brake drums to be drilled

[cliferton]

Ok I am looking for rear drums to drill to 4x100. I was told by advancedynamix to use the ac delco ones because they are smooth inside and out. Does anyone know of any other brands that will work? my buddy at autozone could only get duralast and they have the divets right where the new drill needs to go (in the autozone pic they were smooth) this is why I am asking also orielies only offered the divet ones(brakesbest). I saw some on rockauto that seem to be smooth (bendix,raybestos), but at this point im kinda scared to trust the pic

[sketchman]

Yeah, you can't guarantee that they will be one way or the other. I got a parts store to order some that showed up correctly on their website, but when they got there I couldn't use them. Just gotta try different ones to find the right ones.

[rmoltis]

What is the purpose of drilling your own pattern?

[bhazard]

Aspire front festy rear brakes. Like Charlie does.

[TominMO]

Or get dual-bolt-pattern wheels, like my 14" Estrellas. I currently have Capri fronts (4x114), but may switch to Aspire (4x100), and can do it without having to change my wheels.

[bhazard]

Drilling is cheaper than wheels and dual pattern wheels look tacky to me

[Advancedynamix]

When I first did this, it was cheap and easy. Those drums were the cheapest ones on eBay. Now they are hard to find. I have a used set I found at a salvage yard on Pedro. After cleanup and fresh bearings they are like new, but I could have saved a lot of time if I could have just bought a set on eBay.
If you don't plan on exceeding 1.5G lateral in your Festiva, then just use aspire brakes on the Festiva beam. The hole pattern on the beam can be modified to work. I haven't done this yet, but may have to in the future. I've heard of a few people doing it this way.

[bhazard]

What's wrong with aspire brakes past 1.5G? Just extra weight?

[TominMO]

Drilling is cheaper than wheels and dual pattern wheels look tacky to me

They come with a cover for the center.

14" AR Estrella

[cliferton]

well from our talks you know im gonna push this car lol.... I found ac delco on ebay for $26 each. I'm just going to get those and be done with it.

[cliferton]

ORDERED!!!! they only have 1 left now. Guess ill have to try some of the others on the next festiva

[Dragonhealer]

Maybe we can get Alfin in Europe to make them in alloy for a group buy.

[skswig62]

Yes they do look tacky.

[F3BZ]

kia has many car models worldwide with finned rear drums. i spent a lot of time going through their parts diagrams hoping to see some application even remotely similar to the festiva-aspire with integral bearing hub that 4G might have but no luck.

[Dragonhealer]

kia has many car models worldwide with finned rear drums. i spent a lot of time going through their parts diagrams hoping to see some application even remotely similar to the festiva-aspire with integral bearing hub that 4G might have but no luck.

Bummer.
Back in the day, we used to use 510 Datsun alloy drums on the TR6 racecar, cheaper and way lighter. rumor has it that someone in Europe is making new alloy drums for the Triumph Spitfire, it's only slightly larger than Festiva. Perhaps they could be persuaded?