95 V6 rearend to 98SS rearend

[Mr. Merk]

trying to work out all the bugs, has anyone done this? will the SS have traction control and prevent me from swapping rearends??

do all the brake lines still work??

did you swap the proportioning valve or is it the same?

[FirebirdGT]

It's not the TC but the ABS you will have a problem with. Your car has a single rear ABS sensor in the rear end. Most 98+ have two at the wheel. The ABS is a different manufacturer 93-97 and 98+. It can be done but it is not a "bolt-in".

[Mr. Merk]

what needs to be done??

[FirebirdGT]

Let's start with - why do you want a 98 SS rear end?

[97rs4life]

Originally posted by FirebirdGT:
Let's start with - why do you want a 98 SS rear end?

Probably for the gears and LSD would be my guess. The 98 SS part I would say he prob. has one locally he can get if it works. [img]graemlins/wavey.gif[/img]

[Mr. Merk]

gears, posi, disc brakes, the big ones, oh and we're getting that, front and rear sway bars, and the larger front brakes (with new rotors and pads) for.....

drumroll

$575 locally

why wouldnt we want that

[Mr. Merk]

forget the suspension for now, i see you have 11.5" rear rotors, what did you use?

[FirebirdGT]

Originally posted by Mr. Merk:
forget the suspension for now, i see you have 11.5" rear rotors, what did you use?

93-97 rear disc brake "kit". The stock V8 rear.

http://www.tacreationsusa.com/suspensi.htm

[Mr. Merk]

talked to russ about it and he thinks it should be ok (the rearend doesnt have traction control btw) but i may have to change out the reluctor ring??

[FunkZ]

No you don't have to change out the ring. Rears either have single or dual channel ABS, that's it. And putting a dual-channel ABS rear on a single-channel car is not impossible, it's just not plug-n-play.

[Mr. Merk]

i went and looked at the SS rear and it had a single hose leading to the T in the hardlines

so will it work?

[FunkZ]

Yeah, that should be identical to yours.

[Mr. Merk]

yaaaaay

thanks guys

[Lionel'z Camaro]

so V8 Fbodies have larger rear brakes than the v6s?

[98Camaro3.8]

Originally posted by Lionel'z Camaro:
so V8 Fbodies have larger rear brakes than the v6s?

No. But not all 97- V6s came with rear disc brakes.

97- V6s had smaller rotors than 98+, but in the same year the size is the same.

Rear rotors:
93-97: 11.5"
98+: 12"

Front rotors:
93-97: 10.9"
98+: 11.9"