Hi there,
I'm a newbie here so be gentle with me.
I have a 99 contour SVT. And I'm toying with a brake pad upgrade.
I think it would qualify as an early 99(E0?) from the looks of the build date. With the larger swept area brakes, which on the surface would seem to be a blessing, except that there are less pad options to choose from (no green stuff for one) and in most or all cases they cost more.
Poop!
How can I tell for sure which calipers I have?
Or perhaps you can tell me based on my info?....
Build?10/12/98
(BAT catalog says there have been cases of earlier build, cars with later style calipers)
has ford oval logo on the left side of the caliper (if you could hold it so the type could be read without turning your head that is.)
and 8244 stamped/forged onto the right side.
Also I've heard that carbon shoes (KVR in particular) don't bite right away in wet conditions. So they might not be a good Idea for me. With eastern PA winters and all, I've already had some scary brake lag on an icy day or two. of course that could happen to with any pad, I suppose.
This Is my daily driver 90 plus miles a day (mostly highway) but a lot of 70mph...80mph...and up in-between the "well known" speed traps. When I get to those, I bring her down to 60 pretty quickly, and fairly frequently.
What I'm trying to say is I think I'm a tad harder than the average Joe on brakes. And I'd like a rotor friendly improvement over the stock pads.
Oh yeah I don't auto cross or anything like that (Yet?)
