Rear disc brake conversion???
06-17-2008, 09:13 AM
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I'm working on one right now. I just can't fathom spending 500 bucks and use 1 piston Chevy calipers. I am going to be using the SFA 4 piston calipers and non vented rotors with a manual proportioning valve. People are always upgrading to V6 calipers and the vented Landcruiser rotors so there is an abundance of them that nobody wants. I found some for less than 80 bucks for everything. Now I need to make the brackets and have the inside diameter on the rotor machined to fit over the rear axle. Should be killer when it's done.
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just a heads up- you don't want more braking power on the rear than you have on the front.
nothing will jack up your day like having the rears lock up before the fronts on a wet road somewhere in traffic.
and if you're going to dial down the braking power with a proportioning valve, what was the point of increasing the rear brake power in the first place?
nothing will jack up your day like having the rears lock up before the fronts on a wet road somewhere in traffic.
and if you're going to dial down the braking power with a proportioning valve, what was the point of increasing the rear brake power in the first place?
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just a heads up- you don't want more braking power on the rear than you have on the front.
nothing will jack up your day like having the rears lock up before the fronts on a wet road somewhere in traffic.
and if you're going to dial down the braking power with a proportioning valve, what was the point of increasing the rear brake power in the first place?
nothing will jack up your day like having the rears lock up before the fronts on a wet road somewhere in traffic.
and if you're going to dial down the braking power with a proportioning valve, what was the point of increasing the rear brake power in the first place?
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06-18-2008, 06:41 PM
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just a heads up- you don't want more braking power on the rear than you have on the front.
nothing will jack up your day like having the rears lock up before the fronts on a wet road somewhere in traffic.
and if you're going to dial down the braking power with a proportioning valve, what was the point of increasing the rear brake power in the first place?
nothing will jack up your day like having the rears lock up before the fronts on a wet road somewhere in traffic.
and if you're going to dial down the braking power with a proportioning valve, what was the point of increasing the rear brake power in the first place?
Rear discs work better on the trail than drums soaked in water and mud etc.
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06-18-2008, 08:28 PM
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Here's is my writeup:
https://www.yotatech.com/forums/f116...c-swap-107749/
Probably way to much detail.
Almost a year and a half later and I am still very impressed.
https://www.yotatech.com/forums/f116...c-swap-107749/
Probably way to much detail.
Almost a year and a half later and I am still very impressed.
06-19-2008, 11:23 AM
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Make sure you look at what kind of proporioning valve you are planning on using. I have been looking at it for a while now and reading a lot. The "single in sigle out" valves are not proporsioning valves even though they sell them as that. They are just flow control valves that will delay the rear brakes so that they don't lock up first but you still get full pressure. You will need a front biased type.
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