Anyone running the 5-lug disc brake conversion?

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its summit Stainless Steel Brakes A112-2, anyone got pics? what wheels can you fit?

 

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It uses Mark 7 style front rotors (but with 4-piston calipers) so you are still limited to all the wheels the Mark 7 rotor limits you to.

To be honest, for $1600, i would either look at the baer kit or the Ford M2300K kit. Much more modern brake setup, more performance and no wheel issues

 

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got any pics or links of the baer kit? ford kit is way to pricy

 

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I don't have any for the baer, but it's more expensive than the Ford.


You could easily peice an Sn95 kit together yourself for under a grand.

 

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ill have to do a little bit more research, thanks.

 

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Mustang5L5 said:

I don't have any for the baer, but it's more expensive than the Ford.


You could easily peice an Sn95 kit together yourself for under a grand.

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i did my first setup at the junkyard (sn95spindles/ranger axles) for $175

 

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BK_CAULEY said:

i did my first setup at the junkyard (sn95spindles/ranger axles) for $175

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I did mine for about $300 plus another $125 or so for stainless front 'soft lines' but it was still well worth it compared to the $1600 Ford kit.

 

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I was looking at that SSB kit too the other day but i don't like it. It reuses the stock font calipers instead of updated ones, It does not come with a new brake booster, and it is lacking a few other things that I was not impressed with, but I can't remember what they were. I'm going to get the FRPP M2300 kit I think.

 

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NKau said:

I did mine for about $300 plus another $125 or so for stainless front 'soft lines' but it was still well worth it compared to the $1600 Ford kit.

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I want to convert the rear to 5 lug discs on my 90 lx...your telling me I could do it for under 500$?

 

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I pieced my own M2300K kit together for $700

 

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Interesting. I'm sure if I'm asking it's not looking good for me, but what difficulty level would I expect to do a 5 lug / disc brake swap in the rear?

 

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Pretty straightforward if you use SN95 parts because they pretty much just bolt on in place of the drums. You will have t pull the axle shafts out but it's not too difficult at all.

Honestly...hardest part ofr me was refilling the diff with fluid

 

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That doesn't sound bad. I'm checking out the SN95 brakes page right now. [QUOTE="sn95brakes]The '94-98 GT and Cobras use the 8.8 rear end with a 3.27 gear in them stock. Most yards will only sell the complete rear axle assembly presently. So if you get the 8.8 unit, just bolt that in. It will be a direct swap except the brake line fittings to the chassis will need to be adapted[/QUOTE]
Is it that straight forward? Find a Junkyard with a 94-98 GT, buy the whole rear axle and bolt it in? Do you know what size rotors that gets me and whether or not I could run a 9 inch wheel in the back? And how much should I pay for that?

Thank you so much for your help

 

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some of those GT's did come with 2.73's and 3.08's.

GT has 10" rotors, Cobra has 11.65"

 

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Ok so I'd definitely want to check that gear, I'm re-reading that quote and I think he may have meant the cobras have the 3.27. I'll have to check out if theres a way to do that from the outside.