2000 gt ss brake lines

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Im looking to upgrade my brake lines for my 00 gt. What brands do you guys have experience with and reccomend. Alot of the lines I find are for the front only, im looking for all 4. I know steeda has some and russell anybody else?

 

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goodrige makes a quality DOT line. I have them installed on my gt. to my knolege there are no ss line for the rear on our cars.

 

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Is there a reason behind only making ss front lines? Here is a lnik to the russel lines a sub company of edelbrock Russell 693210 - Russell Street Legal Braided Brake Lines - JEGS What do you think of these

 

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Check out the Maximum Motorsport website about ss brake lines. There is useful info there concerning brake lines for different years of Mustangs. I got a set from them, and the installation was easy, no drama. I don't know about the Russell kit, but I would be a little concerned about those lines fitting perfectly, without ANY hassle. Maybe a call to Russell would help.

I don't know why most ss brake line kits only come with the front pair, but I'm sure you know that most of a car's braking takes place on the front brakes.

Good luck.

 

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darkside03gt said:

goodrige makes a quality DOT line. I have them installed on my gt. to my knolege there are no ss line for the rear on our cars.

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Goodrige lines cant hold a flame to Maximum Motorports brake lines. They are made by Stop Tech to MM's spec's. Those are the best SS brake lines you can get. I had them on my 2000 GT, and they were AWESOME.

MM is developing rear lines, but they have been saying that for awhile now.

On a side note, I bought some Goodridge lines when I did my break upgrade.. and both sides were deffective- they wouldnt seal at the hard line. They wanted me to jump through hoops to get another set, so I threw them in the trash.

I know people run the Goodriges with good luck, but the quality doesn't campare to the MM lines...

 

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I will contact russel and see whats going on with them. I will check out the maximum motorsport website. Yes im well aware that most braking is done with the fronts. To me it only makes sense to not have any rubber lines to help withstand the expansion of the lines

 

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scyscyscy said:

I will contact russel and see whats going on with them. I will check out the maximum motorsport website. Yes im well aware that most braking is done with the fronts. To me it only makes sense to not have any rubber lines to help withstand the expansion of the lines

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Yeah, I wish I knew more about the rear brake lines. Let us know if you find out anything about them.

 

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According to steeda they have two kits. One for non abs the two line kit and one for abs the four line kit. They gave me a part number but I cant find it on their site so im waiting for a responce back now

 

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i have the ss lines from American Muscle and they installed great and i have no complaints about them yet and they've been on my car for about a year.

 

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I got the Russell's no problems for 2 years huge improvement over stock, make sure you get new crush washers. I think my Russell's came with em.

 

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Thanks for all the replys. About time someone responded with the russell lines. I heard back from steeda they do have teo sets one abs one non abs. Im leaning towards the steeda ones right now, but not sure since the russell lines get god reviews too

 

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I've got a set of Mach1 front and rear brakes on the way, and I believe the rear set comes with a set of stainless lines. Anything will be a massive improvement over stock. Just out of curiousity, how much would install run me in labor on a full brake(front and rear) install? I've never bled the brakes on a car, just on my bikes, so I'm a little hesitant.

 

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As far as install for all brakes and lines at least 600 is what im guessing. Not much difference bleeding cars versus bikes but you will nedd a second person to push on the pedal when bleeding a car

 

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scyscyscy said:

As far as install for all brakes and lines at least 600 is what im guessing. Not much difference bleeding cars versus bikes but you will nedd a second person to push on the pedal when bleeding a car

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where are you located???? i'll install everything for you for only $500






seriously, i did the cobra upgrade with SS lines in my driveway using hand tools in under an hour. i hope someone isnt really gonna charge $600 to install the brakes

 

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scyscyscy said:

...but you will nedd a second person to push on the pedal when bleeding a car

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Unless you install Speedbleeders at the four corners.

 

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scyscyscy said:

I will contact russel and see whats going on with them. I will check out the maximum motorsport website. Yes im well aware that most braking is done with the fronts. To me it only makes sense to not have any rubber lines to help withstand the expansion of the lines

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There isn't a whole lot of pressure to the rear brakes. If you open a bleeder screw and pump the pedal, you'll barely get a trickle out of the rear calipers. Our cars are so tail-light that it doesn't take much to slow the rear wheels down.

Rear lines prob wouldn't do much. Even under full braking the pressure is prob 1/3 to 1/4 that of the front brakes.


If you buy the 13" upgrade brakes from BuyFordracing.com, they come with SS lines The Mach 1 kit is $350



PS. I installed my Mach 1 brakes in my driveway by myself in two hours. It was easy as hell. I even bled the brakes alone without speed bleeders. It's not that hard. Make sure you also bleed the REAR bleeder screw on the MC.

 

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Ya true if you install speed bleeders its a one person job. The install rate was just a guess from what I seen local shops charge for labor around here. The guy who asked bout it is in Fl.

 

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I did it one person with the regular bleeders. It's not hard. The fluid doesn't suck back in between pumps like everyone thinks. I just put the bleed line into a bottle filled with half fluid, cracked the screw, got in the car and pumped the pedal. The air comes out and nothing really gets drawn back in. You just gotta check the MC level as well.

I did all 4 wheels and the MC alone and had a nice firm pedal.