5 lug converstion complete

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5 lug converstion complete

Reply #30 – June 13, 2016, 05:45:22 PM

once your done, you bleed your brakes with your on hand nearly 3 qts of brake fluid because if your like us you had to take things out a couple times and discover the hard way your master is wrong and all that stuff, which is the reason I am typing all this up,,, so you hopefully dig up and read this thread.

Now its time to test drive and you discover your pedal ishiznitting brake just about the same place as before.... feeling like "why did I do this when everything feels the same".

loosen up the master cyl and pull it away from the booster.
study the little actuator rod and you will see its actually a bolt with a rounded / hex head.
with vise grips, steady the outside "rod" and with a wrench rotate the screw counter clock wise one turn at a time.

bolt the master back down.
put the car on a level surface.
start car and put it in gear... if the car rolls forward and back on its own with no brake applied, repeat the adjustment.
once the car is *****barely*** binding up with no brake applied, then pull the master back off and screw the adjustment **BACK IN** a half turn.

retest then drive the car.

your results should be an almost instantaneous feeling of braking power when your foot barely pushes on the brake.

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Reply #31 – June 13, 2016, 05:47:49 PM

Now that your hitting good brakes ,, your thinking that the effort to stop the car seems a tad ,, and I mean a "TAD" more strenuous to do.

that's because your foot is now a bit higher hitting the brake and your not use to it.
also,,, A cobra booster which has a dual diaphragm system would give you more vacuum assist than your stock unit. That being said ,, we are going to do a cobra booster next up when mason comes back home.

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Reply #32 – June 13, 2016, 05:51:08 PM

completed pics

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Reply #33 – June 13, 2016, 06:07:14 PM

absolutely none of this would have been possible without the help from this board.

Special thanks to Turbocoupe5.0,,, Ericcoolcats, & most special thanks to Aerocoupe!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Reply #34 – June 13, 2016, 06:09:12 PM

Next up is a complete parts list applicable to ..........

"going 5lug disc all the way around" "using PBR dual piston up front and Vargo out back" for a 7.5 rear trac loc 2.73 rear.

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Reply #35 – June 16, 2016, 12:11:25 PM

Quick note, the 93 Cobra MC is a 1" bore unit where the 94-95 GT and 94-98 V6 MC's are a 1-1/16" bore unit. The preferred MC is one with a 1" bore like the 93-95 Cobra or the 85 Lincoln TC when going to the SN95 V6, GT or Cobra brakes.

With that being said I have 95 Mustang GT MC's on both of my cars with Cobra brakes and they stop just fine. It would be better with the 1" bore on the track but I doubt I would notice it on the street so its not gonna happen as I rarely get on a track.

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Reply #36 – July 14, 2016, 02:25:31 AM

When I did my 5 lug to my sport, I used axles from a '97 mustang. I remember it having the ABS rings, but a few taps with a hammer and those slide off. The axles of an SN95 (you'll want '94 to '98 only, '99-04 are too wide) are all the same, no difference between V6 and V8 (7.5 and 8.

, except for the ABS exciters.

I went drum brakes, so I used the Sport's backing plates, drums from an '89 Crown Victoria, and stock Tbird Sport brake shoes and hardware. I put some high quality brass washers over the lug studs under the drum, as the drum on side sat slightly too close to the backing plates and rubbed it. Otherwise, no issues.

For the front, if you need new ball joints, just use SN95 when you swap the spindles, that way you don't have to worry about adding washers to compensate for the longer Fox b/j, and the thinner SN95 spindle..

I never messed with the MC as I kept rear drums on my setups....I pretty much have the same setup on my notch, except the rears are the 9" drums rather than the 10".

There's not a way to get 10" drums on it with the existing axle length, and in any case, the car is for sale.

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Reply #37 – October 08, 2016, 12:37:10 PM

update

thus far, as a follow up, our elimination of the proportioning brake valve has had no ill effects on brake performance.
I think this is an inexpensive solution.