Crown Vic rear discs,on a TC 8.8, 5 lug axles. Any possibilities? March 21, 2011, 02:03:02 AM Noticed a lot of crown vics w/o wheels. Saw that the newer units all had disc brake 8.8 rears. Got me to thinking about running the 'Vic discs, TC rear, and SN95 Stang axles. My query is this: aside from the obvious axle length differences, would the rotor hat height be too far off to preclude use with the above parts? I intended to take a tape measure and check some stuff out while I was there, but forgot to throw it in my toolbag.Edit, google came up nil...I supposed i'm not the first person to consider the possibility...on the other hand, I also didn't study the CV rear caliper mount too well to see if it would even be possible or feasible to mount to a TC rear... Quote Selected
Crown Vic rear discs,on a TC 8.8, 5 lug axles. Any possibilities? Reply #1 – March 21, 2011, 04:01:36 AM I would imagine all you would have to do is get the backets off the crownvic rear, attatch them to the tc rear and swap parts as needed. You might have to use spacers to center them. A neat trick is to mock it all up, then put the caliper onto the disc, then hook some compressed air to the brake line fitting. It will center it and hold it in place while you find spacers to fill the gap.I think its one of those things you'll have to get you feet wet to figure out. Quote Selected
Crown Vic rear discs,on a TC 8.8, 5 lug axles. Any possibilities? Reply #2 – March 21, 2011, 10:50:00 AM All the searching I've done has only came down to swapping the stuff onto 9" rearends in the old stangs.When I get a chance to go back to one of the places, I'll measure and try to get an idea if it will work... Quote Selected
Crown Vic rear discs,on a TC 8.8, 5 lug axles. Any possibilities? Reply #3 – March 21, 2011, 07:39:23 PM Quote from: ThunderbirdSport302;356007All the searching I've done has only came down to swapping the stuff onto 9" rearends in the old stangs.I'm pretty sure the reason for that is b/c the vic uses the larger bearing ends. I looked into vic/towncar rear disc swap for rangers and the pattern for the brackets was larger on the vic. Quote Selected
Crown Vic rear discs,on a TC 8.8, 5 lug axles. Any possibilities? Reply #4 – March 22, 2011, 02:10:50 AM I see...said the blind man. ...was hoping it might have worked out...lots of done in cop Vics sittin there...all with discs... shame. Quote Selected
Crown Vic rear discs,on a TC 8.8, 5 lug axles. Any possibilities? Reply #5 – March 22, 2011, 04:19:10 PM Won't the SN-95 stuff work? Quote Selected
Crown Vic rear discs,on a TC 8.8, 5 lug axles. Any possibilities? Reply #6 – March 22, 2011, 04:48:25 PM CV stuff also has the park brake mounted inside the rotor hat (a mini set of drum brakes)... Quote Selected
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