[NOR_68Cougar]

Anyone have experience w/ these setups for rear discs? Seems like the explorer ebrake may work better seeing as it is the "drum" type. However, the mustang style has a little larger disc.

http://www.streetortrack.com/Street-or-Track-11.65-Rear-Disk-Brake-Kit-pr-23990.html

vs.

http://www.currieenterprises.com/cestore/productsRE.aspx?id=1229

Granted, I'll have to get a 9" rear to run the explorer type, but I'm debating that as well :evil:

 

[1969XR7Vert]

9" good. Drum E-brake good.

 

[67rynorod]

Why not just upgrade to the explorer rearend. You could do the whole swap and have a cuople hundred left over for the price of either of those. Not only that, but you would get a 31 spline 8.8 posi with 3.55/3.73/4.10 gears. 31 spline 8.8's are every bit as sturdy as the 9" until you get past the 1000lb-ft torque zone.

I looked at www.car-part.com in your area and within 40 miles of 37062 zip code you can get any of those ratios from several salvage yards complete with discs for $200 (some were $150).

 

[DesertDawg]

Not Explorer/Mustang; but the "drum-in-hat" parking brake on my '02 F150 4x4 (just slightly larger rotors) does very well in "sticking" the truck -and any trailer that might be on the hitch- exactly where it sat when the e-brake pedal was pushed to the firewall. Get back in and attempt to "blast off" without releasing the brake; and one might think it's parked against a concrete wall.

A scary thing: other than the 8-lug rotor hats, the same components are used on my '08 F250SD "company truck"; which after I loaded all my daily [email protected], weighs right at 7800lbs with a half a tank of gas.. I just KNEW my employer got the rock-bottom cheapest Fords they could find!

 

[cougarshaman]

Why not just upgrade to the explorer rearend.

If you're feeling like a challenge, swapping the whole independent unit from a Navi is a great swap that leaves you with a very nice and robust rear suspension and diff.