What did you do to your Mark VIII today?

Not a damn thing. I did get bicycle tires for the front of the silver bullet today though. They are no wider than my shoe. :D
 
dns , you'll need to shave the edge of the Mark8 brake lines fitting where it touches the caliper. Just hold the hose on the caliper as if trying to bolt it on and you'll see that the hole needs to be moved .. so shave the edge of the block a bit

I used an angle grinder with a sanding disk

And use NEW copper washers on each side of the hose when bolting it up with the banjo bolt for that caliper
Also make sure you're placing the caliper on the proper side of the car, or you'll have a fail time of bleeding the system
 
Sapperfire said:
dns , you'll need to shave the edge of the Mark8 brake lines fitting where it touches the caliper. Just hold the hose on the caliper as if trying to bolt it on and you'll see that the hole needs to be moved .. so shave the edge of the block a bit

I used an angle grinder with a sanding disk

And use NEW copper washers on each side of the hose when bolting it up with the banjo bolt for that caliper
Also make sure you're placing the caliper on the proper side of the car, or you'll have a fail time of bleeding the system
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Or maybe just use Mkviii calipers? How often do you have to stomp on the brakes? Is it just me or does everyone have trouble stopping except for me?
 
Spree said:
How often do you have to stomp on the brakes?
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personally, a lot. i have cooked a few sets of mark viii pads and rotors. smoke just rolling out of my wheels. and then they warp like a mofo.

Spree said:
Is it just me or does everyone have trouble stopping except for me?
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the problem isn't a single stop, its repeat stop environments. they will over heat quickly.

and besides, the cobra weighs several hundred pounds less and got bigger brakes? i want the bigger brakes on my heavier car.. Ford is notorious for underbraking things. they did it on the 2010-2012 SHO too. the 2013 got bigger brakes. all the demo 2010s were put on tight courses so people wouldn't realize the car was underbraked.
 
Spree said:
Or maybe just use Mkviii calipers? How often do you have to stomp on the brakes? Is it just me or does everyone have trouble stopping except for me?
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I'm with you Spree. I have had this car since Jan 2010 and have had to actually slam on the brakes because of some dumb ass in front of me but I didn't have a problem stopping at all. Few weeks ago, I was following a van or SUV at around 45 to 50 mph and I looked down at a receipt for maybe a second 1/2 and then looked back up and they were stopped completely. I stomped down on my brakes and didn't slide one bit, just as it should have done and it felt like I was stopped within 20 - 30 feet and I was maybe a foot off their bumper. Very scary but my fault. Other than that, I don't have a problem with my brakes stopping me. All pads are ceramic and have been on the car since I owned it. The big brake system just isn't my type of mod I guess.
 
Personally, I'd love to have a bigger brake setup. If I had my druthers, I'd put a set of 14" cross-drilled and slotted rotors on the front with 6 piston calipers and 13" on the back with 4-pot calipers. I love BIG brakes!! But like NoLimit, I have never really had a problem with the brakes stopping my Mark with little fuss. They do seem sort of smallish at 11.5" in front and 10" in the rear, but they do the job nicely. I do plan on getting a set of cross-drilled and slotted rotors some day. But as far as warpage, the '97 hasn't had that problem so far but my '96 used to warp front rotors like crazy. I know I put at least 3 sets on it during the ten years I owned it.
 
thaywood said:
Personally, I'd love to have a bigger brake setup. If I had my druthers, I'd put a set of 14" cross-drilled and slotted rotors on the front with 6 piston calipers and 13" on the back with 4-pot calipers. I love BIG brakes!! But like NoLimit, I have never really had a problem with the brakes stopping my Mark with little fuss. They do seem sort of smallish at 11.5" in front and 10" in the rear, but they do the job nicely. I do plan on getting a set of cross-drilled and slotted rotors some day. But as far as warpage, the '97 hasn't had that problem so far but my '96 used to warp front rotors like crazy. I know I put at least 3 sets on it during the ten years I owned it.
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Get dimpled not drilled.. drilled crack
 
time will tell whether the mod was worth the money;
since I've yet to upgrade, but I'd guess that quicker stopping will change the way I drive
..I definitely have felt my rotors warping in the past, even thought they were nowhwere near worn out
 
Dimpled are better are 2 levels thou... they dont have a tendency of cracking, and when the dimples are gone, you know its time for new rotors again

Did something to mine today. Had to install new fittings on the trans cooler. The other fittings didn't allow for the bent lines to clear the bumper
 
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That is all:mad:
 
Sapperfire said:
How do you know they weren't, did you put a micrometer on them?
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I got out at the red light and measured em, duh...
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seriously tho, well, based on how many miles they had on 'em, they shouldn't have been near worn out
 
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