Good front drum to disc conversion kits....
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jikelly
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LMan
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ultrastang
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jikelly said:
Thanks for you moral support. I was born to Mustang, but I'm forced instead to work for a living.
I think there's a stigma by many that think an individual can't come up with quality, professional grade/looking, conversion components. They have this idea if it doesn't say "Baer" or "Wilwood" etc., that it's something of poor quality and is no good. In reality, there are private individuals who produce components that are just as good (or in some cases better) as the name-brand stuff, but the biggest difference is in the price tags.
I may not be Baer or Wilwood, but the brake conversion adapter components I produce are quality components that were produced on CNC-controlled machinery by professional machine shops, so they definitely aren't sloppy pieces of junk.
--Evidently, I'm doing something right, since another "producer" of conversion components has "barrowed" information from me to produce/promote their own products. ...and that's all I've got to say about that.
My G2C (Granada-to-Cobra) adapter bracket:
1. http://img399.imageshack.us/img399/2909/g2crev1rz1.jpg
Cobra brakes, on '75 Granada spindles, adapted with G2C adapter bracket:
2. http://img99.imageshack.us/img99/7220/g2cbracket003cq2.jpg
SN-95 rear disc brake adapters:
1. http://www.ultrastang.com/images/2006/sn95bracketkit.jpg
'94-'04 V6/GT rear discs, '65 fastback, 8-inch rear end:
2. http://www.ultrastang.com/images/2006/v6gtsn95reardiscs0460ms_sma.jpg
'94-'04 Cobra rear discs, small bearing 9-inch rear end:
3. http://www.ultrastang.com/images/2006/cobrabrakehosemount0243cf_2.jpg
...You decide.
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ultrastang said:
Don't take it personally. Existing companies tend to troll for new products. Little guys like you and me succeeding in the marketplace affects the sales of their existing related products. Keep in mind that neither you or I came up with the idea of using Granada based parts on Mustang or even performance calipers or brackets on Granada spindles.
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degins said:
This is probably so, but I wasn't actually talking about the front disc conversion I've been working on. I was actually talking about the rears. A competitor bought an SN-95 bracket set from me, then afterwards, began offering components/information to promote their own products from some of the information that was gathered from my SN-95 setup.
Okay I'm definitely subscribing to this thread.
On the master cylinder subject you guys were discussing earlier, will the late model Cobra MC bolt properly to a vintage style power booster?
On the master cylinder subject you guys were discussing earlier, will the late model Cobra MC bolt properly to a vintage style power booster?
LMan
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It will bolt up, but you need to check clearance to the shock tower, and you may need an adjustable brake pedal rod.
www.ultrastang.com has a page with several MC/booster combinations already doped out.
www.ultrastang.com has a page with several MC/booster combinations already doped out.
ultrastang said:
Steve, i noticed that shortly after you came up with your sn-95 rear disc brackets that another person with the initials MS came out with some as well. is the someone we're talking about? actually i noticed a couple other companies that started making them shortly afterwards as well. RR and Currie both started making similar ones but the MS one seemed to have been the closest to your's.
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bnickel said:
That is correct. The '94/'95 Cobra MCs have the correct horizonal mounting flange pattern to be used with a vacuum booster.
Starting in '96, Ford began using the Hydroboost systems in the Mustangs that have an offset vertical MC mounting flange pattern, like this:
http://img86.imageshack.us/img86/3664/hydroboostny2.jpg
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LMan said:
These are some of the photos I have on various MCs/boosters;
'87-'93 5.0L Fox Mustang brake booster in a '68 Mustang with a '94/'95 V6 Mustang 4-wheel disc MC (minus the reservoir) --essentially the same MC as the '94/'95 Cobra, but with a larger piston bore than the Cobra; http://img175.imageshack.us/img175/166/foxboostermkviisn95mc00ud1.jpg
'87-'93 5.0L Fox Mustang brake booster in a '68 Mustang with an '84-'90 Lincoln Mk VII 4-wheel disc MC --Left front edge of MC's "snout" had to be radiused to clear shock tower. It's close, but it does clear; http://img228.imageshack.us/img228/7480/foxboostermkviisn95mc00up0.jpg
'87-'93 2.3L Fox Mustang brake booster in a '65 fastback with a '94/'95 V6
Mustang 4-wheel disc MC;
1. http://img172.imageshack.us/img172/176/kieths65053md8.jpg
2. http://img91.imageshack.us/img91/8748/65050is2.jpg
'87-'93 5.0L Fox brake booster with Fox Mustang disc/drum MC; http://www.ultrastang.com/Images/Scanned/Jan2003/011t.jpg
'87-'93 5.0L Fox brake booster with '67-'70 Mustang disc/drum MC; http://www.ultrastang.com/Images/Scanned/Jan2003/005t.jpg
'87-'93 5.0L brake booster with '75-'80 Granada disc/drum MC; http://www.ultrastang.com/Images/Scanned/Jan2003/006t.jpg
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Ultrastang:
Thanks for all the pics...you're saving us tons of trial and error work. I think I've been to all the corners of your site, but I don't quite get what the advantage to running the late model booster is when we've established that the late model MC will mount on the early booster. More compact? Better assist, maybe?
Thanks for all the pics...you're saving us tons of trial and error work. I think I've been to all the corners of your site, but I don't quite get what the advantage to running the late model booster is when we've established that the late model MC will mount on the early booster. More compact? Better assist, maybe?
ultrastang
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joncash said:
At least in the '67-'70 models, you could get the stock early type booster/brake pedal to install in them. However, back in '02, I had a '90 Mustang GT parts car that I had pulled the fuel-injected 5.0L engine, T5, etc. out of. My '68 had manual brakes and I wanted to see if I could make the Fox brake booster work in my '68. The early Mustang factory Midland/Ross boosters are noted for experiencing problems. The Fox boosters on the otherhand, have a low failure rate, are relatively cheap, and are very abundant and easy to get.
On a '65/'66 Mustang, the stock '65/'66 Mustang power brake booster takes up too much space between the firewall to the back of the shock tower, because of the way the mounting bracket pushes it away from the firewall. With that booster, you can't use a dual reservoir MC. So, a good way to get a power brake booster that's compatible with a dual reservoir MC, is to use a Fox brake booster.
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