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My Brake upgrade

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F5R Cobra

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Albany, NY
Took me a long time to gather parts and then find the time to actual put them on the car, but the front brakes are upgraded and about 3k on them.

I used Warmonger's kit and EVERYTHING was perfect.

I had to battle my car but the kit went together flawlessly. Then I F'ed up the caliper springs but once I figured out MY mistake, nothing but improved performance!

Parts:

Warmonger's brake kit
FSVT Front Rotors
S/S Brake lines
nos calipers (High temp paint)

9-26-07ContourFrontBrakes005.jpg

Before (NY rust)

9-26-07ContourFrontBrakes008.jpg

The battle! Rotor swelled(rust) as you can can see a real PITA to get off

9-26-07ContourFrontBrakes020.jpg

Victory shot, after 2 days of soaking with PB blaster it final loosened (to make matters worst the PS just fell off!)

9-26-07ContourFrontBrakes011.jpg

Looking good (I know the springs are wrong! fixed)

9-26-07ContourFrontBrakes018.jpg

Finished product!

Pat
 
good deal man. i upgraded my fronts and rears using the nautilus/ warmonger kit. works wonderfully.. what kind of rotors did you use?
 
CSVT1214 said:
+1.

I have everything brand new waiting for install.

Warmonger front and rear kit, cross drilled rotors, Bendix pads, and SS lines. :drool:
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hmm ss lines, still need those ... and my brakes are rotors are good so I will reuse those for now ...
 
Maverickflyer said:
Did you upgrade the rear rotors also? What did you do with the rear rotors that came in the set?
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I'm going to use them, I have to get a hold of Nautilus to get a different spacer for the rear caliper brackets (different offset). I talked to them a few month ago, just too busy on my part.
 
F5R Cobra said:
Took me a long time to gather parts and then find the time to actual put them on the car, but the front brakes are upgraded and about 3k on them.

I used Warmonger's kit and EVERYTHING was perfect.

I had to battle my car but the kit went together flawlessly. Then I F'ed up the caliper springs but once I figured out MY mistake, nothing but improved performance!

Parts:

Warmonger's brake kit
FSVT Front Rotors
S/S Brake lines
nos calipers (High temp paint)


Before (NY rust)

9-26-07ContourFrontBrakes008.jpg

The battle! Rotor swelled(rust) as you can can see a real PITA to get off
Click to expand...
What size puller did you use to get that rotor off? I may need to do that on mine (brakes need replacing soon).
 
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