Rear brake upgrade (not discs)

Are there any ways to make the rear drums more effective? I recently installed some EBC GP5 rotors (slotted and dimpled, NOT DRILLED) and some yellow stuff pads and they are Fricking awesome, I highly recommend. Anyways, I feel like the front is now much stronger the already weak rears. the rears already are underpowered to hold the truck going up a steep hill.

Alot of people talk about disc upgrades from the FJ or something, but it's there anything that can be done to uprated the drums?

1. EBC doesn't make rear shoes for the Tacoma (at least I'm pretty sure). What are the best shoes available?

2. Brembo makes drums that look to have better cooling. Anyone know any other drums maybe?

3. Neither of the above is probably gonna make very much difference I would guess. I would really like to have a bias adjuster in the cab but I don't think you can do this with ABS, can you? or do they make ones that you can run both the left and right rear lines through so abs is maintained? I think I've at least heard of an uprated cylinder? This type of solution has the most potential I think. Anyone have an experience with this?

 

Drum brakes are actually very effective, but they don't cool as well as disc brakes so they fade more. I'm not aware of any companies that sell upgrades for drum brakes since most people who care about performance would rather switch to disc brakes. There is no market for performance brake shoes, so you're stuck with regular shoes.

 

Clean them out and adjust them properly. Always use your e brake as this keeps them adjusted.

The rears IMO are almost to the point of being too much in the rear, especially unloaded on low traction surfaces. I often find myself in 4hi in the dirt just to link the front n rear axles so i cant lock the rear up before the fronts.

 

The best way to keep drums at peak is regular servicing, cleaning and adjusting. If those things are done, and brake fluid is fairly fresh and well bled, those puppies have more friction surface than the front pads do.

The only way a Tacoma should overheat rear drums is to be over driven on a steep downhill grade. Paved. Which isn't the trucks fault.