[flyin 5.8]

go here and read up. You can get 5 lug cheep by using 4cyl Ranger parts if you really want to keep the poor proformance of the 4cyl brakes. IMHO if you plan to ever make the car faster than stock...UPGRADE THE BRAKES, the stock brakes are barley good enough for street driving.

for more upgrade info go here

Remember, for every $1 you spend to go faster, spend at least $.25 to make it stop.

 

[flyin 5.8]

If they make a kit for and '83 or older 5.0 it should work. If not you can get 5 lug by finding the parts yourself. (4cyl ranger rotors, rear axles & drums). read up on the first site I posted...all your answers are there.

 

[flyin 5.8]

Short answer... yes. You will also need 5.0 (or 73mm Lincoln/SVO) calipers, pads, brake hoses & wheel bearings, possibly new struts & more that I can't think of right now.

If you really want to use the 4cyl brakes you can buy the rotors & drums from an '83-'92 2wd/4cyl Ranger for about $40 each (total ~$160) and (2) drivers side axles from the same ranger or (2) passener side axles from '86-'97 Aerostar (or 1 of each) for ~$40 each from a pick-a-part. Just by finding this stuff yourself you can save ~$150. That $150 will buy the new pads & shoes you should put on anyway plus new wheel bearings, all the fluids you will need and the tools you'll need to do the job (if you don't have them).

What year is your car & do you plan to do the conversion yourself?

 

[flyin 5.8]

Just to let you know, the 5 lug swap for a 5.0 is almost the same. The rear uses the same parts (Ranger/aerostar axles & drums) but for the front you'd need rotors from a mid 80's Lincoln Continental, Lincoln Mark VII (85-91), or '84-'86 SVO.