bjm3.8

So I got my Cobra Brakes yesterday from buyfordracing.com and they look awesome, I can't wait to install them. I still need to order the stainless steel brake lines. My one question about the kit is, is there anything else that I need to order besides the brake lines? The kit came with the calipers and rotors obviously as well as the brake pads. I also ordered the two banjo bolts, so is that all I need for the install???

amoosenamedhank

Other than brake fluid that should be it.

casper_stang

howdy, congrats on the buy, i just did the same conversion myself, if you have the caliper brackets as well then you should be all set and ready to go. if any questions you can follow my thread in the very end when i installed the brakes

https://mustangforums.com/forum/4-6l...-the-gt-7.html

Jazzer The Cat

Be sure to install DOT 4 or Super Blue fluid and upgrade to SS lines out back as well. You just may end up on the track at some point and will be thankful for good fluid in your lines!

Jazzer

bjm3.8

i wasn't aware that i needed to order caliper brackets. Where can i get these at??? Do i really need the SS lines out back?

teej281

If jazzer advises it, I would do it. He knows what he is talking about. Very knowledgable.

Jazzer The Cat

^ thanks teej

When you apply the brakes, you are putting pressure on all four brake calipers. You are placing a higer % on fronts due to proportioning valve, but pressure all the same. If you have a weak link, in this case, rubber brake lines, they will "swell" a small amount under this pressure. If the brake lines are swelling, than you are not applying 100% of the brake pressure into the caliper pistons, but rather some is being "absorbed" by the flex of these lines. This will give you some inconsistancies on braking due to temperature changes over the time in which you are driving.

Any fluid will get hot if compressed and your brake fluid is no exception. When the fluid gets hot, on the track for example, the rubber will get a little softer and will expand a bit more under the heat. SS lines will not allow this expansion and be more precise on braking. The higher quality brake fluids, DOT 4 and Super Blue, for example.... will work better under the higher temps created by LOTS of hard braking, like on the track. The stock brake fluid will get "spongy" with lots of heat and can be dangerous in extreme cases and actually boil.

I will let others chime in on the exact nature of why the fluids differ, but suffice to say this. The higher up the DOT scale you get, the better off you are. Look up the temp ranges for DOT 1 and up to DOT 4. Now look up Super Blue and see the temps in which it does well.

Fluid is cheap and if you are running around the track, you want your brakes to ALWAYS stop you in ti...


Jazzer

bjm3.8

ok thanks a lot Jazzer very informative. So are the SS lines the same for the back as in the front???

Jazzer The Cat

^ nope, definitely not!

The only ones I know of are from J&M and see them at American Muscle:



As mentioned above, I had to bend them a bit to fit, but was no big deal. Come to think of it, this may have been due to suspension work, I don't recall for sure. Either way, an easy mod once you are in there and an upgrade from stockers.

Jazzer

casper_stang

those lines look pretty good, i went with the goodridge ones, they are pretty good quality