quote:Originally posted by jb1490:
FWIW
The unavailability of the Mustang rotor only was discussed in another thread on this forum last year. Mike Drew negotiated with Centric to tool up for a special run of just the rotors. This was a special one-time-only run that required a minimum "buy-in" of 20 pairs (40 rotors). Below is a pic of the rotor.
John
This is true but the value of that rotor was that it was cheap and readily available. You could run down to your local 24/7 auto parts on Sunday afternoon and buy a pair for $28 each.
The original 65 Ford Mustang unit was not the best quality of the Mustang rotors. It's lousy casting to begin with and those were the US parts. Most rotors now are being cast in China now. The better ones are shipped here to machine them to specs.
To me this no longer makes much sense at all to invest the time into installing them in the Pantera rear.
If one is going to modify away from stock then do it the right way and go with a race hat/rotor, that sits over the flange so that you don't have to pull the entire rear suspension apart to do the rotors.
Yes, it is true that you can cut the rotors on the car. Here, there are few shops that will do it and even fewer shops that I would even allow one of the mechanics to drive the car onto the lift.
This modification no longer makes any sense to do.