how long is your shutdown area? I have the aforementioned cross drilled rotors (dont know why) and that's it, car brakes well at over 120mph+ never have a problem slowing down
Yes I want to stay 4 lug because I would have to buy all new wheels and tires and I just bought new front runners and have a good built 8.8 under my car now. What about turbo coupe rear disc brakes? I was thinking about buying a junk turbo coupe and taking the rear disc setup off of it and putting it on my car? Would that work? I would think that having 4 wheel discs would stop a little better right?
can the stock caliper be swaped with the 73mm one?
Hi, I have an 89 Lx hatchback w/ a 408 stroker. Car is a full blown drag car. I am disappointed with how my car stops. The brake setup is the factory set up but I put a good set of Hawk brake pads on it but didnt see a real big improvement. I have since built a faster motor and am afraid I am going to end up in the sand trap with this current brake set up as it barely slowed my car with a stock windsor with some good upgrades. I am considering putting slotted and drilled rotors up front. Are they worth it? Could anybody tell me what I can do to slow my car down faster on a limited budget. Thanks!
Nope. Early Foxes used a 7/8" bore MC with manual brakes...but with revised pedal arm geometry as well.
Prob is...it's a PITA to plumb in. 7/16-24 and 1/2-20 are the port thread sizes. Weatherhead might make adapters. not sure
Nahhhh, just gotta know how to use a brake flair tool
Still makes methat you cant seem to use one, you being the anal retentive perfectionist that you are, i guess i can finally say i topped you on something
Ha, i have the engineers beat
I have a similar set up and can relate to your concern in going to 5 lug. I have 17x9, two sets of 15x8 and skinnies all 4 lug. I bought my car with 4 lug and like you do not plan to change. One thing the previous owner did was add Mark VII 73mm front calipers. I know they are Mark MII calipers because the logo is cast right into the caliper. I assume that it is the same rotor diameter, but not sure if anything else was changed to accept these calipers.
My car is also manual brakes, I keep a close eye on the rear drums and jack it up often and adjust the shoes to make sure they are doing their fair share of the braking. I know that on the street in a panic stop I would probably not be able to stop in time if put in that situation but do less the 700 miles a year of street driving and keep my distance in traffic. For me in the future I would like to add rear disc which I think would help a lot and eliminate the adjustments and the drum fade from hot lapping at the strip.
Scott
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