1993 Ford Mustang Stainless Steel Brakes Upgrade

Save for the revolutionary ’84-’86 SVO and the ’93 Cobra, the Fox Mustang’s disc/front, drum/rear brake arrangement left much to be desired in the braking department. Even when new, braking performance was not as hot as the performance coming from under the hood. Although a stock 5.0 Fox Mustang would click off 0-60 in a shade more than six seconds, getting from 60-0 proved an entirely different task. For routine prowling the brakes were fine, but as soon as you started to work them, that’s when the pucker factor went straight through the roof. Can you say brake fade?

In a battery of tests conducted by Motor Trend magazine back in the day (Sept. ’92 issue) between a 5.0 LX and its contemporaries, the Mustang placed dead last in braking distance. It took the Mustang 138 feet to come to a halt from 60 mph, while the average braking distance between all the cars was 122.9 feet.

Contributing to the Fox Mustang’s braking problems are all the performance additions available for it. Anyone worth his racing salt would rather spend money on aluminum heads, nitrous, blowers, and control arms than to buy better brakes. Most Mustangs are faster than stock as a result, but in many cases the factory brakes are left to fend off the laws of physics. If you are in this position, we have the answer to your braking problems.

Stainless Steel Brakes carries a variety of brake kits for a variety of automotive marques. We’re adding Stainless Steel’s Big Brake front disc kit and rear-disc conversion kit. Yes, we could’ve gotten bigger brakes from Stainless Steel, but we just added new wheels and tires, and in order for us to get bigger brakes we would’ve had to step up to a five- lug bolt pattern (more money out of pocket). Furthermore, adding these two brake kits doesn’t mean you have to go out and buy 17-inch wheels and tires.

Even if you still have 10-holes on your Mustang, you can have increased braking capabilities without breaking the bank. The front kit retails for $545 and the rear disc conversion kit, including high-volume master cylinder, will set you back $725. So, for $1,270 you too can have four-wheel disc brakes to show off to your friends.

After our new brakes were installed, we gave them about 500 miles of break-in time without hammering them to make sure everything seated correctly. Once the break-in period was over, we were impressed with their braking power. It doesn’t take as much effort to bring the car to a halt, and the increased confidence in braking power is definitely worth the price of admission.