This month's issue of Project Car Mag.
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This month's issue of Project Car Mag.
I dont read this mag that often but I bought this months issue and they are having a budget build battle with Super Street. Well, anyways they did a rear disc brake conversion on an EF but, they didnt change the trailing arms and stuff!!! They just slapped a hub and caliper bracket on the car with the rotors, etc. and called it a day. I didnt think it was that simple I always thought you had to swap the arms along with everything else. They used a Fast Brake's conversion. Who else besides FastBrakes makes a kit like this for EF & EG's??????????????
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Re: This month's issue of Project Car Mag. (nudvl)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by nudvl »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I dont read this mag that often but I bought this months issue and they are having a budget build battle with Super Street. Well, anyways they did a rear disc brake conversion on an EF but, they didnt change the trailing arms and stuff!!! They just slapped a hub and caliper bracket on the car with the rotors, etc. and called it a day. I didnt think it was that simple I always thought you had to swap the arms along with everything else. They used a Fast Brake's conversion. Who else besides FastBrakes makes a kit like this for EF & EG's??????????????</TD></TR></TABLE>
back when i had my civic i did the whole "swap the trailing arms" thing. i too thought that was the only way. as it turned out one of the trailing arms was bent so i had to get inventive. I ended up doing exactly like you described. if i had to do it all over again i would have definitely done it that way from the get go.
the hub is bolted to the trailing arm using some goofy bolts. I forget the type, but it's the kind with a star type pattern internally torqued like a hex key. and they were on super crazy tight. i hit them with an impact for a few minutes and they didnt budge. ultimately me and a friend ended up slipping a piece of pipe over the end of a three foot breaker bar and it took both of us to muscle them loose.
back when i had my civic i did the whole "swap the trailing arms" thing. i too thought that was the only way. as it turned out one of the trailing arms was bent so i had to get inventive. I ended up doing exactly like you described. if i had to do it all over again i would have definitely done it that way from the get go.
the hub is bolted to the trailing arm using some goofy bolts. I forget the type, but it's the kind with a star type pattern internally torqued like a hex key. and they were on super crazy tight. i hit them with an impact for a few minutes and they didnt budge. ultimately me and a friend ended up slipping a piece of pipe over the end of a three foot breaker bar and it took both of us to muscle them loose.
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Re: This month's issue of Project Car Mag. (Mr.E.G.)
and that is why we swap the whole trailing arms because a lot of times that Torque head bolt stripps out. and rather than go through the whole trouble with stripping it drilling it then ultimatley getting the trailing arms anyways you will save time and trouble. It was not hard at all to swap the trailing arms anyways
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