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04-17-2014, 01:16 PM | #1 |
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Swift's at it again - Wilwood 14" 6-Pot BBK for WRX - Fit to BRZ
You may have seen my initial Wilwood BBK job here:
http://www.ft86club.com/forums/showthread.php?t=32594 Where I fitted a 4-Pot Wilwood kit to the BRZ. It has worked great, absolute great bang for the buck. Probably the best idea for autocross and great for street/HPDE use. Anyways, I found a steal on a set of gently used Wilwood brakes for the 08+ WRX. I should have time to try the install next weekend. I'm running 18s and it appears everything will bolt right up. More to follow... 6-Piston Calipers 355mm x 32mm rotors Details from the Wilwood Site: (unfortunately they are the narrow-lites which is a smaller pad area versus the other kit) http://www.wilwood.com/BrakeKits/Bra...%2c+except+STI Fitted on 2011 WRX:
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Beautiful! Just fits inside of those wheels. mmmmmm
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Looks great!
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04-17-2014, 01:46 PM | #4 |
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I initially thought I bought the regular BBK 14" which has a 34% larger pad area (relative to the narrow-lite), which is why I got so excited. Turns out this is the same caliper Wilwood uses on the BRZ kit but with a 14" rotor instead of the 12.9" and 32mm width versus 28mm.
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Finally! That's going to be a better kit than the original one.
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04-17-2014, 02:20 PM | #6 |
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It uses the exact same bracket as the BRZ kit, it's going to come down to will it clear my wheel! Stay tuned!
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On today's episode of "Will it clear?!"...
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Question for those who have done similar conversions. Instead of swapping the bleeder screws can I just swap the calipers? For example use the driver's side on the passenger side? That would keep the outer caliper and bleeder screw in the same position.
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Yup, given the orientation of the pistons, it looks like I will need to swap the bleeder screw. What's the process, just unscrew both and swap? I assume both inner and outer?
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I plan to test fit this evening. Sorry for the dirty pics, I didn't have time to clean them up:
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....and they clear! Now to find time to install them:
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