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Happy Birthday to My 5.0!

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anguswilly   +1y


I used the BBK equal length shorties, drops right in without mods. And I like the 5.0 sound with shorties vs long tubes.

I also used the sway-away torsions and bilstein shocks for an xterra. You should at least get the B26i 4x4 torsions (that's what's in my current B22)

For big brakes I have used the same setup for a few trucks, here is what I do -

- Buy the 12.19x.81 rotor from wilwwod #160-0277 $25 from summit racing.

- Have a machine shop cut down and drill the stock rotor to become a "hat" for the wilwood rotor (this cost me $80/pr.) then buy the proper bolts and nuts to bolt it together - from wilwood or wherever.

- Make a template for the caliper, I use the RX-7 turbo 4 piston aluminum caliper ( no need to upgrade the master cyl)- I have a template for these and may have extras cut next time I do it.

- You then just need a couple adapters and braided lines if you like - I do think I remember you can also use the stock brake lines...

The whole setup cost me under $200 with used calipers, of course you could spend more if you get bradded lines, nicer pads, new calipers etc.

This setup ( and I had rear discs) made my truck stop very well from 140mph.

I am most likely going to do only the fronts like this on my current turbo truck, if I keep it long enough I may do rear discs too.