Swift's at it again - Wilwood 14" 6-Pot BBK for WRX - Fit to BRZ - Toyota GR86, 86, FR-S and Subaru BRZ Forum & Owners Community

swift996 · 04-17-2014, 02:16 PM

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:

Kami Speed · 04-17-2014, 02:34 PM

Beautiful! Just fits inside of those wheels. mmmmmm

ModBargains · 04-17-2014, 02:44 PM

Looks great!

swift996 · 04-17-2014, 02:46 PM

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.

CSG David · 04-17-2014, 02:59 PM

Finally! That's going to be a better kit than the original one.

swift996 · 04-17-2014, 03:20 PM

It uses the exact same bracket as the BRZ kit, it's going to come down to will it clear my wheel! Stay tuned!

OrbitalEllipses · 04-17-2014, 05:23 PM

On today's episode of "Will it clear?!"...

swift996 · 04-22-2014, 11:03 AM

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.

Racecomp Engineering · 04-22-2014, 11:45 AM

Not if the pistons are differentially bored.

- Andy

swift996 · 04-22-2014, 01:45 PM

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?

OrbitalEllipses · 04-22-2014, 01:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Racecomp Engineering

Not if the pistons are differentially bored.

- Andy

They are.

Racecomp Engineering · 04-22-2014, 02:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by OrbitalEllipses

They are.

I had a feeling.

- andy

swift996 · 04-28-2014, 10:56 AM

I plan to test fit this evening. Sorry for the dirty pics, I didn't have time to clean them up:

swift996 · 04-28-2014, 10:23 PM

....and they clear! Now to find time to install them:

04-17-2014, 02:16 PM	#1
swift996 Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2011 Drives: Subaru BRZ Limited 6MT Location: Winston-Salem, NC Posts: 2,432 Thanks: 712 Thanked 955 Times in 545 Posts Mentioned: 47 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	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: __________________ Innovate Supercharged Black Limited BRZ 6-Speed MT(Build Thread) 2010 Cadillac CTS-V Sedan M6 w/550whp (Build Thread) Last edited by swift996; 04-17-2014 at 02:34 PM.

04-17-2014, 02:46 PM	#4
swift996 Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2011 Drives: Subaru BRZ Limited 6MT Location: Winston-Salem, NC Posts: 2,432 Thanks: 712 Thanked 955 Times in 545 Posts Mentioned: 47 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	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. __________________ Innovate Supercharged Black Limited BRZ 6-Speed MT(Build Thread) 2010 Cadillac CTS-V Sedan M6 w/550whp (Build Thread)

04-17-2014, 03:20 PM	#6
swift996 Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2011 Drives: Subaru BRZ Limited 6MT Location: Winston-Salem, NC Posts: 2,432 Thanks: 712 Thanked 955 Times in 545 Posts Mentioned: 47 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	It uses the exact same bracket as the BRZ kit, it's going to come down to will it clear my wheel! Stay tuned! __________________ Innovate Supercharged Black Limited BRZ 6-Speed MT(Build Thread) 2010 Cadillac CTS-V Sedan M6 w/550whp (Build Thread)

04-22-2014, 11:03 AM	#8
swift996 Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2011 Drives: Subaru BRZ Limited 6MT Location: Winston-Salem, NC Posts: 2,432 Thanks: 712 Thanked 955 Times in 545 Posts Mentioned: 47 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	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. __________________ Innovate Supercharged Black Limited BRZ 6-Speed MT(Build Thread) 2010 Cadillac CTS-V Sedan M6 w/550whp (Build Thread)

04-22-2014, 01:45 PM	#10
swift996 Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2011 Drives: Subaru BRZ Limited 6MT Location: Winston-Salem, NC Posts: 2,432 Thanks: 712 Thanked 955 Times in 545 Posts Mentioned: 47 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	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? __________________ Innovate Supercharged Black Limited BRZ 6-Speed MT(Build Thread) 2010 Cadillac CTS-V Sedan M6 w/550whp (Build Thread)

04-17-2014, 02:34 PM	#2
Kami Speed Join Date: Jun 2012 Drives: Scion FR-S Location: Orlando, FL Posts: 3,433 Thanks: 324 Thanked 242 Times in 183 Posts Mentioned: 26 Post(s) Tagged: 2 Thread(s)	Beautiful! Just fits inside of those wheels. mmmmmm

04-17-2014, 02:44 PM	#3
ModBargains Join Date: Sep 2012 Drives: FRS, M3 Location: La Habra, CA Posts: 296 Thanks: 48 Thanked 135 Times in 103 Posts Mentioned: 24 Post(s) Tagged: 1 Thread(s)	Looks great!

04-17-2014, 02:59 PM	#5
CSG David Join Date: Aug 2012 Drives: S2000 CR Location: California Posts: 2,109 Thanks: 537 Thanked 1,723 Times in 956 Posts Mentioned: 173 Post(s) Tagged: 3 Thread(s)	Finally! That's going to be a better kit than the original one.

04-17-2014, 05:23 PM	#7
OrbitalEllipses Banned Join Date: Jan 2012 Drives: Attitude Location: MD Posts: 10,046 Thanks: 884 Thanked 4,890 Times in 2,903 Posts Mentioned: 123 Post(s) Tagged: 4 Thread(s)	On today's episode of "Will it clear?!"...

04-22-2014, 11:45 AM	#9
Racecomp Engineering Join Date: Nov 2011 Drives: 2016 BRZ, 2012 Paris Di2 & 2018 STI Location: Severn, MD Posts: 5,520 Thanks: 3,542 Thanked 7,415 Times in 3,033 Posts Mentioned: 311 Post(s) Tagged: 9 Thread(s)	Not if the pistons are differentially bored. - Andy

04-28-2014, 10:56 AM	#13
swift996 Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2011 Drives: Subaru BRZ Limited 6MT Location: Winston-Salem, NC Posts: 2,432 Thanks: 712 Thanked 955 Times in 545 Posts Mentioned: 47 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	I plan to test fit this evening. Sorry for the dirty pics, I didn't have time to clean them up: __________________ Innovate Supercharged Black Limited BRZ 6-Speed MT(Build Thread) 2010 Cadillac CTS-V Sedan M6 w/550whp (Build Thread)

04-28-2014, 10:23 PM	#14
swift996 Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2011 Drives: Subaru BRZ Limited 6MT Location: Winston-Salem, NC Posts: 2,432 Thanks: 712 Thanked 955 Times in 545 Posts Mentioned: 47 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	....and they clear! Now to find time to install them: __________________ Innovate Supercharged Black Limited BRZ 6-Speed MT(Build Thread) 2010 Cadillac CTS-V Sedan M6 w/550whp (Build Thread)

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