drum to disc conversion??

[knarf]

How big of a pain in the ass will this be to undertake? And any suggestions for the best and cheapest kits? Thanks for the your input.

[DisrupTer911]

not its a terrible difficult conversion

it just costs alot assuming you don't have a donor car to get all the parts off of.

however, if u've got all the parts from a junked or wrecked car...it becomes a thousand times cheaper and easier.

[knarf]

alright thanks for the tip. but when i find one what will i all need to salvage of the donor focus?

[Tekin112]

spindles, hubs (connected to spindel if from junk yard), brake lines, parking brake cables, disc, caliper brakets, calipers.



salvage yard collection

[ElPogoLoco]

You can also contact Jeremy at Focussalvage.com and he may be able to help you out.

[knarf]

hey thanks everyone for you help, pogologo and all. i'm in the process of finding the needed parts.

[ILfocus]

if you have every thing but the pasg rear spindle assyl and hub? can you use the rear assy from the zx3? say if i had a donor svt?

[Tekin112]

This might help. And no you cant use the rear hub assembly from the zx3. the zx3 has drum brakes, and uses a differetn hub.

[knarf]

so once i find my parts what am i in for? any approximate completion times or if any one has conquered this task in the past. thanks

[Tekin112]

rear disc brake conversion with a lift took me about an hour.

[ILfocus]

so once i find my parts what am i in for? any approximate completion times or if any one has conquered this task in the past. thanks

man come over and we will do it together!

[knarf]

hey pogologo, thanks for the tip on the focussalvage.com but i got a quote from jermey for $600. I can get a new non-salvaged kit for only another $100. So I'll pass on the salvaged rear end. Thought he'd be cheaper than that. Junk yards here I come.

[ILfocus]

hey man i live in godfrey and i am going to be doing this as soon as the car gets out of the shop, i got all the parts on hand right now.

[knarf]

Well I'd love to come up and help but I'm not that lucky to have the parts yet. But I would be up for lending a hand and learning.

[ILfocus]

i will be hosting a bbq when i do it, because the engine will be in and the paint work is already done!

we will learn on my car, win win fo ryou

[ouikikazz]

This might help. And no you cant use the rear hub assembly from the zx3. the zx3 has drum brakes, and uses a differetn hub.

did you paint the parts or something? why's is all glossy black?

[knarf]

so where did you score all your parts? donor focus or wrecked or salvage yard or what? i need some help.

[BLrDFCS07]

You don't need a new master cylinder? I thought that with disc/drum set ups, because on discs the pads are always slightly touching the rotor that the rear drums need to be engaged a split second before the discs because the pads have farther to travel, thus needing a master cylinder set up thats different? That was just my understanding, could be outdated or N/A for this, I dn.

[Tekin112]

i powder coated them all, and i picked up a totaled svt focus from a yard for nex to nothing.

[sleeperlove]

you forgot the HUGE blower label tekin

[c4uldr0n]

wow, that's a good quick time!

[ouikikazz]

i powder coated them all, and i picked up a totaled svt focus from a yard for nex to nothing.

how much did it cost to powder coat them?