How well do they hold up? Really dont want to do a conversion in the rear.

I know ill get slotted rotors up front with a good pad.

 

Drum brakes at a track? do you go running a marathon on flip flops to?

 

 

Stock 2.2 has rear drums. Thats all im talking about

 

If you are planning on bringing the car to a road course, just don't. Auto-x you might be able to get away with, but not a road course track. Drum brakes are fine for around town, but they have no place on the track.

The biggest problem with drums is heat dissipation and fade. As the drums heat up, they actually expand. This causes the shoes to have to push farther out in order to engage with the inside of the drum surface, which drops your brake pedal downward towards the floor. Drums also are poor at dissipating heat, since all the friction contact occurs within the drum, so brake dust and heat have no way to escape.

 

lol yea depends what kinda track, 1/4, road, autox.

 

But will it really matter that much since they are the rears? The rears are like 15 or 20% of braking?

Could I just get a really good front set up and just leave the rears alone and replace if they wear out?

This would be 1/4 and road course.

 

Yes, it matters a lot. Drive a car that has non-functioning rear brakes and tell me how much they matter. They contribute a significant amount of braking power and maintain balance as well.

A poorly designed or underperforming rear brake system will also cause the front brakes to overheat because they are doing too much of the braking.

You will end up with a mush pedal and overheated brakes if you take your car on a road course with rear drum brakes. Its as simple as that.

 

****. Well see what happens when the time comes

 

i took mine to the 1/4 bout 5 times so far(2.2 w/ drums). unless you constantly do runs, drums should be fine. try to remember how many of us broke hard during DD on the highway while fu**ing around and i bet you that number is more times than the car will ever be on the track. and at the end of the run, i never even broke that hard. Road course however...i wouldent do it.

 

Back in high school I had a friend who tried running only fronts to save money when the rears wore out. He trashed brand new fronts in a few months of just normal driving. Going to a road course will magnify the problem and be even more unsafe.

 

well im not just going to leave them be. If they wear out at the track then they will get replaced.