stopping on a dime

[Fordmandan87]

upgraded to disc brakes in the rear thought I might share the pics

painted the diff cover while I had it off (little dirty now)

when they were new

 

[Spdrcer34]

THAT won't make you stop on a dime.....

But this will:



13" Cobra Brakes up front...and Discs in the rear...

Ryan

 

[Fordmandan87]

well mine is 4wd and it stopps pretty damn goooood

 

[wood1]

Cool mod, did you have to change the master cylinder?

 

[Fordmandan87]

not yet but I got a boostermaster combo for $10out of a 96 limeted to put in

 

[XxxMonoxideChild]

so what was involved in the swap?

 

[seth247]

a rear axle out of a second gen and some tweaking. That's about it.

 

[XxxMonoxideChild]

thanks. after seeing this thread, i found the HOW TO: for the swap. i just did the entire front brakes down to all the line's even along with the wheel bearings and such, and planned on doing the rear's soon. but after seeing this, i saw a 2nd gen explorer with the full rear end last week at the local yard. im gonna price it out, id feel much better spending the cash and getting an upgrade out of it.

 

[Rick]

THAT won't make you stop on a dime.....

But this will:



13" Cobra Brakes up front...and Discs in the rear...

Ryan

Nah... This will

 

[XxxMonoxideChild]

the cobra's are a nice start... lol

14 inch 8 PISTON K-Sport big brakes on the front, custom big brake kit on the rear.

stock vs K-Sport's

 

[Spdrcer34]

WOW!...

Those aren't on an Explorer though.....

What did that set run you?

I am contemplating the Brembo Cobra R brakes on the X, and putting my brakes on my daughters `67 Mustang....

Ryan

 

[XxxMonoxideChild]

lol. your gonna laugh. its on a 4 cyl ford probe. the brakes are sadly not even close to the biggest purchase on the car. FRONT brakes were about 1800. rear's, are about 600-700 so far building it from scratch. car has tons of mods like quaife LSD, REAL gt30r ball bearing turbo pushing 1.7 bar, fully built motor, SDS standalone computer, full cage, you name it, its done to it.


i was at the junkyard yesterday, and was poking at a 2nd gen X that had dual piston front calipers, and no gay slide pin like we have. is that something i can possibly just swap over? figured if i swap the hub, it might work, but i dont know the spline count on the axles, if there any different, or if the two different versions of 4x4 made this not able to be done.

 

[robmurt04]

I think the only way I could get my car to stop on a dime is to hit a tree. If I slam on the brakes the whole back end feels like its gonna come around haha. Front is good, drums suck! Oh well, nice mod

 

[91exploreron37]

lol. your gonna laugh. its on a 4 cyl ford probe. the brakes are sadly not even close to the biggest purchase on the car. FRONT brakes were about 1800. rear's, are about 600-700 so far building it from scratch. car has tons of mods like quaife LSD, REAL gt30r ball bearing turbo pushing 1.7 bar, fully built motor, SDS standalone computer, full cage, you name it, its done to it.


i was at the junkyard yesterday, and was poking at a 2nd gen X that had dual piston front calipers, and no gay slide pin like we have. is that something i can possibly just swap over? figured if i swap the hub, it might work, but i dont know the spline count on the axles, if there any different, or if the two different versions of 4x4 made this not able to be done.

I like fords just as much as the next guy but come on man a PROBE!? lol but seriously The hubs on sec gen explorers are completly different as they use a sealed type bearing http://www.explorerforum.com/photopost/data/2/1342212-01-03_-_front_hub_inside.jpg. Then of course the control arms are different and so forth and so on. Also what have you done to the engine? 25psi of boost is quite a bit

 

[CDW6212R]

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i was at the junkyard yesterday, and was poking at a 2nd gen X that had dual piston front calipers, and no gay slide pin like we have. is that something i can possibly just swap over? figured if i swap the hub, it might work, but i dont know the spline count on the axles, if there any different, or if the two different versions of 4x4 made this not able to be done.

Where did you go hunting for calipers? I have 12.75" rotors and better calipers, but I'd like to have much bigger pads. What is a K-sport caliper, and is there a feasible unit with very large pads for a 13" rotor and twin 1.75" piston area?

You cannot swap any of the brake parts between the 1st and 2nd gen. Explorers. Regards,

 

[Spdrcer34]

...Did you guys know that the Probe was ORIGINALLY going to be the 'New' Mustang?

I have even seen pics of the prototypes that were being built in Dearborn, and they even had 'Mustang' embossed in the rear apron.

Ryan

 

[XxxMonoxideChild]

I like fords just as much as the next guy but come on man a PROBE!? . Also what have you done to the engine? 25psi of boost is quite a bit

im actually a mazda guy, who actually built the probe. using an all mazda drivetrain. hence how it can take the abuse. the exact same motor came factory boosted in the mazdaspeed protege's a few years later.

this might take some typing, and ill miss alot..

2.0 mazda FS 4cyl motor./ clevitt bearings/ arp studs/ pauter I beam rods/wiseco 9-1-1/ cometic copper head gasket/ thermal intake gasket/ fully rebuilt head/ unothodox underdrive pulley/ ngk wires & plugs/ msd 6aL ignition/ msd blaster 3 coil/ RC enginering 680cc injectors/ walbro 190/ cartech fmu/ cosmo afpr/ earls nylon braided fuel lines/ sds em4-d full stand alone ECU/ REAL DUAL BALL BEARING precision hybrid GT30r turbo/ tial 38mm/ 2.5" turbo back exhaust/ 170degree thermostat/ oil cooler with remote filter and thermostatic valve/ awr solid engine mounts/ coolingmist vericool dual nozzle (m1) 150psi sureflo pump water meth system/ 28x12 front mount intercooler/ synapse synchronic bov/dual oil catch cans/ battery relocation with fused 0 gauge wiring, and a drivers master kill switch/ plx m300 wideband o2/ autometer - voltage, water, oil psi, boost, egt, fuel psi
Drivetrain: fidanza flywheel/ spec stage 3+ clutch
RR SS w/ poly bushings
tein ssp coilovers
gt-spec - v brace/ trailing arms
megan racing front strut bar
welded rear strut bar
welded unibody sub frame connection
custom rear sway bar endlinks
addco rear sway bar
ksport 8 piston 13" front brakes
rear drum - disk conversion
mazdaspeed protege/mazda6 rear brake conversion
steel braided brake lines
17x7 Kosei 14lb rims
front control arm to subframe reinforcement traction bars
quaife atb differential
steel braided clutch line

i also own a fully built 1990 mazda 626GT turbo touring, a built 1st gen 90 probe GT turbo, and a 88 colt GTS turbo im working on. my n/a toy's are a daily driver 89 probe lx i drive most of the time, a 2005 mazda6 dropped 5 inch's with alot of other just suspension mods, and of course my beater toy explorer im slowly converting to 4 door mazda navajo style lol. i have alot of cars.... i also have a turbocharged twin cyl, liquad cooled honda riding lawn mower i built that even has a blow off valve and underbody neons for ***** and giggles...

 

[VR-4ever]

I'm a bit late on this.... but would someone mind posting a link to the brake upgrade "How-to's"? Specifically, I would love step-by-step instructions on converting to discs in the rear, and cobra brakes in the front.

Thank you in advance.

I would love to put StopTech's on the truck..... they work great on the car, but I'm not looking to dent the wallet too hard.