A-Body... B-Body does it matter for brake conversions

Discussion in 'The whoa and the sway.' started by Tunerz, Mar 22, 2005.

  1. Tunerz

    Tunerz Stuck with a 71 lesabre

    I was browsing around buickperformance.com and came across an article about converting from rear drum to disks. They used someting like a 78-81 camaro or tran am axles (I'll re-read it before buying the axles) anyway whatever vehicle they yanked them from, they were going into a Skylark, along with all the other nuts/bolts and machined flanges. My question is, is it possible to do the same converision on a B-body buick? Second... could anyone give me a quick summary of what the physical difference is between the 2 frames.
    Thx from the north.
     
  2. GStage1

    GStage1 Always looking for parts!

    B-body is full size. Contact Skip at www.tsmmfg.com
    He supplied the aftermarket kit that I installed on an 8.5" A-body
    rear that uses the rear disc calipers from 80-85 Toronado, Seville,
    Riviera, Eldorado models.

    You will have 5 on 5 lug dimensions which are the same as full size trucks.
    I think Skip has a set-up for full size models.
     
  3. Tunerz

    Tunerz Stuck with a 71 lesabre

    Thx for the info, my only problem is I'm pretty much looking at doing the conversion on pocket change. Off the top of my head the proper converison kits usually run $700 and up. I was banking on doing the swap for around $350 with boneyard parts. But since it sounds like the axles will be to small, I'll check out skip. Thanks again.
     

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