Wilwood Big Brake Kit Installed

[msile]

Just installed the Wilwood Brake kit front and rear. What a difference in both feel and stopping power.

FRONT
Type: Forged Narrow Superlite 6R
Finish Color: Red Powder Coat
Piston Count: 6
Piston Area (In²): 4.04
Piston Type: Stainless
Mount Type: Radial
Brake Pad Area (In²): 8.2
Brake Pad Volume (In³): 3.8

REAR
Type: Forged Narrow Superlite 4R
Finish Color: Red Powder Coat
Piston Count: 4
Piston Area (In²): 1.96
Piston Type: Stainless
Mount Type: Radial
Brake Pad Area (In²): 8.2
Brake Pad Volume (In³): 3.8


A big thanks to Yo from FT-86 SpeedFactory who answered a million questions from me. Great customer service Thank you.

[Splat]

at least it matches your car color

[Burrcold]

Dead sexy.

[xDBOYx]

Specs on wheels..

I'm thinking of doing a full front and rear BBK. Liking the wilwood and ap racing kits. Can we expect a review or DIY in the near future ?

[msile]

Originally Posted by xDBOYx

Specs on wheels..

I'm thinking of doing a full front and rear BBK. Liking the wilwood and ap racing kits. Can we expect a review or DIY in the near future ?

Wheel Weight 15.5 Lbs
17 x 8 +44 Offset
Dunlop Direzza Star Spec - 235/40/17 (Square Setup)
Tire Weight 23.5 Lbs
Combined Weight - 39 Lbs
I weighed the stock wheel and tire at 41 Lbs

Too late for DIY, but will do a review once it is broken in. The Wilwood came with great instructions. The APR is straight forward.

[Amadeus]

Did you weigh the kit? Interested to know the weight savings over stock.

[msile]

Originally Posted by Amadeus

Did you weigh the kit? Interested to know the weight savings over stock.

I did not, but Speed Factory did. I think it was 8 pounds a corner less than stock. Front corner was 22.7 pounds.

[Supermassive]

Guessing tax returns came in :-) I just installed my wilwoods up front, gonna be a while before I throw em on the rear, car looks amazing. Just out of curiosity what exhaust are you running?

[Shankenstein]

Nice work, @msile . I was looking at the range of pads for that caliper LINK to Wilwood Database

How beefy are the rotors? What type of cooling fins do they use? With names like "superlite" and "narrow" I just wanted some feedback on whether they would handle a track pad for race days. Some forum members suggest that under abuse they warp like a floppy tortilla... but I find that unlikely.

[Beyer Subaru]

Awesome! They look great. Thanks for sharing.

[FT-86 SpeedFactory]

Originally Posted by Shankenstein

Nice work, @msile . I was looking at the range of pads for that caliper LINK to Wilwood Database

How beefy are the rotors? What type of cooling fins do they use? With names like "superlite" and "narrow" I just wanted some feedback on whether they would handle a track pad for race days. Some forum members suggest that under abuse they warp like a floppy tortilla... but I find that unlikely.

The rotors are fairly beefy. I don't see how they would warp very easily on track.

AP Sprint vs. Wilwood vs. Stock vs. DBA T2

Caliper = 4.6 lbs.


Pads = 1.9 lbs.


Rotor Hat = 1.7 lbs.


Rotor = 12.6 lbs.


Hat and Rotor = 14.4 lbs.


Rotor, hat, and hardware = 14.7 lbs.


Caliper mount = 1.5 lbs.


Total system weight = 22.7 lbs.

[Shankenstein]

What's in the box?
WHAT'S IN THE BOX?!?

2 x 230-10646 (caliper mounting bracket)
4 x 240-0476 (m12x1.75-40 bolts)
4 x 240-6320 (washers)
12 x 300-3686 (shims)
4 x 300-12846 (spacers)
1 x 160-6833 (passenger side rotor)
1 x 160-6834 (driver side rotor)
2 x 170-12845 (hats)
24 x 240-11240 (washer)
24 x 230-8037 (1/4x20-0.75 bolts)
1 x 120-11780 (passenger side caliper)
1 x 120-11781 (driver side caliper)
4 x 230-9183 (3/8-24 nuts)
4 x 240-10190 (washers)
4 x 230-9078 (3/8-16 x 3/8-24 x 2.50 studs)
1 x 240-1159 (BP-10 pads)
1 x 150-8855K (stainless brake lines from the EVO VIII)

For the record, piecing this together on Summit is $1700+... so just support your favorite vendor and get it from them.

I was looking to see how much a similar floating system could be pieced together for. I like the technology, but going for Essex Endurance is somewhat overkill for my application. We shall see.

Thanks for the pics, FT86SpeedFactory!

[Dave-ROR]

Originally Posted by FT-86 SpeedFactory

The rotors are fairly beefy. I don't see how they would warp very easily on track.

The calipers are known to flex and eventually taco a bit under heavy use. On brake dynos some Brembo NASCAR/Circle Track friends had them flex badly but I doubt we'll see the exact some conditions on these street cars The rotors should be fine.

[Shankenstein]

Originally Posted by Dave-ROR

The calipers are known to flex and eventually taco a bit under heavy use. On brake dynos some Brembo NASCAR/Circle Track friends had them flex badly but I doubt we'll see the exact some conditions on these street cars The rotors should be fine.

The calipers taco? I thought it was the rotors going floppy tortilla. My mistake, wrong mexican metaphor.

For a build-up of an S13/S14 kit, check out this link:
LINK to

If a random engineer can model the von mises stress (FEA) in Catia, I would assume that Wilwood could too... plus some thermal analysis. They have the software and the engineering talent.

That project is what got me looking in the first place at a floating system. I like the size and weight of the Wilwood system. The idea of coning our rotors and sending heat to the hubs is not cool though.

Maybe it's overkill, but I haven't found my perfect setup yet (as far as size and technology). Plenty of great designs though tho.