Yay disc brakes
Posted: Sat May 07, 2011 10:13 am
Man, what a difference over the standard ZX3 brakes.
Man, what a difference over the standard ZX3 brakes.
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Man, what a difference over the standard ZX3 brakes.
Re: Yay disc brakes
Posted: Sat May 07, 2011 4:34 pm
I'm not sure they work any better than the drums since 70% of the braking is done by the fronts but they sure look a hell of a lot nicer.
Re: Yay disc brakes
Posted: Sat May 07, 2011 4:55 pm
They absolutely work better than the stock ZX3 stuff.
Re: Yay disc brakes
Posted: Sat May 07, 2011 7:53 pm
yupp, plus thats both front and rear right? those front rotors def dont look like the stock lil guys to me..maybe pb assumed u only did the rear conversion..??
Re: Yay disc brakes
Posted: Sat May 07, 2011 10:28 pm
Yup, full front and rear with stainless lines.
Re: Yay disc brakes
Posted: Sat May 07, 2011 11:33 pm
Re: Yay disc brakes
Posted: Thu May 12, 2011 10:50 am
Cool!
How long did it take to convert the rear drums to discs?
How long did it take to convert the rear drums to discs?
Re: Yay disc brakes
Posted: Thu May 12, 2011 12:20 pm
I noticed a big difference between my old drum brake Foci and my SVT, yes the SVT has larger fronts as well but those rear drums really don't do much more than weigh the back of the car down.PBZX3 wrote:I'm not sure they work any better than the drums since 70% of the braking is done by the fronts but they sure look a hell of a lot nicer.
Re: Yay disc brakes
Posted: Thu May 12, 2011 12:21 pm
The kit is $429.00 and a person with reasonably good mechanical ability should be able to do the swap in a day pretty easily.dartfork wrote:Cool!
How long did it take to convert the rear drums to discs?
Re: Yay disc brakes
Posted: Thu May 12, 2011 12:57 pm
Took me about a day and a half to do both the front and rear. The hardest part is getting the old rusted parts off the car.
Re: Yay disc brakes
Posted: Thu May 12, 2011 1:50 pm
what u rockin for suspension ? that looks like the perfect ride height
Re: Yay disc brakes
Posted: Thu May 12, 2011 3:08 pm
Eibach Sportlines with Koni Oranges.
Re: Yay disc brakes
Posted: Thu May 12, 2011 4:42 pm
very nice! im getting sick of the factory raked look on my svt but its a DD so i need to save for adjustables :/ i wiishh i could just throw on springs and stiffer dampers :/ maybe i should buy a poopy winter truck...
Re: Yay disc brakes
Posted: Sun Aug 28, 2011 11:41 pm
I am thinking of doing this conversion. What exactly does the kit consist of? Is it the full SVT upgrade, or is it just the rears?
Re: Yay disc brakes
Posted: Mon Aug 29, 2011 10:33 am
FRPP was carrying two kits, a front and a rear conversion.Litestorm17 wrote:I am thinking of doing this conversion. What exactly does the kit consist of? Is it the full SVT upgrade, or is it just the rears?
Problem now is that Ford discontinued the SVT rear caliper bracket and without it FRPP can't produce their kits, I'm waiting to hear back from FRPP to see if they've manage to resource the brackets so they can continue the kits or not.
The fronts are no problem at this point.