- AP RACING MASTER CYLINDER FOR EF9 DRIVERS
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- AP RACING MASTER CYLINDER FOR EF9 TV
Centre hole went from 2.5” to 2.75” at that time so early wheels don’t fit later hubs and later wheels have a loose fit instead of being tightly spigoted. There were some Minor Caliper changes along the way up until XD when Alloy Calipers became available which was a big step forward for ‘unsprung weight and suspension tuning’.įord made a change in stub axle diameters mid way through XB series, at this time the bearings went from 1.25”inner/.75”outer to 1.375”/.875” respectively. The imminent “fuel crisis” halted things further along this model line leading to arguably Ford Australia’s worst decision (marketing wise at least) to drop the V8 from the line up towards the end of 1984.įront suspension and brakes remained unchanged from XY including some of the base models still offering Drum front brakes through XA/B. While the Bodies grew larger the engine outputs stabilised as ‘scare mongering’ from the mainstream media put and end to the “Phase 4”.
AP RACING MASTER CYLINDER FOR EF9 SERIES
This series of cars represent the biggest changes to the braking formula for Fords to bring in a new era in driving dynamics. Canadian Alan Moffat leaving no stone unturned to stay at the top of Austrailain Touring car racing. These were sourced from the American Mustang and Thunderbird by Ford Aus in a bid to give themselves an edge on the racetrack. XY GT also got a larger set of finned drums that were highly sort after. The model range through XW started with single Diaphragm Booster and grew to Double Diaphragm through XY. The move to a combined Master-Vac Brake Booster System gave us a much neater engine bay and more compact Master cylinder unit incorporating a ‘Brake Fail Switch’ which triggered a Warning light on the dash if the front or rear circuit of the brakes lost pressure which would indicate a failure. But the new disc brakes were optional through the range and standard on Fairmont and above. The old drum brakes up front were still around for 6 cylinder commercials and other lower spec models.
AP RACING MASTER CYLINDER FOR EF9 DRIVERS
These brakes bought a new level of confidence to Australian drivers allowing them explore the limits on the new generation of V8s that were changing the Automotive landscape. The best change was for the front brakes, going from solid rotors to vented 280mmx22mm front rotors and single piston calipers by ‘Girling/PBR’. Suspension set ups stayed largely the same as that of the previous models utilising the unequal length double ‘A’ arms up front and leaf springs outback. The most revered models in Ford Austrailas line up, ‘Win on Sunday, sell on Monday’ ringing true as “Phase” and “HO” became iconic in the Australian Automotive Commununity. Later cars got a dual circuit master cylinder following on from the American’s in 1969 where it became mandatory.ĭisc brake cars used a remote VH40 booster mounted on the passenger side of the firewall and solid rotor disc brakes with twin opposed piston calipers. But the same was true for the previous models.Īll models went to the 4.5” x 5 stud pattern that Falcons still used up until the cease of production in 2017.īase models and comercials got drum brakes all round with early cars still using the “Jam Jar” single circuit master cylinder.
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The Mustang Bred Falcon or so the TV Ads would have us believe, and it was true that the Falcons shared a lot of their suspenison and brake components with 67-69 Ford Mustang. Mustang 65/66 were very similar spec and there is some interchangeability between these models.Ħ cylinder, 4 stud cars had smaller wheel bearings, 5 stud cars, commercials and V8s, had larger bearings for the greater loads over the front axle. Regular sedans and wagons came with drum brakes and 4 stud 13 inch wheels, where as commercials were 5 stud.Īll retained the single “Jam Jar” single circuit master cylinder with remote VH40 boosters on the disc cars.
The engine bay takes the Windsor engine with ease but decent brakes are not so easy.įord did offer small solid discs on the XP series, in 4 stud pattern with 13 inch wheels and 5 stud with 14 inch. Whilst only sold in Australia as 6 cylinder, the Falcon Sprint cars sold in USA were offered with 260 and 289 V8 engines. I will get to Cortina and Capri etc later. We will stick to Aussie Falcons for the moment and reference some American stuff as we go through, as these are the most common cars we have a passion for and modify on a regular basis.