Just wondering really. My car needs brakes all around. I have a Mach 1 front setup coming in the mail right now. Now I just cant decide if I should upgrade the rear brakes at all vs just replacing pads and rotors.
The rears require significantly more parts and labor to get things done. The brackets are different, the rotors are obviously different, you will have to switch out the axles, etc. The rears will probably cost twice as much to do than the fronts as far as switching things out to cobra specs.
I can tell you from my own experience you are misinformed. Swaping over to 11.65in rear brakes does NOT require swaping out the axels. It does however require you to remove the axels to switch out the anchor plates. Also it does NOT cost twice as much as the fronts. All that is required is the anchor plates, anti moan brackets, new rotors, new pads and 2qts of diff fluid. When you really look at the price when compared to just replacing your stock gt brakes the price is not bad by any means. In fact here is a kit from BFR Buy Ford Racing Parts - Rear Brake Bracket Kit that includes rotors. Factor in pads and some diff fluid and your at 250-275 depending on what you buy and where from. Seems to me that you are justifying not adding larger brakes in the rear with bad info.
To the OP doing the rear brakes does make a differance on how the car brakes when you do repeated stops from high speeds due to the increased rotor diameter and the fact that the rotors are not just solid discs like they are on the v6/GT's. You can also buy a bracket kit from steeda that will allow you to just relocate the caliper so you dont have to pull your axels. Keep in mind that ford put 11.65in rotors on the rear of the cobra, mach1, and bullitt for a reason.
http://www.stangnet.com/mustang-forums/828925-how-install-cobra-rear-brake-kit-m-2300-m-pics.html
If any of you do decide on the cobra rear brake upgrade,here is a GUIDE.
No its not worth it, you're best bet is one of the brembo 13" stock rear rotor replacement kit. Basically its a bracket you install that comes with a 13" rotor that your stock caliper fits on...
13in rear breaks is a horrible idea. You will run the chance of locking up the rear under hard braking and god forbid your are turning a little at that point or your going to go through a corner backwards. Do a search on brakes in the open track forum on svt and you will see what I am talking about.
Why would you go through a corner backwards?
I think if it was such a bad idea then a reputable company like brembo wouldn't market a product it felt was unsafe...
Because with the large amount of front end dive these cars have the increased stopping power of the rear brakes being due to the larger lever to so speek will allow the rear end to lock up and turn the car around. If anyone is running a 13in rear brake setup they need a manual proportioning valve to dial down the rears even with a 14in setup up front.
Also brembo doesnt make the caliper relocation brackets you speek of steeda and a few others actually make them.
However, it does fill the rear wheel gap much better if you have the 13" fronts.
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