i'm thinkin i want to do a bigger brake deal and convert the rear to discs as well. what vehicles have a simple to do, bolt up brake set up and will stay with the 5 on 4.5?

 

the rear is most likely a ford 8.8 rear end, I think thats what rajzswap (rodney) is using soon.

same pattern and more benefits, also look for disc brakes.

 

Im been working on a conversion for a while.

Its a 77 dually 5 lug G code axle,

Im putting 94+ mustang cobra rotors and calipers on it. Specs are 11.65 vented. It looks like its just a matter or cutting off the old backing plate and welding a caliper stand to the tube, but time and money constrain me.

A link to pics
http://ddilts.net/mustangs/85_mustang/Cobra_Brakes/index.html

Eventually Ill do the fronts too. Then its a matter of a 15/16 master then, BAM! Stopping machine.

I'll do a build thread when I get around to it

 

been planning on the ford 8.8 rear for a while myself

95-01 ford explorer or mercury mountaineer
comes with disc brakes and some have posi
ratios 3:55 3:73 4:10
axle is 59 3/8" hub to hub
has an offset diff 2 3/16 to the passenger side

our axle is 57" hub to hub.... so....

if you get an extra axle and axle tube from a second explorer rear off the short side and swap it onto the long side the axle is now 57 1/2" hub to hub with a centered diff

these go for about $300 in the junkyard and there are a ton of them around...