Rear Disc Brake's ???

[Triggerman]

This thread got me fired up so this morn. I went to the wrecking yard (Automotive salvage facility %) and found 2 96 Crown Vic rear ends and got all the parts for two conversions for $80. I will have to clock and redrill the backing plates as my 84 E150 9" rearend has a 3 9/16 x 2" bolt pattern and the crown vic has a 3 1/4 x 2" pattern as others have said. This is fine with me as it will allow me to move the caliper a little higher up on the axle. I will also have to enlarge the opening of the backing plates so my big bearing axles will go through them. All of this plus the usual redrilling of, and enlarging the center of, the rotors. There are Heavy Duty and light duty calipers for these systems with different part numbers as I found out today from AutoZone, anyone know anything else about this? Here are some pics of what I got.

 

[ponch0v]

will both calipers mount twords the rear? or can you mount them off the front of the axle?

 

[BUCKETOBOLTS]

On my set up the driverside points to the rear, and the pass side points to the front. That is the way they were removed from the donor car.

 

[ponch0v]

On my set up the driverside points to the rear, and the pass side points to the front. That is the way they were removed from the donor car.

thats the way i saw them mounted at the p&p.but from the photos, it looks like you could buy two drivers sides and just flip the passanger side so the ebrake cable comes out the bootom on the drivers side and the top on the passanger side?? gotta pull a set and check it out.

 

[RnrdTheFox]

I have a couple of doners spotted at the Pull It Yard. Wondering if I need a slide hammer to remove the axels to get the backing plates. Just trying to figure out all the tools I need to tote along

 

[toddz69]

I have a couple of doners spotted at the Pull It Yard. Wondering if I need a slide hammer to remove the axels to get the backing plates. Just trying to figure out all the tools I need to tote along

No, you shouldn't. They're c-clip axles.

Todd Z.

 

[slyjki]

i have the bc setup works ok but i need to add a valve!

 

[bax]

Here is a picture of my disk brakes. I don't think thay are going to mess with the stock shock. I don't have an E brake. I think it is a lincoln rotor but the caliper and hardware are aftermarket. Fits nice I think.

Bax