im looking to do a drum to disc conversion on a 2000 neon could anyone give me direction on what cars to look for in junk yards, or web sites that could help me out. ive been lookin for weeks and got no where. thanks

 

I think your looking for srt4s any yr has the rear discs instead of drums like all 2nd gen neons have .

 

depends on the 2gn i guess i have a 05 sxt it came with drums

 

RT's that came with disc will also fit. Ebay might be selling some too. Other than that, the salvage yards..if your lucky, you'll find one. good luck

 

and when you do the swap i will save you alot of headache.... the knuckles are the same from disk to drum, so just disasemble the disks, and put just the backing plates and rotors calipers exc on.... saves you a TON of time and headache...

good luck

 

Oh yeah r/ts like srt4 said you can look at the junk yard more so than ebay.

 

thanks for the direction. Now is to find the parts. by any chance do you guys know if older neons, or even pt cruisers have same bolt patterns? With the junk yards around here most neons are drums, and i cant even find a NEW conversion kit on any website. Im really not trying to go new tho. unfortunately im short on funds

 

"Most cars have front disc/rear drum, which is perfectly fine for all but roadracing use, where heat buildup is a concern. Rear discs do brake somewhat better; however, they are about 16 pounds heavier. Since the rear wheels only do about 20% of the braking, the performance difference between disc and drum is minimized." -from neonfaq

When I read your post I thought of this. Just throwin it out there as a FYI. If you're dead set on doing the conversion, there's a lot of good info here.

 

its not really for performance as convience (sorry my spelling is horrid) I hate doing drum brakes and with the srt4 rims i have on it....it just doesnt look right and it seems every time i do my brakes something wrong.

 

first gen neons with disk brakes can be swapped also, but those are also hard to come by.

as stated above disks are heavier rotating mass. but the look factor is 100x better looking..