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Old 06-27-2010, 02:14 PM
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I do not know why TCI and other subframe and suspension companies use anything but the biggest calipers. i can think of another couple compaines that do (4) piston 13 and 14 inch kits?

To keep you brake kit schmetric (bigger front / smaller rear, you can go down to a 12.2 and we can add a Dynapro (6) caliper, this is not a Wilwood numbered kit, but something we can build for you.
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Old 06-27-2010, 02:32 PM
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well the whole object here is to keep things matching, i figured out its a w4a rear and a sl6r front.
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Old 06-27-2010, 08:43 PM
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So you can get a Superlite 4 for the rear to match. but it is a complete different kit.
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Old 06-28-2010, 05:28 PM
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I do not know why TCI and other subframe and suspension companies use anything but the biggest calipers.

The Camaro stops just as good as many of the big dollar set-ups. That car finished in the 6th position at the RTTC speed/stop event with a 13" SL6 front and 13" SL4 rear set-up on it. Had that test not involved acceleration I'm sure we would have finished in the VERY top since our car is certainly slower 0-60 than the cars that finished ahead of us.

Now, some may want "the look" and I can understand that. Which is why I am having Wilwood send us these parts to test and design new brackets for. Unfortunately, for this customer that will not help in a timely manner since we are in the middle of other projects right now.

In case people are thinking we sell mismatched parts, the rear brake kit wasn't supplied by TCI.

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Old 06-28-2010, 08:59 PM
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Based on his description it was not sounding like a Superlite. Superlite are more then enough in most cases. No idea where he got the monster w4a which is HUGE!
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