I'm still thinking about my brake options, and I came across this article on the net:
http://www.mustangandfords.com/howto/28733/
Basically they say that Disc brakes from an explorer 8.8 rear will pretty much be a direct bolt-on for the type of housing/housing ends I have (New style big ford housing ends).
Is there a catch? Why aren't more people doing this?
I mean my only other options are to either completely rebuild the drum brakes that came with my rear end (New wheel cylinders, springs, shoes, drums) which would only be marginally cheaper than this explorer disc upgrade, or go with an expensive disc brake system like SSBC or BAER which is near $1000 just for the base systems.
Just let me know if I'm asking too many questions about this whole rear end thing. Thanks in advance!
http://www.mustangandfords.com/howto/28733/
Basically they say that Disc brakes from an explorer 8.8 rear will pretty much be a direct bolt-on for the type of housing/housing ends I have (New style big ford housing ends).
Is there a catch? Why aren't more people doing this?
I mean my only other options are to either completely rebuild the drum brakes that came with my rear end (New wheel cylinders, springs, shoes, drums) which would only be marginally cheaper than this explorer disc upgrade, or go with an expensive disc brake system like SSBC or BAER which is near $1000 just for the base systems.
Just let me know if I'm asking too many questions about this whole rear end thing. Thanks in advance!