wilwood f-body brakes
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wat? no one said talk to heavykevy???
trust me, ive been working on this and researching for 9+ months on this... its not worth it for a few reasons...
the caliper wont fit under your rims because of offset and hub
the caliper wont fit under your rims because of the inside diameter
the kit costs 1700 dollars new LOL
the bolt pattern is not correct
etc etc
trust me, ive been working on this and researching for 9+ months on this... its not worth it for a few reasons...
the caliper wont fit under your rims because of offset and hub
the caliper wont fit under your rims because of the inside diameter
the kit costs 1700 dollars new LOL
the bolt pattern is not correct
etc etc
The F Body aftermarket brake kits generally don't work on the W Bodies because most of them don't use calipers with the same bolt spacing as the stock F Body. The caliper is attached to a mounting plate that's easily removed and replaced to adapt for another style caliper. You can't do that on a W Body because the mounting ears are cast into the knuckle.
i agree on the wilwood thing.....
however there are plenty of people that agressivly run autocross tracks in fwd w body's.....not saying they are good cars to use...but they do lol
i think you'd have to be running some pretty crazy autox courses to experience brake fade
clearly you've never driven a stock w-body with stock brakes in an sorts of spirited driving, let alone "racing"
death. trap.
no but i've seen cars just as big autocrossing and never heard of anyone having brake fade. and anybody driving that hard on the street would have to be a total reckless asssss if you could even find an area to do it
cause i dont like the way those calipers look. i wanted a caliper like the one in the link i posted. but guess its not possible.
if you dont like the way that looks then just get those ricer clip on calipers that are fake but look like you have huge calipers LOL
our master cylinder is POS, and you cant just start adding on brakes and expect it to stop better
if anything a c5/f-body caliper system upgrade is going to be just as good as any aftermarktet setup because using piston size, the wilwood is still going to be dual piston or 3/6 but the pistons will be smaller...
you arent going to adding on c6z06 brakes or huge baer/wilwood calipers, there are too many problems with the real world physics of the cars brake system and there is a reason why our cars come with floating calipers, cause of the way our hub/rotor/rims are
they may be just as big, but their brake systems are 100x better than a stock w-body... the MCs and impalas have a 1" upgrade option that many people switch too because its cheap, but really.. i dont think ive ridden in ANY car with worse brakes than a GM w-body, its crazy
you know, i know you autoX and such, but for almost a 2 ton car with gas and driver stock, 11" rotors front with a small pad and rears that are just provide like 20% braking overall, its terrible
uh im good with the clip on calipers. lol. i just like the way the other calipers looked. but ill probably go with the baer brake kit. i know the wilwood kit was a long shot, so oh well.
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