fvike
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How did you guys hook up the footbrake to the Lokar wire kit? Did you replace all the wires up to the pedal itself, or just under the car? Post pictures if you got 'em!
The Wilwood Superlite Brake Kit Thread
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Wilwood 6 piston fronts being done now
Sorry I didn't notice the replies. Been busy here! Got the 6 piston fronts with polished calipers. They look nice!
Currie rear is backordered because TrueTrac diff won't be available until August 1. So, right now, I'm having installed:
-TCP spindle
-TCP upper A arm to fix rubbing issue under hard braking caused by UP blocky upper A arm
-Wilwood 6 piston fronts
should be done Thursday. The fronts will work OK with my current Baer m/c for 13" brakes and I'll just do the M/C when the rear is done next month. I just plan on puttering around with it until then, so the mismatch shouldn't be a big issue. Baer M/C was 1" bore and so is the Wilwood I will be putting in later.
As far as the foot E-brake lever cables, the only difference is rear of the "U" that splits the cable to left and right sides, right? I had assumed that was part of the kit from TCP, but can check it when it gets back from the shop.
Sorry I didn't notice the replies. Been busy here! Got the 6 piston fronts with polished calipers. They look nice!
Currie rear is backordered because TrueTrac diff won't be available until August 1. So, right now, I'm having installed:-TCP spindle
-TCP upper A arm to fix rubbing issue under hard braking caused by UP blocky upper A arm
-Wilwood 6 piston fronts
should be done Thursday. The fronts will work OK with my current Baer m/c for 13" brakes and I'll just do the M/C when the rear is done next month. I just plan on puttering around with it until then, so the mismatch shouldn't be a big issue. Baer M/C was 1" bore and so is the Wilwood I will be putting in later.
As far as the foot E-brake lever cables, the only difference is rear of the "U" that splits the cable to left and right sides, right? I had assumed that was part of the kit from TCP, but can check it when it gets back from the shop.
fvike
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No, the original E-brake mounts inside the drum, on the Wilwood kit, it mounts outside. Also, when I installed the TCP rear pushrod suspension system, I had to cut away the frame mounted E-brake brackets, they interfered with the forward weldments of the TCP frame clip. The Wilwood drums has it's own bracket on the drum itself. This means you need the Lokar kit, P/N LOK-EC-81FU. I'm not just sure how to mount it to the existing parking brake pedal.
BTW, could you post up a picture of the 6-piston front calipers when they're installed? I'd like to see the mounting bracket too.
I still have my e-brake brackets - I assume you are referring to these - http://gallery.mac.com/jbauder#100048/P1010587&bgcolor=black but looks like I won't need them. I haven't even dug into the box of parts for the rear yet. The Lokar kit looks like it's for a floor-mounted e-brake, but are you saying that Lokar cable will be long enough to join the forward part of the floor mounted foot brake?
sure, i'd be happy to provide pics of the spindle bracket, from the inside I assume? It seems that TCP and hotrodsusa both have a custom bracket?
I was surprised that they shipped the 1.1" rotors in front - I was expecting the .81 front and rear but am happy to have the big ones up front!
fvike, I'm uploading photos right now and I'll get some photos from behind the wheel as well as in front. The fronts are on and feel just fine. The pedal is not as firm as with the Baer fronts, but I am currently running Wilwood front, Baer rear with the Baer MC. The MC won't be switched over to the Wilwood until the rears go on with my rear end, so I'll wait to judge until then. There is also a slight rubbing/humming/buzzing while turning at slow speed that I have to investigate.
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What I'm very excited about at this point is that I can brake as hard as I like without having the wheels rub the UCA knuckle. With the combination of the new TCP upper arm, new spindle, and the Wilwood Superlite fronts, I can stomp on it with no scrape-scrape-scrape. As a bonus, the front wheels don't need a spacer anymore
and I might even have room for 255s under there to help understeer. I can now use the spacer on the rear if my 1" narrowed rear needs it at all. I have long, strong Steeda/ARP wheel studs so I'm not concerned about using a spacer on the rear.
I feel like I'm getting closer to the ideal brake/wheel/tire combo on this car after a false start or two. Might even have a local buyer for my Baers! He doesn't need the spindle so that may be on the block - or I'll just sit on it if I ever go crazy and do another project.
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What I'm very excited about at this point is that I can brake as hard as I like without having the wheels rub the UCA knuckle. With the combination of the new TCP upper arm, new spindle, and the Wilwood Superlite fronts, I can stomp on it with no scrape-scrape-scrape. As a bonus, the front wheels don't need a spacer anymore
and I might even have room for 255s under there to help understeer. I can now use the spacer on the rear if my 1" narrowed rear needs it at all. I have long, strong Steeda/ARP wheel studs so I'm not concerned about using a spacer on the rear.I feel like I'm getting closer to the ideal brake/wheel/tire combo on this car after a false start or two. Might even have a local buyer for my Baers! He doesn't need the spindle so that may be on the block - or I'll just sit on it if I ever go crazy and do another project.
lookin good man, looking good. thanks for posting the pics. one of these days i'll get my new computer hooked up and running but i need to burn everything i have saved to this one to CD first otherwise i'll lose a ton of info i've been collecting over the last 3 or 4 years and there's almost 9 or 10 gigs of stuff now nearly all of it mustang and cougar info and pics....would be a shame to lose it all and rather heartbreaking too
yeah, whatever you do, stop everything now and BACK UP! Working in a Best Buy for Apple as I do, I see all types of computer users lose data because they didn't back up or due to theft. The safest backup really is online - consider doing an online backup as well as a local backup for certain items if you have enough room. Kind of like a safety deposit box online, if you will.
If you don't back up your computer regularly, to put it in the plainest terms possible, you are basically saying "I don't care if I lose any of my data - I'm ready to lose it tomorrow and I'm happy with that".
If you don't back up your computer regularly, to put it in the plainest terms possible, you are basically saying "I don't care if I lose any of my data - I'm ready to lose it tomorrow and I'm happy with that".
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What Part Number?
Is this Wilwood part number 140-220? Is this the best brake kit for manual brakes, what is the best bore size master cylinder to use with these brakes? I will be ordering a set in the next few weeks and already have a stock set of 1970 Disc spindles, thank you.
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Is this Wilwood part number 140-220? Is this the best brake kit for manual brakes, what is the best bore size master cylinder to use with these brakes? I will be ordering a set in the next few weeks and already have a stock set of 1970 Disc spindles, thank you.
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