Have you ever wanted to upgrade your 4 wheel drum mustang without spending $3000? Do you want to be able to go down to the local auto parts store and pickup replacement pads without special ordering them? I wanted these same things and that’s why I installed a Vintage Venom (Vintage Venom - Home of vintage Mustang brake conversions — Vintage Venom - Vintage Mustang Disc Brake Kits) brake kit. For about $1200 (or less) you can have a complete 13” twin piston front setup and a 11.65” single piston rear setup (article to come later) using 1994-2004 Cobra brakes. This article is intended to show you how easy and nice looking the Front kit is.
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Figure 1: Checkout the beautiful machine work on the front caliper brackets.
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Figure 2: Remove your original drum brakes. You will need to keep your original front hub or order replacements. I got mine from NPD.
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Figure 3: This shows the replacement hub with the supplied 3" pressed in studs included with Vintage Venom kit.
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Figure 4: Bolt on the new caliper brackets to your stock drum spindles
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Figure 5: Next you install the aluminum spacer included in the kit. This is used to give the correct backspace for the rotor/caliper & make the SN95 wheel clear.
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Figure 6: This is the front 13" PowerStop Rotor. You can use standard replacement rotors from the local parts store, these are so much cooler.
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Figure 7: These are 10th anniversary calipers. You can use any 94-2004 Cobra/Mach1 calipers. 2002 Mustang GT Wheels (must use 17X8 w/30mm offset)
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Conclusion:
The Vintage Venom kit is so easy to install, you can buy parts at the local store, and you now have the performance of 13" rotors. You will need some other miscellaneous parts such as front brake hoses, front brake hose brackets, 3/16” ¼” adapters, banjo bolts, etc. All part numbers are included in the detailed instructions included with the kit.
Rear kit and a street testing article to come soon..
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