drum brakes

1. kakaben L-plater Joined: Oct 2008 brinsley (notts) Posts: 41 saxo 1.1i x 98

   #1 6th December 2008, 15:49

   hi on my saxo 1.1 x 98 the back brake are drum brakes and they are playing (screaming dragging noise and vibration) and was wondering if they can be upgrade for better quality drums and shoes or be able to put disk brakes on instead
   
   so any advice would be nice
2. AlexBp West Midlands Joined: Dec 2007 West mids Posts: 23149 Supra,civic GL

   #2 6th December 2008, 15:52

   youll struggle to find uprated parts for drums
   
   to upgrade to discs youll need to swap the hole rear beam as the mounts are different
   plus on a standard 1.1 you wont notice the difference
   
   id just stick with standard
3. kakaben L-plater Joined: Oct 2008 brinsley (notts) Posts: 41 saxo 1.1i x 98

   #3 6th December 2008, 15:59

   cheers mate ive just found this site that have better quality drum brakes than the oem standard ones
   
   http://www.ebcbrakesltd.co.uk/produc...erID=3&cPID=43
   
   what do you think
4. AlexBp West Midlands Joined: Dec 2007 West mids Posts: 23149 Supra,civic GL

   #4 6th December 2008, 16:02

   they dont look too bad mate
   but on a road use car you probably wont notice them much (front brakes do 90% of the work pretty much)
   
   i can understand the want for the 'best' stuff like
   but i would just save the cash and buy standard stuff
5. kakaben L-plater Joined: Oct 2008 brinsley (notts) Posts: 41 saxo 1.1i x 98

   #5 6th December 2008, 16:07

   well thanx any way mate
6. scottyvtr Saxperience Forum Bum Joined: Aug 2007 Paisley / Brighouse lol Posts: 4561 Corsa VXRacing

   #6 6th December 2008, 16:34

   Manufacturer : EBC
   Category : EBC Brake Drums - Rear
   Sub-category : EBC BDR - Citroen
   Application : Saxo 1.1 ; 96>
   Product Code: DM030
   Details : Diameter=180mm.
   Price: £68.47 inc VAT
   
   There you go matey...lol never say never!!!!
7. AlexBp West Midlands Joined: Dec 2007 West mids Posts: 23149 Supra,civic GL

   #7 6th December 2008, 16:37

   there what he put a link to scotty
   
   imo its not worth it standard will do fine
   
   if he was running in a 1000cc race series maybe then you might want the ebc but really there is no need lol
8. scottyvtr Saxperience Forum Bum Joined: Aug 2007 Paisley / Brighouse lol Posts: 4561 Corsa VXRacing

   #8 6th December 2008, 16:46

   my bad..........................lol
   
   http://www.motorsportworld.co.uk/
   
   
   
   there prices are agood starting point......not the cheapest ..........some things are though worth a buchers!!!!!
9. AlexBp West Midlands Joined: Dec 2007 West mids Posts: 23149 Supra,civic GL

   #9 6th December 2008, 16:51

   i just couldnt justiy that much for drums
   can get drums and shoes for that
   
   if you wanna uprate the brakes uprate the fronts imo standard drums make no difference (i even seen a guyin a breathed up vts converted 1.1 running drums on the back)
   i ran standard drums on my cammed vts onversion for a short while