes, as we wanted the rears to lock up in gravel rallying. The only reason to go disc was that they are faster to change pads on, and the giant disadvantage is the pathetic handbrake that discs have. Front brakes do 80% of the braking, so you upgrade those until they over-ride the tyres and lock them up, then you can easily upgrade the read drums to match. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MYSTIK[RL] Posted February 8, 2012 Report Share Posted February 8, 2012 it is a simple conversion only requiring the the 3 trailing arms, hubs, calipers, flexible brake lines, rotors, and handbrake cable off of a ae9X SX hatch/seca or an RV/Ultimta secas i have been there and done it one of my ae9x's and it is worth the effort only if you are doing an engine conversion as well :y: and that car is still running the same master cylinder as when is had the drums brakes on the rear, but i also went with the larger front brakes as well when i did the conversion :y: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
89sedan Posted February 9, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 9, 2012 thankyou guys my stik where would i buy all the parts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MYSTIK[RL] Posted February 9, 2012 Report Share Posted February 9, 2012 off of a car at a wreckers is a start or off of someone who is parting a car out etc etc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
styler Posted February 9, 2012 Report Share Posted February 9, 2012 Upgrade fronts first as rears only do a small percent of braking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
89sedan Posted February 11, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 11, 2012 cheers guys I'm going to just buy it all brand new Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MYSTIK[RL] Posted February 11, 2012 Report Share Posted February 11, 2012 cheers guys I'm going to just buy it all brand new good luck buying brand new calipers and hubs/rear trailing arms from toyota, better lop off and arm and and a leg, and quite possibly take a huge tub of lube as well. best of getting these from a another car and rebuilding them. rotors, brake pads, handbrake cables and flexible lines can be bought new though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
89sedan Posted February 12, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 12, 2012 true Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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