Brembos on. What to do with the rear?
 

I installed a set of 4 piston Brembos this weekend. Very nice. My question though, is what to do with the rear brakes?

The car is a weekend warrior street car, and will probably see some auto-xs. Should I just put on some better pads? Or would it be worth while to upgrade? Rotors, lines, ect?

Thanks.

Try putting on some better pads. The rears really dont do _that_ much for stopping. You already have disk rear brakes. My M2300K Cobra brakes have 13" & 12" rotors, you will have (assuming) 13" and 11". See if you really _need_ them. Do you have an adjustable prop valve. Play with the settings and see if you can dial in the rear brakes to lock up...

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Darius Rudis
Roadracer: Home built t-arm/panhard suspension powered by an S-trimmed motor :-)
My Mustang Page

They're the 11.65" vented single piston Cobra units.

I don't have an adjustable prop valve. How much do they usually run, and how hard are they to install?

Thanks!

Adjustable proportioning valves usually run about $50. They're not too hard, just disable the factory non-adj. valve, and thread the new one in line.

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Moxie Racing

Moderator, TealNet

The artist formerly known as virtspeed

You can gut the factory prop valve with the Motorsport "plug" for like $9.
See my M2300K INSTRUCTIONS page.

The adjustable prop valve is like $50 and sits right next to the passenger side hood hinge. Piece of cake to install like in
THIS photo.




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Darius Rudis
Roadracer: Home built t-arm/panhard suspension powered by an S-trimmed motor :-)
My Mustang Page