Im lookin at slapping some 93 turbo legacy rear vented disk brakes on my wagon. It already has rear disk but they could be better! I know it takes a little modification to get these on there. And for some reason i cant find the info on here like i did before. Any able to help me on this?!

http://www.ultimatesubaru.org/forum/topic/126559-retro-gl-10-turbo-build/

Yes, that is basically what i needed! Just drill an extra hole haha. Hey you ever get rid of those doors with the black handles?

 

http://www.ultimatesubaru.org/forum/topic/126559-retro-gl-10-turbo-build/

thanks!!!

Im lookin at slapping some 93 turbo legacy rear vented disk brakes on my wagon...

 

I kindly suggest to "Upgrade" the front brakes as well, otherwise you'll Lost the Balance, and the rears might Lock easily; and that will need a Master Cylinder upgrade as well, because the 13/16" bore one will go to the Floor without providing enough clamping pressure at the Calipers.

 

In my case, the "Upgrade" I did, was to use another (Slightly Bigger) Calipers in my Subaru Rear Discs, in order to have rear Parking Brake, that let me keep everything else, stock.

 

More information about that, here: ~► http://www.ultimatesubaru.org/forum/topic/129779-the-definitive-rear-e-brake-retrofit-solution/

 

Kind Regards.

I kindly suggest to "Upgrade" the front brakes as well, otherwise you'll Lost the Balance, and the rears might Lock easily; and that will need a Master Cylinder upgrade as well, because the 13/16" bore one will go to the Floor without providing enough clamping pressure at the Calipers.

 

In my case, the "Upgrade" I did, was to use another (Slightly Bigger) Calipers in my Subaru Rear Discs, in order to have rear Parking Brake, that let me keep everything else, stock.

 

More information about that, here: ~► http://www.ultimatesubaru.org/forum/topic/129779-the-definitive-rear-e-brake-retrofit-solution/

 

Kind Regards.

yes i remember reading your post a while back. I was going to go the route of the nissan rears. Which i have aquired but stumbled upon a great deal on the vented turbo legacy rears complete setup. Everything from the brakes to the e brake lever. And yes of course im upgrading the crappy fronts! Ive got gc era sti knuckles and am collecting the parts to upgrade the brakes to wrx brakes. Was going to go the way of the 4 pots up front but decided stock ones will be more than adequate and cheaper for what i can get out of them. I know there is a proportionining valve in the rear, would i need to replace that with a different one to allow different flow? Oh and i also picked up a new larger legacy master cylinder to go along with it all.

I would have to make sure i stall have have all those doors. $50 for all the doors with handles if i have them all.

yes i remember reading your post a while back. I was going to go the route of the nissan rears....

 

Now I understand. (But I never used Nissan Rears)

 

The Legacy Master Cylinder is 15/16" isn't it?

 

If so, the Proportioning valve could bear the flow, appropriately.

 

Going further bigger, might require a bigger proportioning valve as well.

 

Kind Regards.

The easiest way to do this would be to:

-  get a pair of worn out rear drums (check the spline is ok)

- machine these down so that the Legacy disc fits over it snugly & locates (the normal Subaru hub locates the brake rotor via the centre bore)

- drill it out for 5 x 100 wheel studs

- make a plate that suits the shape of the rear trailing arm where the backing plate bolts on (ie centre bore size, 3 bolt holes)

- weld this into the centre of the Legacy backing plate

- some in Aus have used the handbrake lever from an 80s Mitsubishi, but scour the junk yards to see what's available

- or make up some super long cables with the correct ends (my cables go forward from the factory handle, then loop around on top of the gearbox, go back down the trans tunnel to the rear).

 

I'm using Honda rear calipers on the standard rear discs

Edited November 29, 201510 yr by wagonist

Im going to be using stock wrx brakes on mine. Way better than the stock ea brakes. The rears will still be a single pot rotor. Just a little bit bigger piston and rotor with the plus of a vented rotor and drum style e brake. The whole braking sytem is being upgraded, not just the rears. Im lookin at putting about 240 to the wheels once tuned and am doing what i can to make sure i can stop good too! I wish i had a build thread. Maybe ill just start one now as a version 4.0 the final draft!

 

Now I understand. (But I never used Nissan Rears)

 

The Legacy Master Cylinder is 15/16" isn't it?

 

If so, the Proportioning valve could bear the flow, appropriately.

 

Going further bigger, might require a bigger proportioning valve as well.

 

Kind Regards.

yes i believe the legy master cylinder is 15/16. I just knew it was larger and i needed more volume to move bigger brakes on all 4 corners. I also just snagged a set of 2008 tein super street coilovers with edfc for my car too!!!

Electronic Damping Force Controller on a Loyale will be something New.
 
Yes, it needs a new Build Thread, with a summary of the Previous mods.
 
Good Luck! ... Kind Regards.

If you're going to upgrade the brakes, I'd replace the master cylinder & booster also. They are bigger.

One of my cars I bought converted to WRX running gear had this. The Impreza booster was a tight fit to get in (have no idea about if this is possible on LHD).

You have to remember also that Legacys, Imprezas, etc have their braking circuits split front/rear, not diagonally. So also get the matching proportioning valve (which on RHD models sits close to the master cylinder anyway in the engine bay) & fit that. You'll need to re-route the brake lines.

Mine still had the rear proportioning valve fitted under the floor, but personally, I'd get some fittings & remove it.