6 Cylinder vs 8 Cylinder Hub Size?

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6 Cylinder vs 8 Cylinder Hub Size?

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Ok, new guy here both to the site and Comet's, so don't beat me up on this one. My car was originally a 6 cylinder car best I can tell, but now has a 289 V8. I'm looking at brake conversion kits to make it Disc Brakes, but have noticed many saying that they fit 8 cylinder hub size. Anyone know if there were two different sizes originally based on the motor from the factory?

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Re: 6 Cylinder vs 8 Cylinder Hub Size?

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Depending on what year, all Comets 60-65 the 6 cyl cars had 4 lug wheels, the V8 has 5 lugs (63.5+), I believe the 66+ cars are all 5 lug.

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You shoud consider switching the car to 1965 5 lug steering components and disc brakes. The car will steer and stop WAY!!!!! better. All though my 64 was a V8 car to start with I was blown away by how much better those changes are with a few other tweaks.
Read through some of the related posts in the Driveline section.
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SASSY wrote:
Tue Nov 03, 2020 8:24 am
You shoud consider switching the car to 1965 5 lug steering components and disc brakes. The car will steer and stop WAY!!!!! better. All though my 64 was a V8 car to start with I was blown away by how much better those changes are with a few other tweaks.
Read through some of the related posts in the Driveline section.
Fred
here is some good info on that;
https://cometcentral.com/forum/viewtopi ... 13&t=15083
you can get disc brakes for 4 lug wheels,(I think the company's name is scarebird) but 60-64 steering parts are getting harder to find & more expensive, & may someday be extinct . But since mustang steering parts are the same as 65 comet/falcon (except for the centerlink) & stang vendors are plentiful & parts are cheaper,that makes it a better investment to do the upgrade & not waste money going down the other road,& your car will drive & stop better.
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Re: 6 Cylinder vs 8 Cylinder Hub Size?

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Depends on how deep you want to go with this one.
I love my rack and pinion power steering setup with front disk brakes.
I've owned a lot of old Fords and Mercurys and this is the best of them all.
Drives like a dream and plenty of needed whoa power. :wink:

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Thank you all for the thoughts and feedback. Good information for sure!

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