Thread: Front Caliper hitting front springs

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".....MII caliper.... which is what I thought was what on the car after looking around on the internet some more I dont think that is what is on the car and I dont know what rotor is on the car either........"


That's a really good possibility. It's hard to tell without looking at the car, but there is a real possibility that the rotors and calipers are not Mustang II at all. The original Mustang II used a 9" rotor and a lot of guys upgrade that to 11" rotors. Depending on the manufacture of the conversion kit the calipers could be almost anything.

The setup I'm running on my 37 Dodge uses 75-80 Ford Granada 11" rotors and 78-88 GM metric Calipers.

If it's a cheaper kit and the rotor is 11" with a 5 on 4 1/2 bolt (Ford/Mopar) circle chances it's a Granada rotor which might help you narrow down whose kit it is and the application of the caliper. If the rotor uses a 5 on 4 3/4 bolt circle (GM) then it's likely a GM rotor and again it might be a good starting point to narrow down the kit and what parts it uses.



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Ok ,since I cant identify where the calipers came from and I aint's buying new ones from speedway!!!. And no one can tell me what would cross over and work,I decided to modify the calipers to fit my situation. I machined off the back of the caliper that was hitting ( protruding boss on back of caliper )and moved the banjo fitting to the bottom of the caliper so as to give the needed clearance. Now the rack and pinion hit full stop before anything touches.
I will post pictues if i can figure out this system of uploading pictures to the web site, I cant find any info or instructions here ( it cant be that hard) but I cant get picture to show up in my gallery.

Originally Posted by 34mike

Ok ,since I cant identify where the calipers came from and I aint's buying new ones from speedway!!!. And no one can tell me what would cross over and work,I decided to modify the calipers:

In true hot rodding fashion! As long as its safe, and it works well! Good Luck!