sycho15
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Bradenton, FL
On March 5th I surprised my girlfriend with a nice '93 XJ Country for her 24th Birthday, on the 11th we drove it up to some fellow Jeepers for a little wrench-a-thon and tossed on a 3.5" RE lift kit, and swung an '84 D30 with 3.73 gears under the front. We were going to put a matching D44AL with discs on the rear but none of the parts stores had the correct brake hoses and we were running out of time. I did put new calipers and pads on the D30 since they were different than the '93's and would not interchange. We drove up there with the 31s on the Jeep, and the braking on the way back was considerably worse (even though we did a lot of brake-bleeding after the caliper swap).
Anyhow- I've decided to swap the front axle for a '93-or-newer one with 4.10 gears, and put a Corporate 8.25 rear with 4.10s. This should get her speedometer reading correctly again. I'll put the ZJ disc brakes onto the 8.25.
I'll be ditching the stock proportioning valve and running the front lines directly off the MC, the rear will go to a Wilwood adjustable prop. valve.
So now I come to my question.
I can get a '96 XJ dual-diaphram brake booster to add to this mix, but can I put the '78 Grand Marquis MC ahead of it? Or the '84 E-350 MC? Or would the '96 MC be the best fit?
Anyhow- I've decided to swap the front axle for a '93-or-newer one with 4.10 gears, and put a Corporate 8.25 rear with 4.10s. This should get her speedometer reading correctly again. I'll put the ZJ disc brakes onto the 8.25.
I'll be ditching the stock proportioning valve and running the front lines directly off the MC, the rear will go to a Wilwood adjustable prop. valve.
So now I come to my question.
I can get a '96 XJ dual-diaphram brake booster to add to this mix, but can I put the '78 Grand Marquis MC ahead of it? Or the '84 E-350 MC? Or would the '96 MC be the best fit?