Brakes Sn95 Rear end swap

you might have to move your brake line connection to the center instead of the right side where it is

Ybfav84 said:

I see anyone has a part number or a way to do it

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When I ran dual exhaust on my 83 I had to change the fuel line and the brake line due to both of them going down the pass side and being right in the way..
I used a fuel line from one of the LIne suppliers for an 85 and used the upgrade brake line kit for a 87 up....
LMR has the new brake line kit.. I don't remember where the fuel line came from but only one supplier had it...
The 85 part is the ONLY fuel line that attaches to a Carb in the engine bay and runs to the fuel tank like a FI car.....
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Ybfav84 said:

For sure I’ll look into it
My 84 just has a single exhaust

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If your going to keep your single exhaust you might only have to drill and tap for the vent mount in the rear right axle housing that is also a support for the brake lines.... My car had a 7.5 inch rear end, not sure if the 8.8 is different

There are two ways you can do this which are keep the stock hard line on your car on the passenger side and replumb the hard lines on the 8.8 you installed
or move the stock brake line from the passenger side of the car to the center of the car like Limp has stated.

Keeping the Stock Hard Line
With this you will have to replumb the lines on the 8.8 so that they come to a junction block on the passenger side. The junction block can be the stock one for the car and I would suggest a new one as the rubber swells shut over time. This makes putting dual exhaust in the car more difficult.

Relocating the Stock Hard Line
You will need the stock hard line that moves the connection point to just above the center section of the rear end. There should be a union about mid way down the car under the passenger side seat. This is where you would break the rear line and install the 87-93 5.0 rear brake line. The you will need this bracket above the rear end which the hard line you just replaced connects to:


From there I would suggest you replace the soft line from the bracket above to the rear end:


Video on doing this swap:

View: https://youtu.be/CdV_cgB_a1Q?feature=shared


Doing it this way clears a path for dual exhaust. I did it this way on my Coupe when I swapped it to the SN95 rear brakes and it worked flawless. I used the way your car is currently setup on the T-Bird as that is the way it came stock but it was a huge pain in the rear with the duals. When I moved up to the 3" tail pipes I swapped it to the center run type and kicked myself for not doing it like this the first time. With age and experience comes wisdom.

limp said:

I don't remember where the fuel line came from but only one supplier had it...
The 85 part is the ONLY fuel line that attaches to a Carb in the engine bay and runs to the fuel tank like a FI car.....
Try searching this site for my posts....

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