Originally posted by C-Tec:
yea know chances are that all it does is make it weaker braking, and they kinger's brakes are stronger and taking alot of the braking stress off the front brakes. cuz they are clamping down more.
It's not that simple. We're talking about "bias" here, the amount of braking force directed to the front vs to the rear. Since the rears carry so little weight under full braking, they don't need to contribute all that much. If you over-bias the rear, you'll find yourself in a [censored] storm of trouble if you have to stop hard in the rain. And since you're converting from drums, you don't have ABS to act as your safety net. Also, if you have the rears over-biased then you are asking them to do more than they were designed to do in day-to-day driving, meaning you'll be heating them more than the factory intended, which is not good for their longevity. If nothing else I'd consider installing a $50 proportioning valve and adjusting it so the fronts lock before the rears do. You do NOT want your rears locking first in a panic situation.
The conversion to rear discs won't contribute much to overall braking power, again because the rears tires themselves can't contribute much due to weight transfer under braking. The reason to switch to rear discs is modulation ability overall and heat control if you do track events, not to try to get a massive increase in braking power.
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