I want to put 11" discs on my rear axle. It is going to get 31 spline axles and I want cross drilled/slotted rotors because they look nicer behind my 18" wheels.
With 31 spline axles, I suspect you may have the big bearings. If this is true, go with a set of Explorer brakes. I picked up a set from Taylor auto (a little drive from rochester) for $50, complete.
Along the same lines, Ford Racing sells a pretty inexpensive explorer style kit, $379 for the whole deal, also has internal parking brake as well... I bought it and it works great.
Ford Racing Performance Parts [M-2300-G*]
yeah but the explorer kit won't work on the early small bearing housings that all 65-73 mustangs came with either.
If the Explorer doesn't work then the Vic setup will. Only down side to the Vic setup is the rotor is a solid rotor instead of vented like the explorer. I've got an entire setup waiting to go on my 8" if I ever get time/motovation to work on it. Gota scrap my old daily driver before I start touching the 67 again....
Bnickle, looks like you straightened me out on that one. I just looked it up and they are solid in 2000. I thought they went to a vented setup by 2000 but I guess not.
The Vic setup has enough space in it to accomodate a vented rotor if you could find one that would work with the parking break setup. At least thats what I remember. I havn't looked at it in a while.
yeah but the explorer kit won't work on the early small bearing housings that all 65-73 mustangs came with either.
Not everyone is using a stock small bearing housing, I was just sharing my use and experience and a way to get relatively inexpensive brand new explorer type brakes.
yeah and i thought i had found one that would work on eaby, but it mat have actualy been for a later model vic instead. i can't remember now though
The Crown Vic's rear rotors didn't go to ventilated discs until the 2003-present models. However, unlike the '92-'95 versions and then the '96-2002 C-V versions, the '03-up C-V discs are a different diameter, the calipers are different from previous models and both calipers mount in front of the axle housing, and the main cast caliper mounting bracket is configured for a housing end flange with a vertical bolt pattern instead of the more conventional horizontal pattern.
--In otherwords, it's not a [more or less] direct swap over like the earlier C-V versions. About the only solution I can see to mount the '03-up C-V brakes would involve cutting the 8/9-inch small bearing end flanges off, rotate them 90-degrees, and then weld them back on in order to mount the newer brake version. This would require a jig fixture to make sure the end flanges are true and square when being welded back onto the housing. That effectively takes out any simple bolt-on qualities of the '03 version.
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