disc brake conversion

[shuggy]

i recently bought a GD galant with front disc's and wondering if i cant get it on the road for any reason is it possible to put them in my GC that currently has drums?

[EVL076]

yep it will go in the GC, i would just change the whole strut assembly over

interesting tho, your GC has front drums?

I thought only the GA had front drums. I have owned every model and only ever seen the drums on the ol GA

[tandanus]

Interesting.
I have a manual that says some GAs had drums on the front, but Ive never seen one...
T.

[davenq]

My GB has drums and the GC I was going to buy unfortunately has drums too.(The GC is a GL spec too)

[shuggy]

get some disks then ;)

[GC75]

arent they all drum?

check ur brake calipers guys bet most of them say Sigma I or Sigma II


i may be wrong but as far as i know mine were exhanged cus they had drum brakes?

[75wagon]

All of my galants, all 8 of them have had discs.
GA, GB, GC's and GD....
I've never seen one with drums..... go figure....

[GC75]

hmm.. would be good to find one with drums with a pic then..

maybe they offered both?

[75wagon]

They did.
They show both in the workshop manual I have, but I've just never actually seen any with drums.
I actually thought maybe they hadn't brought them to Australia, but seems I'm wrong.

[GC75]

gc coupes came out with drums maybe then? well mine had drums apparently so im told... but gcs were made in japen and imported right?

[shuggy]

na coupes had disk standard (fronts were talkin bout right?)
my coupe has stock disks, and so does my sedan, but my yellow GC i had before had drums and it was the biggest heap of shit to drive ay...

[GC75]

oh.. and yer was talking fronts

[GLANT]

My GA had front drums, blooddy scary! Got gb disks now, they are ok, pulling up from 165k down sandown straight. Cast iron calipers are bloody heavy though!

[karl_2ltgc]

I currently have 5 galant and never seen any with drums on the front ever.

[shuggy]

well my gc had em ;) they were so dangerous..

[81GL]

well my gc had em ;) they were so dangerous..

Just curious.... were they boosted?

Remember getting in mine when i first got it... the brakes matched the drive train

Nick.

[shuggy]

no they werent boosted, my only booted galant is my current coupe

[davenq]

My GB is unbooosted all drums...now another question, are Lancer struts the same as GB ,I can get Lancer struts with discs and master cylinder for a carton.(Its a 78 or so hatch if that helps..)