The stock single piston caliper and the Mustang GT dual caliper
The stock single piston caliper and the Mustang GT dual caliper
You can use Calipers and Brackets for a 99 through 2004 Mustang V6 or GT
You will need Mustang calipers, pads, and mounting brackets,. You will also need to use Mustang Bango Bolts, since the Mustang caliper take a bigger one, with a different thread pitch. When mounting the new caliper, use the Tbird mounting bolts. If you get pre loaded calipers from places like Advanced, you get them with new brackets, brake pads, bleeders, and crush washers for the brake line fittings. You will have to order the 2 new banjo bolts, which are around $17-23 each.
The passenger side caliper will need trimed
to clear the Tbird brake hose fitting.
The calipers will need to be clearanced
slightly to get some clearance at the spindle.
This shows why you need the clearance near the spindle, and also
need to have the guide pins clean, lubed, and good boots on them.
The calipers come with Phenolic plastic pistons. These work fine for most applications, but can cause problems when used in high speed braking. My front brakes started acting up last year after some full 1/4 miles passes at Bowling Green, and seemed to be not fully release at times, and run a little hot after a long drive.
During my recent tear down and inspection, I determined that the brake caliper pistons were slightly warped, most likely from heavy braking, and needed replaced.
These Caliper Pistons are aluminum, and will not cause this problem.
With the car being IRS, and having a tremendous amount of torque, it tries to squat a lot on launch. This throws the rear Camber way off, thus reducing the foot print of the drag radials. With the air bags, I can up the pressure to shift the camber to about 1 degree positive, and limit the squat so it is zero camber on launch. With the air pressure reduced, it goes to zero camber for good tire wear while cruising. The pressure can be varied left to right also to get even launches.
