96 Brake Upgrade Rotor Question - Help ASAP!
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Mr Anonymous
Tire Wall
It all depends on which brackets you have. If you have the DN5 brackets, those rotors you list will fit. If you have FN74 brackets, while you can use those rotors, they will be undersized; order rotors for a '95+ Lincoln Continental (trust me, don't put "Taurus" in the equasion, or chances are you'll end up with the wrong parts).
Shoaz
Studly dood
The 94-95 rotors are smaller diameter (about an inch) than the 96 and up SHO or 95+ Contintental rotors. Other than the rotor sizes and the caliper brackets to match those rotors the knuckles, calipers, etc., are all essentially identical.
How about the calipers do they have to be 95+ Contential or 96-99 SHO only? same for brackets for the 96-99 rotors?
Also will 1996 SHO Hawk HB347 pads work for front pads and 96 caliper/caliper bracket and rotor?
<small>[ March 09, 2004, 11:42 PM: Message edited by: RI-SHO ]</small>
Also will 1996 SHO Hawk HB347 pads work for front pads and 96 caliper/caliper bracket and rotor?
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Mr Anonymous
Tire Wall
Any '94+ Taurus/Sable/Conti calipers with steel pistons will work.
Wouldn't 94-95 calipers be smaller than 96+ SHO calipers? Or do I use 94-96+ calipers with 96-99 brake pads to use all of the 11.6" surface area of a 96+ SHO rotor?
As far as caliper brackets, the 95" Contential or 96+ SHO caliper brackets will fit 96-99 rotors??
<small>[ March 10, 2004, 12:42 AM: Message edited by: RI-SHO ]</small>
Mr Anonymous
Tire Wall
The calipers are the same, it's the brackets that are different. Yes, you want '95+ Conti or '96+ SHO brackets. Regardless of what car they are specified for, they must have a stamping of FN74.
Shoaz
Studly dood
I'll second that the calipers are all the same. If you have 94-95 calipers you're already set.
You can use either the pads from the 94 or 598-series pads from 96+, but the 598 pads will use much more area of the rotors (i.e., better in general).
You can use either the pads from the 94 or 598-series pads from 96+, but the 598 pads will use much more area of the rotors (i.e., better in general).
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