04 cobra brakes on 94

[Chythar]

Cobra rear brakes are the same as the GT.

I would revise this to say the rear brake CALIPERS and BRACKETS are the same as on the V6/GT. The bracket on the axle is larger, pushing the caliper out farther to accommodate the larger brake rotor. I've heard that the V6/GT bracket may need a bit of grinding to clear the rotor, but I didn't have to on my Cobra conversion. I'm using GT brake calipers on the Cobra rear axle (the calipers were already painted) and the Cobra calipers on the front.

 

[Chythar]

The rear Cobra brakes are about as large as the stock GT front brakes.

I actually had problems with the rear stock GT brakes, so I decided to swap everything out for the 04 Cobra setup front and rear. This setup should give me another 10+ years of reliability with little more than pad replacement.

Anyone replace their rear brake lines? I haven't yet, but noticed that MM has a SS brake line kit for our cars (5 lines total: 2 front, 3 rear).

I replaced my rear lines on my Cobra conversion. Can't say how the braking power has changed, haven't finished the project yet. The MM kit has brackets for the rear hoses, these replace the brackets spot-welded on to the factory hoses, which is a good thing. The kit is missing the factory bracket for the center line, but their instructions explain how to re-use the factory bracket. The brackets help keep the hard lines from flexing as the car moves around.

I didn't know about these kits and ended up doing a bit of fabrication and was able to re-use the factory brackets. I'll save some time on my GT and buy the MM kit next time.

 

[revhead347]

I had to fabricate the factory bracket for the center line quite a bit. I have a spare set of SS hoses for the front of a fox, I think I'll just use those on the back.

Kurt

 

[WHITE94COBRA]

Exactly what my meaning was.

I would revise this to say the rear brake CALIPERS and BRACKETS are the same as on the V6/GT. The bracket on the axle is larger, pushing the caliper out farther to accommodate the larger brake rotor. I've heard that the V6/GT bracket may need a bit of grinding to clear the rotor, but I didn't have to on my Cobra conversion. I'm using GT brake calipers on the Cobra rear axle (the calipers were already painted) and the Cobra calipers on the front.