Disc Brake Setup for Mustang II Front End

[Jack21]

For 15" wheels, Stainless Steel Brakes offers what they call their "Force 10", which is a 4 piston caliper on an 11" Grenada rotor. Made specificlly for MII front end guys with street rods and Cobras. It will stop the car! Have these on my front.

FMS a few years back offered a Mustang rear disk brake conversion kit M-2300-C. This essentially was a '87 - '89 T-Bird Turbo Coupe rear disk brake setup with caliper adapters for the Mustang 8.8 diff. With the kit came 10" rotors, single piston calipers, master cylinder, proportioning valve modification kit, and an adjustable proportioning valve.

The supplied master cylinder fits the MII brake booster without modificAtion as the Vette MC's do, and the outlets for the brake lines come out on the engine side of the MC so install is a snap.

Have this setup on mine, and with the SSB semi metallic pads front and rear, stopping is about as good as it gets for a 15" wheeled car.

That being said, with 17" wheels, other options appear. Go over to Baer brakes for 13" front, and 12" rear setups. Their fronts are made for MII's as well.

Bethania Garage makes an upper control arm adapter that is a must have on MII front ends. The bracket mounts to the frame, and rotates the control arm shaft 90 deg so it can now be aligned with shims like normal cars. And the alignement stays put, like normal cars too. Best $100 you'll ever spend on a MII front end Cobra.