13" Brake Conversion Info
Wanna put "Cobra R" 13" front brakes on?
Here is some brake info that might be useful.
It only applies to 98-01's
AWD's have two piece rotors, so you can buy the Mustang Cobra "R" rotors and calipers from Baer (
www.baer.com) and bolt them on to the stock hubs. They also make a 13" AWD kit themselves.
2wd's (lucky me) are more work. They have one piece rotors.
This is what I am in the process of trying: I bought two used one-piece rotors and hubs from a junkyard. I sent them to a machine shop to have the rotors cut off. Now I have just the hub. I'm going to re-install the hubs (minus rotors) on the spindles, and purchase and install the 13" rotors on the hubs (like a standard 2 piece setup on a late model mustang).
No matter what your drivetrain is, a bracket has to be fabricated to mount the caliper.
I'm told, so long as you master cylinder is the 15/16 bore or larger (mine is 1-1/16) no proportiong valve work has to be done.
Salleen (used to) sell a 13 inch kit for explorers, but it only fit AWD's. List price was $1999. 13" brakes were optional on all Saleen Exp's.
Yes, the stock brakes on Explorer's suck. I'll try to take pictures as I go along, so if anybody needs to do this in the future......
BTW, you have to have 17" wheels to clear the Cobra calipers.
