rear drum to disc conversion

where is the best place to get a conversion kit to change the rear to disc from drum?

jegs has it for $699 and i saw one somewhere else for $899 and one for $1299 but cant remember where they were.

buy a whole caprice and take alot more parts than just the disc brake conversion !!!!!!!!!!

what year?

92 IS THE BEST YEAR I HERE BUT I THINK 92 TO 96 IS THE ONES THAT ARE SO SIMILAR

99ish 2wd blazer at a junk yard or something... Will have to make some spacers and maybe turn down the outside of the axles a small bit.

what do you mean turn down the axles?

The outside of the axles where the lug studs are is too big around for the inside of the blazer disk. I have not confirmed this but its what ive heard. I have a blazer rear and front disk setup that im gonna try and swap on sometime.

Try speedway. A lit of dirt trackers use our cars/chassis and I think there are a number of bolt on coversions. In the $300 range too.

NPD, has a large range of prices and kits for the rear drum to disc conversion. I bought the best one they had it was around $1,200. That came with cross drilled rotors, and red painted calipers. It is a true bolt on! the cheaper kits might not have everything you need...but it wouldnt hurt to call Summit or Jegs to ask.

Maybe a moot point, but why rear disc brakes? My Malibu stops fine with 9.5 " drums in the back. They can be converted to 11" easily also, like the '76 and '77 El Camino has.

pila wrote:Maybe a moot point, but why rear disc brakes? My Malibu stops fine with 9.5 " drums in the back. They can be converted to 11" easily also, like the '76 and '77 El Camino has.

I agree. Its your front brakes that work the hardest. JB

also the 75 76 Laguna came with 11" drums

probably just out of convenience...i HATE drums

They're not too bad to work on if you go buy a drum brake spring removal tool. I bought one for $10 when I rebuilt the drums on ranger literally came apart. Anyone else had that happen to them?

I realize that many new cars have discs all around. I do wonder if disc brakes are less expensive to put on the new cars, as opposed to the drum system. The mfgrs usually figure out a way to save a few bucks when producing cars. Quite a few less moving parts in a disc system, and easy to install and replace etc.

If working on your own brakes, a few tools to do it are sure cheap compared to having it done at a shop. And the spray-cans of brake cleaner really work good to clean the crap off when working on drum brakes.