From 98.5 E1 SVT Contour, Ford changed the front brake calipers. Prior 98 SVTs used larger pads which covers entire rotors, but newer version of calipers on SVT is designed to use regular size (non SVT) pads which leaves some inner part of rotor unswept. It's one of the way to save cost i guess.
So you have a right set of pads.
