If your going to stay with the 4-lug you can swap rear brakes off an 87/88 turbo coupe. If your going to 5-lugs you can use the axles out of ranger to save you some money. You can get away with cheap used parts, along as their not excessively worn. It just sucks to replace things twice when it could have been done right the first time, had you spent more $. Good luck!pimpinphil said:hi,
i had a question about this as well,where i live its pretty hard to find a gt in the bone yard's,so i was wondering what other option's i might have in rearends that would work for my 88 gt,i would like to have disk and a "373" "342" somewhere in there if at all possible,and would also prefer a 8.8 so i could buy the mini spoll to have full posi,thanks for your answer,and i didnt mean to get anyone off the subject at hand,just thought i would throw my question in since its around about the same topic,thanks again.
phil
p.s. as well what problems would i be looking at with e barke cables,and whatnot,i have to run full brake lines anyway,so that not any problem,thanks again.
91cobraR said:If your going to stay with the 4-lug you can swap rear brakes off an 87/88 turbo coupe. If your going to 5-lugs you can use the axles out of ranger to save you some money. You can get away with cheap used parts, along as their not excessively worn. It just sucks to replace things twice when it could have been done right the first time, had you spent more $. Good luck!
It is definetly nice to have that reassurance ,when you hit the brake pedal, the car will stop safely even at high speeds.1993SSP said:I have evrythhing to complete the front to five lug via SN95 parts, I just for some reason feel like rear disk on a fox body would be kick a$$. The fox body brakes are a joke! Sounds like a nice winter garage project!
Ok guys I read through this and I'm pretty sure my setup will work just want to double check. I have a 92 4 cyl auto. I have a 98gt V8 auto. Rear end is a little longer (which honestly should look cool with some big fatties back there) but otherwise will bolt right up. Spindles will work as well? Along with the rest of the brake assembly? It's the brake lines that and emergency brake components that I will have to find elsewhere?
I am probably going to do a mild 5.0 build and use it as a daily. I just prefer the better braking and rim options of 5 lug/disc brake setup
Thanks in advance and sorry if you're just repeating yourself. I'm a figure it out as I go type of car lover so sometimes I need things dummed down.
Ok I definetely don't understand why that would cause such a problem. But ok I'm gonna get rid of the parts car and just build this thing right with new stuff from the ground upYou are wrong in your statement about two things:
The added length of the rear end will dramatically narrow you choice of rear wheels due to the fact that they'll have to have that much more negative back spacing to get the tires under the car.
And along the same lines, the width of your tire will not be anywhere near a " big fattie"....unless you plan to stuck the tire out past the wheel lip. Now that I think about it, you'll probably have a tough time keeping any width wheel under the car.
It's simple actually.Ok I definetely don't understand why that would cause such a problem. But ok I'm gonna get rid of the parts car and just build this thing right with new stuff from the ground up