Ive got all the parts ordered to do the brakes on my CVLX. I actually still have pad, but with 85k miles I think they've done their job.
Im doing a swap someone on mm.net came up with. I got in on one of the group buys for the adapter bracket necessary to do the swap. It consists of 2010 Ford GT500 front rotors (14") and C5 Corvette front calipers. The Corvette calipers are actually designed for a 13" rotor, so there is a bit of 'extra' rotor, but that just means more sink area so its not all a waste.
Just for fun, I laid a rotor over top of my 18" wheel. Now, I don't actually know if this setup will fit under these wheels. They fit under Marauder wheels but these are a bit different. This is something I want to check this weekend. You can see its quite a bit bigger than the stock brakes.
I laid one of the brake pads to show actual portion it ends up biting.
These are the brackets. The threaded holes attach to the factory mounting point, and the unthreaded portion is where the C5 calipers mount.
However, Im going to be drilling the threads out as I was concerned about the amount of tension I could apply to the bolts before pulling the threads out of the aluminum.
I did some research and calculated that the factory M14-2 bolts at the specified 118ftlbs torque would be about 12900lbs tension.
I found a calculator to show me torque values for bolting into a particular material and couldnt get over about 95ft-lbs result 10400lbs tension at the max with 16mm of 6061-T6 and M14-2 bolts. I tried finding out which material these were made out of, but I never got an answer so that was just what I used as what I thought was a common aluminum to machine stuff out of. IF it was 2024-T6 it would be okay as is. -T4 would be borderline and I would probably do the same thing Im doing now.
So I decided to drill the threads out and use a nut to secure it. Along the way I came across Nord-Lock washers and I decided to use those to secure the bolt and the nut to prevent loosening. Their recommended torque value with their washers and oiled threads in M14 is 135lb-ft for 16600lbs tension.
So I have all new coated (included hardware was black oxide) hardware coming from Fastenal.
Here is one attached to a caliper.
Moving on to more mundane things, these are the front pads I selected.
Edge codes
Rear Crown Vic rotor
Rear pad selected
Edge codes
Im doing a swap someone on mm.net came up with. I got in on one of the group buys for the adapter bracket necessary to do the swap. It consists of 2010 Ford GT500 front rotors (14") and C5 Corvette front calipers. The Corvette calipers are actually designed for a 13" rotor, so there is a bit of 'extra' rotor, but that just means more sink area so its not all a waste.
Just for fun, I laid a rotor over top of my 18" wheel. Now, I don't actually know if this setup will fit under these wheels. They fit under Marauder wheels but these are a bit different. This is something I want to check this weekend. You can see its quite a bit bigger than the stock brakes.
I laid one of the brake pads to show actual portion it ends up biting.
These are the brackets. The threaded holes attach to the factory mounting point, and the unthreaded portion is where the C5 calipers mount.
However, Im going to be drilling the threads out as I was concerned about the amount of tension I could apply to the bolts before pulling the threads out of the aluminum.
I did some research and calculated that the factory M14-2 bolts at the specified 118ftlbs torque would be about 12900lbs tension.
I found a calculator to show me torque values for bolting into a particular material and couldnt get over about 95ft-lbs result 10400lbs tension at the max with 16mm of 6061-T6 and M14-2 bolts. I tried finding out which material these were made out of, but I never got an answer so that was just what I used as what I thought was a common aluminum to machine stuff out of. IF it was 2024-T6 it would be okay as is. -T4 would be borderline and I would probably do the same thing Im doing now.
So I decided to drill the threads out and use a nut to secure it. Along the way I came across Nord-Lock washers and I decided to use those to secure the bolt and the nut to prevent loosening. Their recommended torque value with their washers and oiled threads in M14 is 135lb-ft for 16600lbs tension.
So I have all new coated (included hardware was black oxide) hardware coming from Fastenal.
Here is one attached to a caliper.
Moving on to more mundane things, these are the front pads I selected.
Edge codes
Rear Crown Vic rotor
Rear pad selected
Edge codes
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