Re: need help going from 2.3 to 5.0
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Originally Posted by tireburner163
The brakes don't HAVE to me changed. My old LX was a V-8 conversion and it still had the 10" front brakes and it stoped fine. The 4 banger stock suspension works better for drag racing too. The rack and pinion, master cyl and brake booster do NOT have to be changed.
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My '85 gt has the factory 10" brakes, so does my '85 2.3L LX, they both don't stop for Shizzle, but they have brake problems. If you just plan on drag racing/cruising on the street they are fine, but after driving my Cobra every day a quality brake system is what i'll have on every daily driver from now on.
An example.....oh Sh!t, a deer!......my '85's would have hit it, my cobra easily stopped short.
If you don't plan on stopping quickly 10" brakes work fine
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