Advantages of 5-lug Conversion

90GTFIVO · Sep 14, 2011

I know a lot of people convert their Foxbodys to 5-lug. I have all my parts to begin my conversion, but now that I'm getting ready to do the swap, I'm wondering what are the real advantages of doing it... other than having a wider selection of wheel you can put on your car?

clintjackson · Sep 14, 2011

My reasons were not only to be able to use the wheels I wanted, but way better braking came with the deal.

LarsD · Sep 14, 2011

Brakes, no contest. I still have drums on the rear of mine, but Cobra 13" on the front. The car stops awesome now. Braking was always a little sketchy with the factory 4 lugs, but not anymore.

93project · Sep 14, 2011

LarsD said:
Brakes, no contest. I still have drums on the rear of mine, but Cobra 13" on the front. The car stops awesome now. Braking was always a little sketchy with the factory 4 lugs, but not anymore.

This. I'm using PBR gt calipers and rotors, rear drums, sn95 master and booster, Ford racing prop valve and holy crap! The car will test the seat belts hard now on an aggressive stop!

Mustang5L5 · Sep 14, 2011

More brake options, and better wheel selection

SMOKEDYA · Sep 14, 2011

What they said. peace

John

Shakerhood · Sep 14, 2011

The Brakes are by far the best mod I have done to my Car.

FastDriver · Sep 15, 2011

I always said that the brakes were my favorite modification. Car stops on a dime, now.

Noobz347 · Sep 15, 2011

FastDriver said:
I always said that the brakes were my favorite modification. Car stops on a dime, now.

I'm sure that the dimes do not share your enthusiasm.

Sicarius428 · Sep 15, 2011

Brakes are a large part of it and to be able to use OEM pads and rotors. Wheels were secondary to me.
Kevin

BlackGT89 · Sep 15, 2011

If you go with the 94-95 spindles it's said you will have better steering geometry, plus you will have a nice sealed bearing assembly that you will never have to clean and re-pack or adjust again ! Also you will get rid of the inferior rotors that warp at the drop of a hat, and you will be able to move up to Cobra + brakes in the future (if you aren't already). It's a very valuable improvement, the only down side for me is the hand brake with the rear disks has far less holding power than the drums had.

FastDriver · Sep 15, 2011

That's true about the hand brake. That thing barely keeps the car from rolling on the slightest of slopes. Is there a solution to that problem?

Shakerhood · Sep 15, 2011

The Handbrake has far better holding power with the rear discs on my car than it did with the stock drums, maybe you guys did something wrong during your conversion.

KDK1988GT · Sep 16, 2011

Shakerhood said:
The Handbrake has far better holding power with the rear discs on my car than it did with the stock drums, maybe you guys did something wrong during your conversion.

I wonder if they modified the stock handle or just left it alone?

Mustang5L5 · Sep 16, 2011

If they didn't modify it, it would tighten up too much and drag.

My handbrake holds fine. They key is i had to go under and retighten it 3 times as it stretched when i first installed it. Eventually you get it to the point where it stops stretching and you tighten it up to the point before it drags. So my brake holds great on slopes now...but i had to def retighten it several times

BlackGT89 · Sep 16, 2011

I used the hand brake mod with the tack weld to disable racheting mechanism and took out the spring. It holds the car okay when still, but with the drum brakes when I was driving, I think I could have pulled the handle up and locked the rear brakes. But with the rear disks now, you can pull up as hard as you want and the car will barely slow. I guess the disks just need a lot more squeezing force to operate correctly. Adjusting the cable is a thought, so I will give that a try.

FastDriver · Sep 16, 2011

I've adjusted mine to the limit. I guess I'll give that some more attention one day.

Shakerhood · Sep 17, 2011

Mustang5L5 said:
If they didn't modify it, it would tighten up too much and drag.

My handbrake holds fine. They key is i had to go under and retighten it 3 times as it stretched when i first installed it. Eventually you get it to the point where it stops stretching and you tighten it up to the point before it drags. So my brake holds great on slopes now...but i had to def retighten it several times

I had to adjust mine twice, but I also think that I added a small spacer on the center cable as the nuts were kinda close to the end of adjustment.

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