rick9150

I have recently bought a 91 5.0 with a 5 lug swap. It has drum brakes. Any idea how to find out off of what year model this came out of? I'm a little concerned because the rear wheels sit extremly close to the stabalizer shocks. within 1/4 in. Is this normal?

bz1111

Quad shocks right? did you buy thr whole axle kit?

PJB

You most likely have Ford Ranger axles and drums in the stock Mustang housing.

You will need to flip your quad shocks. Flipping them upside down doesnt affect their operation or anything and it gives your wheels the clearance they need.

The reason for the wheels being close is that fox and Sn95 wheels have different offsets. The Sn95 axles are slightly wider.

I ran into the same issue with my car using Ranger axles and drums and '03 Mustang wheels.

rick9150

it was already on the car when I bought it.

rick9150

do you know the width of the stock rear end? I measured the outside to outside of the wheels front and back and the front is 1in wider than the back. is that normal?

PJB

Im thinking thats normal although I dont know the exact measurements.
In order to put an SN95 rearend in youd have to use disc brakes because the axles are longer.
Also if you used Sn95 wheels on an SN95 rearend they wouldnt be so close to the shocks.
Im not even sure if the sn95's had quad shocks.

rick9150

I used to own a 95 and it did have quads. didnt the v6s have drum.

rick9150

I don't know, what do you think about spacers? maybe I need different wheels. there is 96-97 cobra wheels on it right now.

PJB

No.
They had a 7.5 with discs.

PJB

I dont trust spacers.
Flip the quad shocks upside down and see how the wheels fit then.
You might need wheels with a different offset but Im thinking you probably dont.