A Window of Work

September 9, 2016

We have been on hold waiting for parts and this week the rear brakes finally showed up. We ordered them back in June. After painting the raw metal brackets for the calipers, and trimming the backing plate since these brakes are mounted in a different position than the stock Ford Mustang brakes. The rear end/suspension is from a 2015 Ford Mustang.

David and I installed the new calipers this morning. 

Next up is finishing the rear brake lines  - we completed the fronts a few months ago, and I am glad we waited on the rears since the location of the caliper inlet for the brake line is in a different position than where we expected it to be based on the standard mustang caliper mounting. So no rework will be needed.

The rears are 13-inch rotors while the fronts are 11-inch, good news is we have two different size master cylinders to apply the correct amount of pressure to give correct braking power to the different size rotors/wheels.


We are headed to another long pause in our build due to traveling this fall will have us in Chicago for less than 2 weeks between now and mid-November.

The good news is the fuel tank should be back by then, and we will be able to get the engine and wiring sorted on the ground before we get it fitted to the frame for one last time.