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84Bird SN95-8.8 swap with cobra brakes.. what lines to use?

July 11, 2018, 02:41:16 PM

I am swapping the old 7.5 to a Stang 8.8 from a 98GT. I am going to go with the cobra brake's. One of the issues is how to line up the brake hard lines.. The mustang has the brake lines on the driver side, the bird has it on the passenger side. Do i swap brake hard lines from the mustang? Is there a easy way to get around this? Thoughts?

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Reply #1 – July 14, 2018, 09:33:56 PM

So I did the 8.8 swap into my '83 out of an '88 GT Mustang. Similar swap with similar issues.  What I opted to do was mimic the hard brake lines out of a 5.0 Mustang or 87-88 TC.  To do this you will need the rear upper bracket:

https://lmr.com/item/LRS-2073BRKT/mustang-v8-rear-upper-brake-hose-bracket-86-93

This will necessitate that you rework the hard line running along the passenger side of the car to the rear brakes so it connects to this bracket.  I just cut the existing line, flared it, installed a union, and used a new piece of hard line to get to the bracket.  From there you can use this kit to swap over to the SN95 rear brakes:

https://lmr.com/item/SVE-1078C-K/Rear-Disc-Brake-Conversion-Plumbing-Kit-Mustang-86-93

Or attempt to piece it together and believe me when I converted both the Coupe and the Bird over to the SN95 brakes (both are full Cobra systems) I wish this was available as it would have saved me trips to the salvage yards and cussing the brake flaring tool.

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Reply #2 – July 20, 2018, 06:31:23 PM

How did you handle the brake lines and the fuel pump/lines right next to the ler? did you put new fuel lines in to move the pump? did you toss the pump?

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84Bird SN95-8.8 swap with cobra brakes.. what lines to use?

Reply #3 – July 22, 2018, 09:21:51 AM

You should not have to mess with any of that to do the brakes.

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