phils89sc
Registered User
Hello Everyone,
I have been out of the Supercoupe arena for quite some time now, around 2011. I went to another Ford faction, the 2.3L turbo with an 85 SVO. Now I am coming back. I am going to buy a 93-95 (preferably 94-5 with auto trans). The last SC I had was an 90 auto. Before I sold it, I had gone the route of converting the front brakes to 99-04 Mustang PBR calipers and 11.57" rotors. This kept me with the factory 4.25" wheel lug spacing, which, at the time was fine.
Fast forward to the near future. What I would like to do is to convert the wheels lug bolts pattern to the 4.5", which is much more common (IIRC) than the 4.25" pattern and gives a greater selection of wheels. I have done some searching on the internet and have found some info on the front end swap. I may be wrong on this so, if I am, feel free to correct me. The swap is kind of similar to the Mustang caliper swap, with one an additional step of replacing the hubs (just the hubs as the spindles are different between Fox Mustang and MN12 Tbird / MkVIII). Am I correct in thinking that the hub swap is a direct swap from 99-04 Mustang spindle to the 93-97 Tbird spindle? If so, I would also purchase the 13" Cobra PBR rotors and matching caliper / caliper brackets for the PBR calipers.
For the rear, I have found less info, but from what I have read, it involves using the rear hubs from an IRS Mustang Cobra, like an 03-04ish. Past that, I do not know what else is needed, such as what else I will need from the Cobra setup (i.e. calipers, brackets, etc.).
If anyone has successfully done a complete swap, can you advise me on this swap?
Thanks,
Phil
I have been out of the Supercoupe arena for quite some time now, around 2011. I went to another Ford faction, the 2.3L turbo with an 85 SVO. Now I am coming back. I am going to buy a 93-95 (preferably 94-5 with auto trans). The last SC I had was an 90 auto. Before I sold it, I had gone the route of converting the front brakes to 99-04 Mustang PBR calipers and 11.57" rotors. This kept me with the factory 4.25" wheel lug spacing, which, at the time was fine.
Fast forward to the near future. What I would like to do is to convert the wheels lug bolts pattern to the 4.5", which is much more common (IIRC) than the 4.25" pattern and gives a greater selection of wheels. I have done some searching on the internet and have found some info on the front end swap. I may be wrong on this so, if I am, feel free to correct me. The swap is kind of similar to the Mustang caliper swap, with one an additional step of replacing the hubs (just the hubs as the spindles are different between Fox Mustang and MN12 Tbird / MkVIII). Am I correct in thinking that the hub swap is a direct swap from 99-04 Mustang spindle to the 93-97 Tbird spindle? If so, I would also purchase the 13" Cobra PBR rotors and matching caliper / caliper brackets for the PBR calipers.
For the rear, I have found less info, but from what I have read, it involves using the rear hubs from an IRS Mustang Cobra, like an 03-04ish. Past that, I do not know what else is needed, such as what else I will need from the Cobra setup (i.e. calipers, brackets, etc.).
If anyone has successfully done a complete swap, can you advise me on this swap?
Thanks,
Phil