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Message: <blockquote data-quote="shovel" data-source="post: 1516418" data-attributes="member: 29855">I didn't fool around with random parts.   I put the Cobra calipers/rotors/master cylinder on my 94 GT with all the correct hoses and the adapter hardlines made specifically for that purpose.  On my wife's 02 V6 the rear end was an open differential which meant she was always peglegging any time she would go around a corner under throttle - I don't even mean performance driving I just mean turning right at a stop sign if there was a spot of gravel or fallen leaves or water in the gutter that inside tire would spin.    So a Mach 1 axle gave her 3.55 gears (from 3.27), LSD, quad shocks, "Cobra" brakes, sway bar (V6 coupes didn't ship with one), and the vibration damper.   The rear "cobra" brakes have the same hydraulic volume as GT/V6 so nothing else needed to change with respect to Pascal's law.  The principal difference is a vented disc rather than solid and it's trivially larger in diameter.  Since her car has ABS, the tone rings on the 03 axle are identical to the tone rings originally on her car so in the event the new brakes want to lock up that will quickly be identified by ABS and presumably it will do its job.</blockquote>