New Brakes and Wiring

Our team has recently installed new upgraded brake calipers and brackets to our Mustang in order to reduce weight, but still have effective braking ability. The brakes we are using now are twin piston, aluminum brake calipers (disc brakes) that were originally used on a Mustang GT. We decided to go with aluminum calipers because they are lighter, and are more race-inspired than stock brakes, as well as dissipate heat much more effectively than stock brakes.

Our team has also started the re-wiring process on the tail lights of our Mustang. This process consists of stripping the previously used wire harnesses of any electrical tape and sorting them into a more organized position. Team members will then regroup the wires into new harnesses, and place them back into the car.

One of the new calipers after being mounted onto the brake rotor.

Eli Strickland places new brake pads onto the brake bracket before replacing the caliper.

The brake pads and bracket before the caliper is placed.

Spencer Griffin strips wire harnesses of electrical tape.

The next step for our project is completing the re-wiring process and installing the pedals. The gas pedal is now connected to a pontetiometer instead of a carburetor, to serve as a fuel injection system. We are also connecting the brake pedal to our new brakes on the car, using a special brake pedal that has a higher pivot-point. We are using this special brake pedal because we have decided to omit power-brakes from the car in order to save energy.