The Wilwood Superlite Brake Kit Thread

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.

fvike said:

This means you need the Lokar kit, P/N LOK-EC-81FU[/URL]. 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.

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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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