The first issue (other then old fuel) coming out of its slumber was the brake system. The front brakes needed to be replaced and I was not thrilled about the cost of a full stock rebuild for mild braking ability, not to mention I enjoy frustrating myself. So with that I decided to swap the front brakes. A friend of mine had done a similar swap on his 24 hrs Lemons car and had some templates for the caliper mounts. I took those, made some changes and modeled up new brackets to mount 99-04 Mustang GT calipers/pads/rotors using the stock hubs/bearing assembly. The mustang parts are readily available and performance upgrades are affordable. It took some time but I eventually got it all fitted up. Then the real headache began, bleeding the brakes. The original system was single circuit, I wasn't a fan and decided I should go dual circuit for added security. At $140+ for a dual circuit MC from IPD I opted to go for the rx7 MC (13/16" bore) swap many of you have read about. Bad idea, pedal feel was all wrong and the cheap MC stripped a fitting. After a lot of wasted time I ordered the MC from IPD (7/8" bore). I was all excited and began the install process again and could not get the system bled. I tried everything, power bleeders, friends helping, the bottle of fluid trick, etc etc. I pulled the calipers countless times, inspected the lines, test drove and still terrible pedal feel and more importantly squishy brakes! Finally I determined that it had to be a bad seal inside my new MC. (Still in the process of this warranty claim). Either way I wasn't going to let this car sit any longer. I ordered a wilwood unit that matched what I thought I needed based on my calculations. After bleeding (It actually worked this time) I took it out for a test drive.
WOW! This things stops incredibly now!
Oh I forgot to mention, new wheels and tires too!
I decided to upgrade the sway bar and reinforce the sway bar mounts while I was at it.
Ignore the ugly line routing. I'll clean that up later, I wasnt going to make special lines since this was the 3rd try haha
Also if your clutch or brake pedals don't travel/return smoothly you should take a look at the pivot bolt and bushing. I cleaned mine up and it really helped the pedal return.
More pics to come of the brake swap when I get them off my other computer.