Jazzer The Cat

Don't bother with upgrading rear brakes on the SN95.... will not do you any good at all Even with a manual rear brake bias valve ALL the way open, you won't get any help at all. How do I know....? Because I did this mod and was a complete waste of money.

Jazzer

rafacalz

i already have the parts oh well lol i just didnt want to have to pull the axles out...

Jazzer The Cat

If you have the Cobra rear brakes, the axles must be removed, as mentioned above. This is not a big deal and a good idea to put fresh fluid and seals back there anyway.

Jazzer

LilRoush

So since this became active again, why do the Cobra rears require the axles to come out, but the 13" rear upgrades don't? (I've never seen the Cobras in person, but I had 13" rears on the V6R that took about 20 mins to swap on.) Is it more involved that pulling the rotor, taking off the caliper bracket, adding a new one and putting the new rotor on?

Jazzer The Cat

I have not see the V6R brakes, of which you speak, but they must be designed to retrofit the existing brackets of the GT's. Much the same way as the Cobra "R" calipers adapt directly to the fronts and are a VERY easy upgrade, as you already know ) The Cobra rears were designed by Ford to be installed prior to the axles, so they were just meant to fit that way. I am sure somebody could make an adapter to avoid the trouble, but the market would be hard pressed to justify it.

As you already know, without serious upgrades to rear calipers (non-Mustang OEM) and some suspension mods, there is just not enough gain to justify any upgrade to the rear of an SN95 anyway, IMO. I have done such mods and can go back in time with a stomp of my brake pedal

Jazzer

LilRoush

Ah, I gotcha. V6R = my old V6 Roush with the big boy brakes and suspension.

hpwrestler220

The cobra rear brakes have different moan braces designed to handle the extra vibration and reduce noise. In order to put these on, the axles need to be pulled out.

LilRoush

Makes sense.