I finally got my rear disk swap on my ek hatch....before the swap, i only had 95 GSR fronts....The braking was great...after i finished the 00 si rear brakes on the car the braking does not seem as aggressive as it was with the drums...when i brake it feels really soft and I can still push the brake pedal further....is this normal?...I bled the brakes...Can someone tell me why its doing this...any help would do...

 

id try to use the proper master cylinder 15/16 or at least 7/8 and bleed again

 

Disc brakes are use more fluid than drum brakes to stop.

Im surpirsed your pedal didnt sink more w/ the front integra brakes.

You can rebleed if you want, but you should probably upgrade your master cylinder and booster to a larger one; either 15/16ths or 1" integra)

 

did you replace your proportioning valve?

 

thats not necessary
ek hatches and the em1 si have the same prop valve

 

i put rear disk on my lx and i had the same problem the braking didn't seem right but i changed the master cylinder and booster to a 99 integra and it was a lot better you should do the same thing then it might help

 

I stumbled uppon an adjustable proportioning valve the other day. Can't remember who made it.. Earls maybe?

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by pdiggitydogg &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Disc brakes are use more fluid than drum brakes to stop.

Im surpirsed your pedal didnt sink more w/ the front integra brakes.

You can rebleed if you want, but you should probably upgrade your master cylinder and booster to a larger one; either 15/16ths or 1" integra)</TD></TR></TABLE>


With the GSR fronts, the brakes worked really well...if i change the master cylinder, will the Gsr fit the ek hatch...

 

i have the same problem..i just did my swap last night...on my dx coupe...pedal almost goes down to the floor before it starts braking

 

depending on whether its a jdm peice or not you will have to bend the lines.
If its an abs unit, you will need to reflare (good chance of it anyway)

I have a how-to at the thread at the top of the civic page. Its very easy.

You cannot just put the mc on, you need both mc and booster.

edit****
and theyre not "gsr brakes"...theyre integra brakes (theyre all the same)

 

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Right now its working pretty well....I didn't change anything, jus kept bleeding the brakes a few times....I drove it, then came back to bleed it again...did that bout 3-4 times and its working fine now...thanks for ur input...