Installing ATS Brembos on the Cobra.

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I'll be using this setup on the road course this weekend. Running ATS/ Taurus with Raybestos st43/st47 pads and RBF 600 on a 98 Cobra. One of the guys I'm running with also has a similar setup with different pads, we'll see what she does. I do like the feeling with both done and it seems to stop well. I've had to do a panic stop because of a deer.
 

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I'll be using this setup on the road course this weekend. Running ATS/ Taurus with Raybestos st43/st47 pads and RBF 600 on a 98 Cobra. One of the guys I'm running with also has a similar setup with different pads, we'll see what she does. I do like the feeling with both done and it seems to stop well. I've had to do a panic stop because of a deer.

Awesome!

Please update us as to how the setup performed.
 

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We've had discussions at length about this with the track guys I run with. I only wish I had better pads back when I ran the stock setup on track.
 

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It's been a minute but the car did great on track with the ATS/Taurus setup. All the confidence with it stopping
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It's been a minute but the car did great on track with the ATS/Taurus setup. All the confidence with it stoppingView attachment 1706452

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Have you or anyone else have rubbing from the rear rotors when turning? I put the tarus rear brakes on and making turns had an awful grinding noise and I thought maybe the diff but wanted to ask here in case.
 

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The factory mustang bracket and Taurus caliper doesn’t sit center on the rotor? This is new to me.


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You run into the same problem installing mach1 or bullitt rear brakes on a SRA. The problem is often the bracket not sitting center on the rotor but also casting flash on the bracket itself that contacts the rotor.

I had both issues when I installed larger rear brakes on my old stick axle. I found it odd that the issues were only on the drivers side.

I ended up spacing the bracket out with two steel washers to center it. Then I had to file away the casting flash on the inside edge.
 

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You run into the same problem installing mach1 or bullitt rear brakes on a SRA. The problem is often the bracket not sitting center on the rotor but also casting flash on the bracket itself that contacts the rotor.

I had both issues when I installed larger rear brakes on my old stick axle. I found it odd that the issues were only on the drivers side.

I ended up spacing the bracket out with two steel washers to center it. Then I had to file away the casting flash on the inside edge.
What? I have a bullitt and it comes factory with SRA? I only experienced the grinding after installing the new back brake setup. Front worked great.
 

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What? I have a bullitt and it comes factory with SRA? I only experienced the grinding after installing the new back brake setup. Front worked great.

Did you order rear calipers with brackets and use those?

I specifically remember the issues I had using my old GT caliper brackets when I upgraded the rear rotors (may still have the). Later I swapped brackets from terminator and got rid of the spacers. This was common back in the day when that swap was super popular.

If you reused your buillitt brackets I don't see why or how you have an issue.
 

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Did you order rear calipers with brackets and use those?

I specifically remember the issues I had using my old GT caliper brackets when I upgraded the rear rotors (may still have the). Later I swapped brackets from terminator and got rid of the spacers. This was common back in the day when that swap was super popular.

If you reused your buillitt brackets I don't see why or how you have an issue.

Now I’m a little confused. My car is a bullitt with a terminator swap so the car came setup from the factory with SRA. I just bolted on the bigger rear brakes and didn’t think spacers were necessary based on this thread at the time


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You run into the same problem installing mach1 or bullitt rear brakes on a SRA. The problem is often the bracket not sitting center on the rotor but also casting flash on the bracket itself that contacts the rotor.

I had both issues when I installed larger rear brakes on my old stick axle. I found it odd that the issues were only on the drivers side.

I ended up spacing the bracket out with two steel washers to center it. Then I had to file away the casting flash on the inside edge.

Interesting. So to avoid this issue you need a newer style solid axle rear bracket from a Terminator, Bullitt, or Mach 1 correct? I was going to put the Taurus/Sable calipers on 96 GT rear brackets.


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Interesting. So to avoid this issue you need a newer style solid axle rear bracket from a Terminator, Bullitt, or Mach 1 correct? I was going to put the Taurus/Sable calipers on 96 GT rear brackets.


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I just used the entire tarus caliper instead of using the bullitt brackets with the tarus caliper. I think that's where I went wrong? Can someone confirm.
 

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I think we are mixing up two different issues.

Using a spacer to center the caliper with rear disk brakes sometimes is necessary depending on what brakes are being used. Some folks don't use any. I put OEM ford SRA Cobra 11.65" disk brakes on my fox and didn't use any shims to center the caliper. 100% bolt on affair

When I discovered the Taurus rear calipers, I only swapped the caliper onto the Mustang pad support bracket that would center over the rotor. That part was off the Mustang and i just swapped on the piston portion of the caliper. Mustang pad bracket, mustang pads. Total bolt up, no shimming needed.

I've never actually seen the pad support bracket for the taurus caliper, as my calipers did not come with them when i bought them. I have no idea if it's the same as the Sn95 but i seemed to get the impression from others doing the swap that it was.
 

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I think we are mixing up two different issues.

Using a spacer to center the caliper with rear disk brakes sometimes is necessary depending on what brakes are being used. Some folks don't use any. I put OEM ford SRA Cobra 11.65" disk brakes on my fox and didn't use any shims to center the caliper. 100% bolt on affair

When I discovered the Taurus rear calipers, I only swapped the caliper onto the Mustang pad support bracket that would center over the rotor. That part was off the Mustang and i just swapped on the piston portion of the caliper. Mustang pad bracket, mustang pads. Total bolt up, no shimming needed.

I've never actually seen the pad support bracket for the taurus caliper, as my calipers did not come with them when i bought them. I have no idea if it's the same as the Sn95 but i seemed to get the impression from others doing the swap that it was.

I just so happened to take a picture because they forgot to send hardware and this is what I received. Just the caliper/piston part but no bracket. I think I paid $50 for the set at the time so I figured it was worth a shot. I'll pull a wheel on lunch and see if they are centered on the rotor. Everything going straight was fine but only when turning did I hear the weird rubbing/grinding noise. I thought it could be the diff but it only happened after the brake install so I wanted to ask others. I was thinking about changing the brakes back to stock to diagnose but hurt the motor and don't know how to diagnose further without the car able to move.
 

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I think we are mixing up two different issues.

Using a spacer to center the caliper with rear disk brakes sometimes is necessary depending on what brakes are being used. Some folks don't use any. I put OEM ford SRA Cobra 11.65" disk brakes on my fox and didn't use any shims to center the caliper. 100% bolt on affair

When I discovered the Taurus rear calipers, I only swapped the caliper onto the Mustang pad support bracket that would center over the rotor. That part was off the Mustang and i just swapped on the piston portion of the caliper. Mustang pad bracket, mustang pads. Total bolt up, no shimming needed.

I've never actually seen the pad support bracket for the taurus caliper, as my calipers did not come with them when i bought them. I have no idea if it's the same as the Sn95 but i seemed to get the impression from others doing the swap that it was.

Let me get this straight, pad support bracket, mustang pads, and Taurus calipers are a direct bolt-on?
 

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