rear disc brake conversion

[Jeanda]

my Q's is- "does anyone have/make these conversion kits?" if so, "where and whats it going for?"

[TealV6]

Best bet is get a Z28 rear axle whole and swap it in. It's quick and painless.

Steve

[Turbo V6 Camaro]

teal v6 is right its the best way

www.turbov6camaro.com/rear.html

but if you must www.tacreationsusa.com has a kit for 150 i think and 200 for 1998 and up

[FirebirdGT]

Originally posted by viper04af:
teal v6 is right its the best way

www.turbov6camaro.com/rear.html

but if you must www.tacreationsusa.com has a kit for 150 i think and 200 for 1998 and up

You do NOT want to put on 98+ rear brakes, go with the stock 93-97 rears - they're a bolt-on with no changes made. You need the calipers, bracket and E-brake cables. Rotors and pads you want new anyway.

[TealV6]

Roberts correct...I forgot to mention that.

I did the swap myself from my friends 96 SS when he went to a Ford 9" upgrade.

Steve

[Loochy88]

http://www.camarov6.com/ubb/ultimate...;f=29;t=000018

[93camaro_zzz]

Originally posted by TealV6:
Best bet is get a Z28 rear axle whole and swap it in. It's quick and painless.

Steve

:werd: Thats what I did. I swapped a T/A rear end. Things hooked up fine. Excvept for my emergency brake. :eek:

[TealV6]

Originally posted by 93camaro_zzz:
:werd: Thats what I did. I swapped a T/A rear end. Things hooked up fine. Excvept for my emergency brake. :eek:

What's an emergency brake??? :D

And those that question the propotioning valve issue.... if you swap rears from the same generation, there is no issues. It's when you interchange generations. 93-97, 98-02. The valve is the same part number from V6 to V8 in the GM manuals.

Steve

[ellik]

could somebody list the exact problems with installing 98+ disc brakes on a 97 drum rear. Is the only problem with the brake lines since the calipers will be on the front of the hub instead of the rear as the 93-97 discs were?

[TealV6]

Robert will be the "end all be all" answer man for this one, but IF I'm not mistaken, the calipers are different sized and will displace more fluid. this will cause issues for older braking system and need an external propotioning valve added. The lines may need to be custom made because GM rarely will make life easy as to "plug and play" with different generations, thus the comment about staying to the correct generation. I also think the e-brake is different some how... I don't know if it's an internal baby drum or just a modifed lever like Gen 1 is.

Is there a reason you want a Gen 2 rear end in a Gen 1 car?

Steve

[ellik]

I figured if I go to the trouble of doing the drum to disc conversion, I might as well spend the extra $50 to get the 98+ style and have the nicer looking aluminum calipers/ better braking ability. I had planned on doing a front conversion as well. Nice to have everything match.

Ive already completely built my Gen 1 rear end other than brakes, so I dont want to swap a used and abused Gen 2 rear end in.

[FirebirdGT]

Originally posted by ellik:
I figured if I go to the trouble of doing the drum to disc conversion, I might as well spend the extra $50 to get the 98+ style and have the nicer looking aluminum calipers/ better braking ability. I had planned on doing a front conversion as well. Nice to have everything match.

Ive already completely built my Gen 1 rear end other than brakes, so I dont want to swap a used and abused Gen 2 rear end in.

There is no "performance" advantage, only headaches.

http://www.camarov6.com/ubb/ultimate...;f=23;t=003830

The ABS is different between 93-97 and 98+. It is not worth the effort to put a 98+ rear axle in a 93-97.

[ February 28, 2005, 04:48 PM: Message edited by: FirebirdGT ]

[ellik]

ok. Im not argueing, and will probalby go with a LT1 disc setup. But I thought there were several people that have swapped in whole 98+ rear ends successfully, which would suggest that if they can get the ABS to work, then it shouldnt be a much dissimialar problem with just the calipers and mounting hardware. I was expecting just mounting/ fabrication issues to get the brackets attached to the 93-97 rear-end since the calipers switched from back-front mounted between the years.

[FirebirdGT]

Originally posted by ellik:
ok. Im not argueing, and will probalby go with a LT1 disc setup. But I thought there were several people that have swapped in whole 98+ rear ends successfully, which would suggest that if they can get the ABS to work, then it shouldnt be a much dissimialar problem with just the calipers and mounting hardware. I was expecting just mounting/ fabrication issues to get the brackets attached to the 93-97 rear-end since the calipers switched from back-front mounted between the years.

You could if you REALLY want the 98+ rear calipers, is to install the bracket, calipers, brake lines - and abandon the ABS sensors in the wheels, and continue to use the 93-97 rear end ABS sensor. Make sense?

[ellik]

yes. do you know if the connectors stayed the same, or would they have to be changed out for a newer style/ shape?