wilwood brakes advice
 

Looking at putting on a set of wilwood brakes, superlite 14inch 6 piston front and 4 piston rear,also iam running wilwood pedal box , After some guys that have put the same on there car, and there take on how they work and if there happy with them. :cheers:

I put Wilwood brakes on my car. They work great and were a snap to install.

Two points of caution: 1) they kicked my wheels out an inch on either side requiring me to change offset/backspace; 2) not all wheels and centercaps will clear the wilwood hub.

I'm sure every car and app is different, but those are my experiences.

I have no regrets. :thumbsup:

Biggest complaint I have is the parking brake is very hard to apply, people are snapping cables trying to get them to hold. Don't know if you are going to run a parking brake or not.

Nobodies after market parking brake works. I've had Wilwoods and Baer -- and they just don't hold. Some would refer to these as "emergency brakes" -- oh... that would be a HUGE mistake! They won't even hold on a 1% grade when you're dead stopped. :lol:

Especially on a Nomad when you pull it up with your hand! :_paranoid

Thanks guys yes was going to run park brake but maybe not , is there a park brake that does do the job that you know , but you guys are happy with the stopping power of the wilwoods??? thanks for your advise

Brakes are a SYSTEM -- and if the system is all done well and matches --- from the pedal ratio - to the master cylinder diameter/volume - etc - all of these big brake systems work killer.

One thing some buddies have had to get used to -- COLD braking.... some of these systems have street/track pads in them and the cold braking takes a little getting used to.

Another thing people fail to do -- BED THEM.... and I mean get them smoking hot bedding not just a few random hard braking stops. :cheers:

The Bare setup in My Nova works Wicked!! i can leave it parked in my driveway that has a decent grade in neutral and no issues

Good! Maybe I'll bring mine up and you can make it work!
:willy: :wow: :faint:

Greg i am SURE it is more good luck than good management!!! as i do know that alot of the time they do not work all that well.
but feel free to come by any time.