Brakes Idea 1st Gen Most liked posts in thread: A possible different bigger brake idea and, Meth Injection and more

Brembo’s are always better then Wildwoods period. Ever see a professional race / track car with Wildwood brakes........ nope.

Wildwood’s are more of a “fashion” brake. If Willwoods were any good I am sure at least one of the many car manufacturers would use them bet they don’t. The all use Brembo’s for a reason, the work the best.

I will be upgrading to Brembo’s soon with the larger rotors and they bolt right up to my R53.

 

Interested also.....

 

It's an interesting idea and seems cost effective with an initial $300 price tag. If you have the time, and you can make the brackets yourself, it will be cheap and you'll have something no one else has. That's cool, if that is your goal.

I'm assuming that your R52 doesn't have the JCW brakes and you're looking to improve what you have for normal street use. If you want the best bang for the buck improvement in stopping power, buy the R56s calipers, these are really cheap and you get the larger rotor, and buy a set of G-Loc GS-1 pads. This will probably cost less money, bolts right on, and performs better.

 

WHAT??? You will be "upgrading to Brembos soon"???? OMG...does that mean you are currently using those God-awful Wilwoods?

 

I have Wilwood on one car, stock on the other two. One with Akebono pads and stainless lines. Difference? Wilwood car has a much better feel, but it gets hot like the others when driving in the mountains with weight in the car. I had some pretty significant fade once in Colorado. Since then, I've pretty much treated those brakes like they are stock and avoid to push it. Came with the car, look bling, easy to service and are a bit lighter than stock, so I am ok with the brakes. Would not buy another set.

I may do R56 brakes on one of the other cars, but TSW brakes for my current Wilwood car may move the Wilwoods to that ride. TSW seems to be less bling but more bang. Brembo is far too expensive for what you're getting. There' sa reason more IMSA cars run on AP Racing than Brembo... only those who have direct factory links with that brand are running them on the race track. There seems to be no performance difference between AP and Brembo. And yes, never seen a Wilwood car in any racing series of note.

 

I have no idea. had to look it up:
padtype=7816
6.36 square inch

They are the ones that fit. 11.75 rotors with the Dynapro calipers. Pretty much the standard kit that fits any size wheel. They are equipped with the cheaper rotors, too. Last year I replaced those with the cheaper version again, because the next step up with different shaped vanes is 3x the price and I doubt there'll be much of a difference. Nothing like the massively thicker TSW rotors would give me.in terms or heat management. But, for normal driving, they are fine. The pads that came wiht the car when I got it were extremely aggressive - sounded like sand was on the rotors every time I stopped. No surprise the rotors were below spec when I checked.



it's this kit minus the curved vane and slotted fancy rotor feature. Rest identical
https://www.wilwood.com/brakekits/BrakeKitsProdFront?itemno=140-8740

 

Way can always come back to M/A, now that NAM and M/A are "friends" again.

 

exit I70 on a 8% downhill grade from 75mph to a stop sign, two people and lots of stuff in the car. It just got soft. Likely aged Brembo fluid to blame. Haven't been able to repeat it.

 

I for one do not want Way back ? He has his place over on the NAM and should stay there.

Also he is cheap and will not pay vendor fees here.

 

I guess that's my point, regular fluid changes and you don't need to spend hundreds of dollars on brake parts. It's clearly different if you're going to track the car regularly......