i am looking into doing a rear disc brake conversion on my 2.2 LS
i have done this before on a 1988 toyota camry by taking the rear disc brakes off of my 1990 toyota celica.
problems i ran into was the e-brake, obviously it uses a different method than 4-wheel disk would. i solved that by keeping the car in gear.
now i know that the 2.2 has 10.1" rotors in the front i will be keeping that the same in the rear so that the steelies will fit back on.
as far as the braking itself i do not have ABS so that won't be an issue. im going to buy all new hardware for the front and transfer everything from the front to the back.

anyone have any input other than it's a stupid idea. cause i know there are plenty of idiots who will say that.
i would like real constructive critisism and any help/ideas that will be useful.

 

are you going to make brackets to make them fit? ive been looking into a rear disc swap, but ive been looking at my project car for the parts to possibly see if its a near likely swap with minimal mods.

 

if this helps... from what i remember they have kits for the cavi that you might be able to take parts from that to install on ur car.. heck it might even be a strait up bolt on..

 

what kind of brackets?

i like the sound of that, but isn't the cavi a 5lug?

 

some cavis are 5 lug, but then you could also go with like hhr wheels or malibu wheels, or even the ss wheels

 

yeah but i already bought aftermarket wheels for my 4 lug.
gonna try to keep them.

 

Don't use the front brakes for the rear. If you are set on trying to do something like that, use a set of SS rear brakes and put those one. They will actually fit the axle, and the parking brake.

 

hmm... good point.
but willl the stock LS wheels fit back on?

 

i was looking into the same thing to see if maybe a LT or an old cavi brake system would fit, or you can just buy the conversion kit from SSBC that cost almost an arm and a leg.

 

ub3rn00ber on ionforums bought the rear conversion kit from gravana (ssbc brand IIRC) and works great from what he's said.

 

Yes. The stock 15"wheels will fit. The rear disks are actually smaller then the front.

The only possible issue (since I haven't done this directly) would be hub incompatibility. The SS uses a 5-lug hub, which by itself isn't an issue. However, the mounting locations for the brake assembly on that hub may be different. I don't know.

 

ive been wanting to do this for a LONG time, but not much info on it....

 

This is an old thread. We have since made a great big sticky telling you everything you need to know right here:

https://www.cobaltss.net/forums/suspension-67/suspension-brake-facts-fe1-fe3-fe5-j41-jm4-jl9-137064/