New Guy rearend and brakes: Help

[TurboJoeD.]

I have been browsing for awhile, but this is my first post. I'm a Turbo Buick guy, new to mustangs and Fords in general. I bought somebody's abandoned project 4cyl coupe and see the end in sight for the 5.0 swap.
I have come across a 8.8 rearend from an 88' tbird turbo coupe and a Ford racing Fox rear 5 lug disc conversion w/o axles for cheap. From my understanding the tbird rearend is 1.5 inches wider, right?
I plan to run the cobra 10th anniversary wheels these: http://www.latemodelrestoration.com/iwwida.pvx?;item?item_no=M1007A179-K 1&comp=LRS
they have alot of backspacing, so I should be ok with this rearend right. Will the rear disc 5 lug conversion make the rear offset even more?
Also what axles would I need to make this work?
I also want the car to be very low. so I need everything to tuck in. I know there are a few guys out there running these wheels. I would love to know their setups.
Any help is very much appreciated thanks in advance.
Joseph

 

[SVT32VDOHC]

Okay...the Turbo coupe rear end is 1-1/2" (3/4" each side) longer OVERALL. The 17X9" 03 wheels will be fine especially with the extra room you have now. Those wheels should have +27mm offset, if not +30mm offset.. The bad thing is that site does not specify the offest on the 03 Cobra wheels. I think they have 6.12" of backspacing which will get more meat under the car. Anyways, if you don't do that route try www.ponyr.com. They have 17x9, and 17x10 Pony wheels available in Chrome, Silver, and White. Some have a standard +24 or +27mm offset for regular fox bodies. Others have a 44mm offset for fox bodies with SN95 axles or Turbo Coupe rear ends. This will get the wheels in another 1/2". Your wheels should not stick out of the wells.

I have an 81 coupe with a 2001 axle in it. That axle is 3" (1-1/2" each side) longer OVERALL. My 17X8" wheels sit out at the edge of the quarter. 17X9" with a standard offest will stick out 1/2"....so I am going with Pony R wheels to get the wheels in more. I have a massive 8-3/4" of backspacing available on my car... so fitting any wheel is not a problem.

 

[Mustang5L5]

There are ways to get 5-lug and the proper offset to run those wheels

Easiest way.

Buy the TC rear, pull all the disk brake stuff off (except the hard lines and soft lines) and sell it.

Buy the North race car brackets for either GT (10") or CObra (11.65") disks.

http://www.northracecars.com/catalog/brakes/brakes.htm

Buy set of rotors, calipers, dust shields.

Use stock lenght Fox 5-lug axles...or ranger axles

 

[TurboJoeD.]

thanks for the advice.
Am I missing something though? I don't understand how the stock length or the ranger axles would fit in the housing that is 1.5" longer.

 

[Mustang5L5]

The housing is not longer. The housing is the same size from 1986 to 1998. Only the 1999-2004 housings are physically larger


The axle shaft lenght increases 0.75" each side for the disk brakes to give clearance.

A lot of stuff will interchange really. Tons of possibilities on 5-lug disk brake setups with either the increased offset or stock offset.

 

[jrichker]

See http://www.svo73mm.cjb.net/ for budget brake upgrades & 5 lug swaps. One of the best sites around for brake help. Absolutely be sure to check this site out if you are going to use disk brakes on the rear.

 

[SilverBullit]

I have a quick question regarding a 93 cobra rearend I have acquired. Can I use the stock disc brakes from the rearend and just put in 5-lug axles? Or will I have to get new brakes and what not when I put in the new axles?

 

[trbkrb]

I have a quick question regarding a 93 cobra rearend I have acquired. Can I use the stock disc brakes from the rearend and just put in 5-lug axles? Or will I have to get new brakes and what not when I put in the new axles?

If you want to you can use the 93 Cobra (or Turbocoupe, as they are the same) brakes with 5 lug 94-98 SN95 axles if you redrill the 4 lug rotors to 5 lugs. Or, jrichker found out that a 5 lug Mazda rotor will fit with the TC or 93 Cobra brakes if you use a small spacer. Hopefully he will chime in on the specifics.

 

[jrichker]

Five lug Turbo Coupe conversion:
Use the 94-95 axles Mustang axles. Use 1990 Mazada MPV 3.0 V6 front rotors (10", 5 lug x 4.5" pattern, 2 7/16" offset ). While you are at the auto parts store, set a TC rear rotor side by side with the Mazada rotor and they are the same except for the offset.

The next step fixes the offset problem:
Use a Maximum MotorSports 1/8 spacer (MMWS6, http://www.maximummotorsports.com/i...roduct_info&manufacturers_id=&products_id=576 ) between the inside of the rotor and the axle flange. The spacers may need to have the OD machined to fit properly. The stock rotor offset is 2 5/16" and the Mazada rotors are 2 7/16" offset. The 1/8" spacer puts the rotor back dead center alignment with the calipers.