Add me to your list. Even if the drums work, it bothers me on engineering principle alone.

 

Count me in!!!

 

Here's a link breaking down the necessary parts of we get this made...
https://www.fitfreak.net/forums/fit-...onversion.html

 

Maybe we can start a new thread to gauge interest in the brackets from Scarebird?

 

I'm not the best at forum stuff. I'll attempt it tonight while I'm at work. Is there a way to go about tagging people who already said they're interested?

 

I'll get a thread going with the info you posted from Scarebird.

 

Made a new post here:

https://www.fitfreak.net/forums/3rd-...ml#post1428214

 

i see that a lot of ppl are after rear disc break conversion...

i wonder why honda didn't put rear disc break from factory.. i guess cost of vehicle doesn't add up?

 

It's got to be a a cost savings using drums, but it still requires designing and making and stocking all those parts. I'm surprised that all car makers don't standardize on discs all around.

 

The problem with saying it requires designing and stocking the parts for drums, is that is also requires designing and stocking parts for disc brakes. So, in reality, it really isn't a significant cost benefit in terms of design and stock. And even then, rear disc brakes are different from front disc brakes as they also need to include some form of parking/emergency brake. And if you look around, those cost even more in terms of parts.

In manufacturing, there's cost in re-tooling equipment. There's little to no cost is re-using a tool as it is. So, it's cheaper to only re-tool some equipment to install front disc brakes while keep older equipment to install rear drum brakes. The assumption here is that those parts are not installed by humans, but robotic arms... and more than one arm-per-car at that.

Of course, they did build new factories, but that's already after design and a lengthy production & sale had already occurred elsewhere (without the sales, the new factory might not have been built at all).

I can go on and on with guesses and whatnot.

I would love all disc brakes... but I also have to acknowledge there's a lot of shit that goes into it. And for me as a consumer, I also have to acknowledge that it wouldn't be free either.

 

Yes, I realized that as I was typing it.

 

unless i feed my fit with turbo/supercharger and its making 200+ hp, rear drum break should be sufficient enough, right ? =P

 

Sufficient in that you have enough braking force for an emergency stop from top speed, and that in normal driving you won't overheat, yes.

Most of us won't have overheating issues unless we drive in mountains and don't know how to use the brakes properly, or drive on the track. I suspect, though, that to prolong the service interval of the drums, Honda sized the mechanism to take an already strong front brake bias and make it even more towards the front. This isn't based on any calculations, but from reading a thread for a GE where the rear disc conversion led to much faster pad/rotor wear than the drums had on that car.

So if I'm right, braking performance could increase from a bias better suited for the balance of the car, especially for people who are lowered (less weight transfer with stiffer springs).

 

As we age, we become lowered naturally, and we lose height as our joints compress.

 

Hello I have done the swap is great the kit has everything you need for swap

Oem

The kit

Putting in work

Swap complete

Ready for the test

The sexy fit let me know if any questions

 

Oem not to good

Oem 10” rotor Mini Cooper s 11.1 for the caliper and bracket I have a 2014 accord for the bigger rotor

This that you need

The rotor covers the wheel gap

This the finished product Let me know what you think

 

Dude it came out great! I love the way it looks. I'm tempted now

 

Nice Install! Great to hear someone Stateside made this happen! Can you share a link where to order? Also, what brake pads did you got with for the rear? Wondering what other interchangeable pads we csn use for this setup? Also wonder if this brake rotor is worthy for heavy duty track use? Thanks in Advance!

 

Kevin or Kalinin don’t recall

The kit came with brake pads but I change them for ceramic pad the pads are for a Nissan g35 or g37 non Brembo

 

The rotor should be ok I have a Acura TL and the e brake is the same 149k miles rotor still ok

This is my sexy blue