I know this question has probley been asked time and time before, and im sry for bringing up and old subject, but I used the search and I guess im putting something in wrong because I cant find anything, but anyways to my question, I have a 1978 el camino and it has drum brakes on the back (which i hate) and I would like to swap them for disc brakes, my question is, do I need to get a whole new rear end assembley or can I use the old one and just get new axels, or what, and also I know it is probly going to be pricy, but I would like to do it for not to much right now and start to upgrade in the future, but I want disc brakes badly, so if anyone can help me out with links, people who have doen this swap, parts to look for, places to buy, i sure would appreciat it, I have dont consten searches for this swap and just cant find, thanks alot..........................Antonio P.S. I can be contacted threw this form, privite message, or i can recive email at 78elcaminoman@sbcglobal.net

Several companies, SSBC and US Brake amoung them make kits for G-Bodys and OEM rear discs from 3rd and 4th generation F-Bodys can be swapped in. Not real difficult or prohibitively expensive. A question please. Why do you hate rear drum brakes? The front brakes do about 90 percent of the braking, the rear brakes are just along for the ride.

well the main reason is because they are ugly and time consuming to fix, so will they work as well as disk

If you keep the front brakes OEM than the rear drum brakes will probably work as well as a disc brake conversion. It obviously would be more time consuming to do a disc conversion than it would be to overhaul the drum brakes. As far as ugly, I agree and it could be a good enough reason to do the swap.

ok so if it was you, what would you do with the braking system

ok so if it was you, what would you do with the braking system

If you spend the time to get the line pressure to the rear discs set properly, correct size master cylinder, proportioning valve, etc, they will stop much quicker than drums.



Rear Disc Picture-Click (http://elcaminocentral.com/gallery-photo_SS396-R19.html)

so what all did you do to yours and how much did you pay

8) Hey Antonio! Here is a site that has a conversion that uses later Camaro/Firebird parts to convert to rear disc. :cool: www.steeltechsolutions.com

Ok kool, thanks, ill have to look into that

ok another question, i know it might seem odd of a question, but i dont know so i thought i would ask, but anyways, do you have to get new axels when you do a conversion

No, rear discs don't affect the axles.

ok kool, so all i have to do is strip the axles and use them for disc

8) I have seen where some conversions required that the axle flanges be machined down like a quarter inch or so. The site I told you about tells you what parts work without having to do that. :cool:

If you do much driving on gravel or dirt roads, or just dirty pavement, rear discs aren't a good idea. GM quit them on their pickups because of excessive wear under these conditions.