Cobra brakes

[Dutch65mustang]

Wat to do the cobra brake swap on my 65 mustang, its hard to find them here. Not to many cobra's here in europe and those are very fond of their brakes .

Where can i find a set of Front and rear calipers beside ebay ? Anyone has a set and want to ship to the netherlands ? Would be very thankfull for it !

 

[latamud]

Street or Track 13'' Front Disk Brake Kit for DRUM spindles

 

[Dutch65mustang]

thank you very much !

 

[latamud]

thank you very much !

Tell him Bart sent you.

 

[Dutch65mustang]

Will do !

 

[Dutch65mustang]

got them !! such a small change but someone here in the netherlands totaled his 04 GT and had bought new never used cobra brakes for it.

Going to pick them up next weekend

 

[latamud]

got them !! such a small change but someone here in the netherlands totaled his 04 GT and had bought new never used cobra brakes for it.

Going to pick them up next weekend

Street or track sells the brackets to mount the Cobra brakes to your spindles too.

 

[Dutch65mustang]

Going to order the front brackets there ! Someone over here as a set of rear brackets for me !

Other things i need for the conversion ?

I now have:

Front Calipers
Front rotors (brembo/cobra 13 inch)
Rear Calipers
Rear rotors (Cobra 11.65 inch)
Brakepads front
Brakepads rear
Braided brake lines
Rear Wheel bearings
Rear mounting brackets.

Except the front brackets i have everything i need of ? And parking brake cables ofcourse.

What kind of master cilinder would be best ? already have a powerbooster.

 

[latamud]

Going to order the front brackets there ! Someone over here as a set of rear brackets for me !

Other things i need for the conversion ?

I now have:

Front Calipers
Front rotors (brembo/cobra 13 inch)
Rear Calipers
Rear rotors (Cobra 11.65 inch)
Brakepads front
Brakepads rear
Braided brake lines
Rear Wheel bearings
Rear mounting brackets.

Except the front brackets i have everything i need of ? And parking brake cables ofcourse.

What kind of master cilinder would be best ? already have a powerbooster.

I was able to reuse my old ebrake cables. If you have the old pot master cylinder swap in a dual reservoir master cylinder for front and rear disc brakes. I used a mid 80's SVO, the hard lines go into the "wrong" side of the master cylinder. Wilwood has some nice master cylinders, if you are going with power assisted brakes you will want a bigger bore MC.

 

[Dutch65mustang]

Ok thanks, you just modified the stock cables ? They are not very old so that will save some money (just bought them).

I want to go with the wilwood MC, what kind do you advise ? I have power assisted brakes now !

 

[latamud]

Ok thanks, you just modified the stock cables ? They are not very old so that will save some money (just bought them).

I want to go with the wilwood MC, what kind do you advise ? I have power assisted brakes now !

I didn't modify the cables, I just connected them. You might need make a cable housing stop though.
If you're master cylinder is good now, it will be good with the 13" rotors. If you go with a wilwood one, get the same bore size you currently have. This all assuming you already have a dual reservoir MC.

 

[ultrastang]

'94-'98 Cobras had twin-piston aluminum PBR front calipers with 38mm pistons. '99-'04 Cobra front calipers switched to 40mm pistons.

'94/'95 Cobras had vacuum boosters with 15/16" bore diameter master cylinders.

In '96, the Cobras [and Mustang GTs] switch from vacuum boosted brakes to hydroboosted brakes. The MC bore was increased slightly to 1.00". The '94/'95 Cobra MCs will bolt onto an early Mustang firewall or onto a vacuum booster, but the '96-up Cobra hydroboost MCs will not.

Increasing the bore diameter of the MC will decrease pedal travel but it will also decrease the amount of pressure the MC will output.

A large bore MC with no booster will equal more leg force to apply the brakes, so you have to be careful in selecting parts for a good balance of brake function and driver comfort.

FYI: '01 Bullitt and '03/'04 Mach 1s also had the same exact brake components as the '99-'04 Cobras.

Sorry for a link to a post I made from another Mustang site, but too much info here to retype.

FYI FORD - MustangSteve's Ford Mustang Forum: Ford 4-Wheel disc MCs

 

[Dutch65mustang]

Thank you ! Now time to pick the one wich will be best for my aplication !

 

[Dutch65mustang]

Got the brakes today !

Another pile of parts that must be mounted on the car

Laser cut the rear brackets, gone order the front ones at street and track (hopefully they will ship to the netherlands

Now searching for the front brackets and M/C then we can install it ! curious about the stopping power after

 

[4tun8]

I have these brakes on my SN-95, but I have the Baer version. I'm happy with them, they don't bite very hard until you give it a good push but when you do......woah do they stop you hard.

 

[latamud]

Dutch,

It's uncanny how similar our cars are.

 

[Dutch65mustang]

Indeed, showed your car to my father and family to show that i wasnt the only one who painted his mustang yellow

When you are done with the wide arch, do you going to paint it in the same color scheme ? Think it looks great on your car !

I'm thinking about the R apron also btw

 

[67rcks]

you will need new rear axle bearings too because the bracket will not slide through + machine a little gap around to seat the bearing into the bracket. Also what rear rotors are you going to use?

 

[Dutch65mustang]

Going to do that, the picture was just only from the laser cutting, we have a complete workshop here with all the equipment to do al kind of metal works.

I'm going to use the rear cobra rotors for the rear

 

[Dutch65mustang]

Does anyone know wich thread size the rear cobra calipers have for the brake lines ?

Going to make custom made braided hoses for the rear but need to know wich fitting goes in the rear caliper.