Fox to SN95 Brake conversion - Suspension Questions

[bullitstang1313]

Alright guys, I'm getting ready to convert my 88 hatchback to 5 lug and 4 wheel disk brakes using the brakes and spindles off of a 94 GT. I also want to go ahead and put a tubular k-member, a-arms, and coil-over kit on the car while I'm at it. My question is what year parts do I need? Fox or SN95?

 

[Spook302]

You will need to press in 94-95 ball joints or use a couple of washers. I wouldn't just ad washers. If you have evryhting apart just pull the control arms and take them to napa. They can pull the old ones and press in the new ones. I hope you have the brake lines from the sn95 cahsis because you will need them. Your shocks will bolt right up. I did this swap with svo parts. I bought a wrecked one for the drivetrain and suspension. I used tghe whole reardisk brake set up and it bolted right up to my 8.8. I bought steel braided line from a company off ebay for cheap. I used the svo steering rack and then sn95 front spindles. I purchased brand new hub assemblys from my work. I didnt use the 95 gt brakes or calipers. I paid 399(on sale at the time) for a 95 cobra front brake conversion for the sn95 spindles. 13 inch front rotors with dual piston calipers and steel braided lines. This set up kicks major ass. I used the four wheel disk brake master cylinder and booster off the svo. Then I ordered some proportioning valves from brothersd performance. Needless to say I can stop really good at high speeds.

 

[bullitstang1313]

Yeah, I know about the ball joints. I was under the impression that the ball joints were non-replaceable in these. I'm gonna buy new tubular a-arms anyway so I was just gonna buy SN95 tubular a-arms so I don't have to use a spacer on the ball joints. I've got everything for the brakes already. Now I'm just trying to figure out what year suspension parts I need. Will the fox struts work with a sn95 spindles and a coil-over kit? What about Caster/Camber plates?

 

[Mustang5L5]

You want the Fox-spec A-arms, and struts and coil overs.


The SN95 a-arms are wider.

You can press the fox balljoints out and press in some SN95 balljoints. I'd recomment Steeda X2 balljoints as they are greaseable.

For struts, run the Fox struts, especially if your car is going to be lowered. They have a longer range of travel than the Sn95 struts due to a shorter body.

 

[Shakerhood]

If you are taking parts off of a 94GT make sure you AVOID the Front Calipers as they pretty much suck, at the very least go with the PBRs from 99-04 Stangs.

 

[Mustang5L5]

I agree. EIther grab some 99-04 GT/V6 PBR's or do the 13" brakes

 

[bullitstang1313]

Thanks for the help guys. Definately gonna upgrade the brakes to something better down the line, but for now i'm gonna stick with the 94 parts since they were free. Anything has to be better than the stock 4-banger brakes its got on it now.

 

[Shakerhood]

You should be able to get PBRs for next to nothing and they will be a Huge improvement over those Calipers!

 

[SVT32VDOHC]

PBR's here....awesome stopping power, and I still have stock drum rears!!