Wilwood e-brake/parking brake setup?

Igofaster13 · May 10, 2011

So I picked up this 8.8 axle, has 31 spline superior axles, wilwood disk brakes, and 4.10 gears and not sure about the posi/diff yet... From a 86 mustang I think but not sure on that. Anyways I am trying to figure out the parking brake set-up. It has nothing as far as e-brakes as I can see. Wilwood sells some ebrake kits, anybody know the right one? I can't seem to find the right fit yet??

Mustang5L5 · May 10, 2011

Kinda need tp know which wilwood kit you have.

Its like saying you need an alternator for a Ford.

Rick 91GT · May 10, 2011

Yeah they have a ton of options, how many pistons, what ends are on the rear or do you have c clip elim, vented on non vented rotors

84Ttop · May 10, 2011

aren't most of e brake setup s for the wilwoods like a little drum brake that sits inside the rotor hat? I thought they were all sold as a kit and don't think you can convert a non e brake kit to an e brake kit with out buying the whole thing. could be wrong

Igofaster13 · May 11, 2011

Yea I know, I thought I put the pics in but here they are... The rear end turns up to have ford 3.55's and a Detroit truetrac locker... Cant find many part numbers...

Mustang5L5 · May 11, 2011

84Ttop said:
aren't most of e brake setup s for the wilwoods like a little drum brake that sits inside the rotor hat? I thought they were all sold as a kit and don't think you can convert a non e brake kit to an e brake kit with out buying the whole thing. could be wrong

I think that's the case. He'd would need to buy the entire drum assembly and use that as the calipers are not e-brake friendly

Igofaster13 · May 11, 2011

Rough man... How about those driveshaft brake kits?

Igofaster13 · May 12, 2011

Driveshaft brake does not look cost effective, How about the wilwood spot calipers? Wilwood High-Performance Disc Brakes - Mech Spot Calipers

Where do thy mount?

Rick 91GT · May 12, 2011

It looks like the rear has 8.8 ends still and c clip eliminators..

Give Wilwood a call their tech is good, never seen a spot caliper but I would assume it can mount anywhere with a custom bracket.

Mustang5L5 · May 12, 2011

How badly do you want to run these brakes? 4 piston rear calipers on a fox is overkill really. What are your intentions with the car?

I'm thinking you might be able to sell the wilwood kit, pick up sn95 cobra rear brakes and have a factory-style parking brake, and still plenty of rear disk brake to perform well. Might be cheaper in the long run....and you might save $$$ too

Igofaster13 · May 13, 2011

I would like to run this setup, but its not the end of the world if not, and I think I can deal with no e-brake. My brakes are stock, and the rims are stock pony's so this is my time to figure all this out. Got the rear end cheap... $350.. And its low mileage/low runs. I would assume I need a new brake booster with this rear end and sn-95 brakes up front? Intentions are mainly hard street/around town & strip. What am I getting into here?

Mustang5L5 · May 13, 2011

Well, you def will need to upgrade the front brakes and do the necessary mc/booster mods with either setup. Ideally you want a nice front setup with equal performance otherwise you run a huge mismatch on brake bias

Rick 91GT · May 13, 2011

Mustang5L5 said:
Well, you def will need to upgrade the front brakes and do the necessary mc/booster mods with either setup. Ideally you want a nice front setup with equal performance otherwise you run a huge mismatch on brake bias

Im going to do some digging on that spot caliper, I am putting my car back on the street and my rear Wilwoods do not have the E-brake either but do have vented rotors, the front is a pure drag set-up. I guess if I have brake issues Ill just pull the chute

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