Drilled brake drums

jaksc Officially Full-On Dubber

236 posts · joined Jan 2005 · 4 Mar 2005, 7:13 pm

#310914

Was interested if wide 5 stud brake drums cun be drilled legally in nsw to take small 5 stud as i have been told you can. If so has anyone done it or reccomend someone who can. Thanks

VWCOOL 23 Windows of Awesome

5,158 posts · joined Jun 2003 · 5 Mar 2005, 11:17 am

#311237

I think you will find that you will need to convert to later-model small-four to accept any custom PCDs such as Holden/Ford

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pete wood 23 Windows of Awesome

6,828 posts · joined Jan 2004 · 5 Mar 2005, 11:31 am

#311246

Firstly, the'd need to be machined to do so, but more importantly, I'm almost certain it's illegal to do so in NSW. RIng an engineer first coz you'll need a certificate to swap anyway.

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barls Administrator Causer of Chaos and Mayhem

9,473 posts · joined Jun 2004 · 5 Mar 2005, 11:36 am

#311251

petes right any change to the brakes requires a engineers you would be better getting undrilled drums and getting them drilled in the patten you want

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11,654 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 5 Mar 2005, 1:39 pm

#311291

To do it illegally, Make sure that the drum is thick where You are going to drill...

I believe that the drums are thick ONLY where they were originally drilled...
I remember someone on here saying that they had drilled new holes and they had a crash, and the brake drum broke up as the thickness at the new holes was too thin.....
and their insurance company wouldn't pay up...

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jaksc Officially Full-On Dubber

236 posts · joined Jan 2005 · 6 Mar 2005, 5:49 pm

#311904

Thanks guys for the info. If i go with wheels, i think i might try a disc setup