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To try and find out the true date of the change from large front calipers and pads to small calipers and pads, please check your front brakes and check your build date and report back to here.
The build date can be found on the VIN decal on the door in the upper left hand corner.
The smaller pads can be identified most easily by looking at the rotor. The small pad will have about 1/2" of rotor showing toward the hub that the pad does not cover. The large pad will nearly reach to the hub.
We especially need owners of 98 SVT E1 and 99 SVT cars to report back.
Mine is earlier, but I'll start. Build date is 4/97 and it has the large calipers and pads.
Jim Johnson
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I've got the small calipers
Did some discussion with someone who would know. Evidently you can switch to the larger calipers without much trouble FYI.
Dave Andrews
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I have the "European" style larger calipers. See the sig for build date, etc.
TB
Tony Boner Personal: 98cdw27@charter.net Work: tony.boner@sun.com Saving the computer world from WinBloze as Unix/Solaris/Java Guru http://www.sun.com 1998 Contour SVT Pre-E1 618/6535 Born On Date: 4/30/1997 Now with Aussie Bar induced mild oversteer.
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Mine's a later E0 (see sig) and has the large pads, FWIW.
//> //> //> //> //> Garrick Silver E0, #3895 of 6535, built 10/2/97 She's stock. Why mess with a good thing? 
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had the E0 ones but sold them to LEO and now I upgraded to bigger brake kit
Chow
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Big Jim,
I believe I have the smaller calipers on my 98 E1 Tour. There is approximately 10 mm (a little under the half inch you mentioned) towards the hub that the pad does not cover. An engraved stamp on the caliper reads 8055, if that also helps any. My build date is 4/16/98.
Jesse
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I have the small pads. Build date is 4/21/99 car number 1990. So much for everything after 5/1 with small pads  So what does it take to get the older biger pads? Just a set of calipers from a totaled SVT? That and the pads? Just curious -Jason
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larger calipers, E0, build date 09/29/97, #3826.
so far looks like the latest SVT with large calipers is 10/2/97, and the earliest with small calipers is 04/16/98.
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I have the smaller calipers, and my E1 SVT was built 4/8/1998.
Chris
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My E1 build date is 02/98 and it had the small caliper. It has since been changed to the large caliper. Alex
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