Air vents for rear brakes
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Air vents for rear brakes
My question is in regards to my father's 98 Cobra. He isn't one to use forums so he has sent me here to ask a few questions. I currently have a 95 mustang that was converted to a 5.0L. In the front of my rear wheels is a vent that goes through the body entirely making it fully functional to cool the brakes. On the flip side my father's 98 Cobra doesn't have functional cooling vents. Is there a reason for this? It just seemed odd for a performance car such as that to not have it and my originally v6 car to have them. Please send some insight my way. Thanks a bunch.
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There were a bunch of minor body changes made to the SN95's after Ford abandoned the windsor pushrod motors in mustangs.
FWIW... those side vents do nothing for you even when they're functional. The front brakes are the only ones that are going to get hot enough to need venting. Rear brakes do very little of the stopping. You'll also notice that your dad's rear rotors are of the vented variety and GT rear rotors are solid un-vented disks. He doesn't need the cutouts to work as his rotors cool themselves very efficiently.
FWIW... those side vents do nothing for you even when they're functional. The front brakes are the only ones that are going to get hot enough to need venting. Rear brakes do very little of the stopping. You'll also notice that your dad's rear rotors are of the vented variety and GT rear rotors are solid un-vented disks. He doesn't need the cutouts to work as his rotors cool themselves very efficiently.
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