99-04 front calipers on 95

Nuttinbutcrumbs · Oct 7, 2015

Have any yall put parts store '99 calipers on your 94/95? I'm needing to do a brake job here pretty soon and I'm wondering if it'd be worth the extra money and effort to buy new calipers? I'm going to use stock rotors and ceramic pads. I'm not looking to buy an aftermarket brake kit. If anyone has done it, was it a night and day difference or just kinda meh? That's sort of a loaded question I guess since we're comparing old worn out pads etc vs new. Any thoughts?

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white95 · Oct 7, 2015

RichV, and countless others, has done this with good success over the stock, single piston 94/95 calipers.

Here's an excellent write up:

http://www.sn95forums.com/showthread.php?68550-So-you-want-a-Big-Brake-Kit-(BBK)

lutter94 · Oct 7, 2015

PBR rotors are slightly bigger than your 95. I'd shoot for Cobra calipers, and 14" rotors, they really aren't that expensive, try rockauto and amazon.

g36 monkey · Oct 8, 2015

lutter94 said:
PBR rotors are slightly bigger than your 95. I'd shoot for Cobra calipers, and 14" rotors, they really aren't that expensive, try rockauto and amazon.

WOah woah woah! 14" will fit under the cobra calipers?? I need it.

Nuttinbutcrumbs · Oct 8, 2015

lutter94 said:
PBR rotors are slightly bigger than your 95. I'd shoot for Cobra calipers, and 14" rotors, they really aren't that expensive, try rockauto and amazon.

So the 95 and 99 GT's have the same rotors?

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bluex · Oct 8, 2015

Nuttinbutcrumbs said:
So the 95 and 99 GT's have the same rotors?

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Yes I put a set of 02 calipers on my 96 an used the same rotors. Some slight grinding might be needed on the spindle. Mine had a casting line the calipers were hitting.

lutter94 · Oct 8, 2015

g36 monkey said:
WOah woah woah! 14" will fit under the cobra calipers?? I need it.

My bad, 13". Sorry I was wrong lol.

g36 monkey · Oct 8, 2015

lutter94 said:
My bad, 13". Sorry I was wrong lol.

Damn I got real excited for a minute lol.

But yes you can use the stock rotors with the newer calipers. They are a pretty good bit better than what comes stock on your car.

Nuttinbutcrumbs · Oct 9, 2015

Do the 99-04's GT's have the same master cylinder as the 94-98's? I know the cobra's were different.
If no, then I'm not sure it'd be worth the caliper swap if I kept the same master.
Just thinking aloud.

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96blak54 · Oct 9, 2015

Most grab calipers and rotors from a 96-98 cobra, but youll need 17" wheels to clear them

lutter94 · Oct 9, 2015

Nuttinbutcrumbs said:
Do the 99-04's GT's have the same master cylinder as the 94-98's? I know the cobra's were different.
If no, then I'm not sure it'd be worth the caliper swap if I kept the same master.
Just thinking aloud.

Don't Sext and Drive.

94/95 don't have hydroboost like 96+ do. When I put cobra fronts on, I swapped out the MC to a cobra one. If you don't the pedal will be firmer (not necessarily a bad thing, your preference).

Nuttinbutcrumbs · Oct 10, 2015

96blak54 said:
Most grab calipers and rotors from a 96-98 cobra, but youll need 17" wheels to clear them

I have 17x9's

lutter94 said:
94/95 don't have hydroboost like 96+ do. When I put cobra fronts on, I swapped out the MC to a cobra one. If you don't the pedal will be firmer (not necessarily a bad thing, your preference).

Probably a deal breaker then, firmer pedal w similar performance. I think we're just getting a regular ole brake job w new stock rotors.

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wmfateam · Oct 10, 2015

I have the 99_04 calipers sitting in my waiting to go on parts bin. They are much lighter than the 96_98 calipers. I'm using them because I have to use stock size rotors in my class. Less weight, they can dissipate heat better, and with dual pistons the pressure applied is s little more spread out. And being a 96_98 you don't have to modify the spindles or MC.

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g36 monkey · Oct 10, 2015

I don't see why the master cylinder would be an issue. The V6 doesn't use the hydroboost setup, and as far as I know Gt and V6 brakes are the same, the 6 just uses a vacuum booster like the 5.0 does. The calipers should be the same.

I installed cobra brakes without changing the master cylinder and it all worked just fine to me, however the cobra MC is valved a bit differently to provide more equal braking.

You going from stock 94/95 calipers to stock 99-04 calipers would be a pretty good difference. I did it on my old coworkers 95 and he told me it was leaps and bounds better.

So....yea.

bluex · Oct 10, 2015

wmfateam said:
I have the 99_04 calipers sitting in my waiting to go on parts bin. They are much lighter than the 96_98 calipers. I'm using them because I have to use stock size rotors in my class. Less weight, they can dissipate heat better, and with dual pistons the pressure applied is s little more spread out. And being a 96_98 you don't have to modify the spindles or MC.

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I and to grind a little on the spindles on my 96. Just had to knock a casting line down flat is all.

Nuttinbutcrumbs · Oct 11, 2015

g36 monkey said:
I don't see why the master cylinder would be an issue. The V6 doesn't use the hydroboost setup, and as far as I know Gt and V6 brakes are the same, the 6 just uses a vacuum booster like the 5.0 does. The calipers should be the same.

I installed cobra brakes without changing the master cylinder and it all worked just fine to me, however the cobra MC is valved a bit differently to provide more equal braking.

You going from stock 94/95 calipers to stock 99-04 calipers would be a pretty good difference. I did it on my old coworkers 95 and he told me it was leaps and bounds better.

So....yea.

Hm, ok cool. Was it fairly straight fwd minus a little grinding? How old were the pads and rotors that you replaced? Were they worn to the bone or fairly new?

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