Who's got the best pricing on Wilwood brakes?

[cactuss4]

I need to replace my brand new 4 piston lightweight rears with integrated rear parking brake kit. uugh, but it has to be done, I want a parking brake, do not want to have the car parked using 1st gear! :)

Need a kit that will fit the Torino, Big Ford New Style. but I have a concern since my wheels are custom built if the parking brakes push things wider than the current non parking brake Wilwoods, I'll have another $4K issue.
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Thanks
Tory

[Apogee]

Rear track width is only effected by the hat thickness of the rotors. Without knowing what you have now, I can't be specific, however Wilwood is pretty consistent in their through hat thicknesses for their rear brake kit applications. Even in the worst case scenario, we're only talking about 1/16 to 1/8" difference per side...hopefully things aren't that tight.

Tobin
KORE3

[cactuss4]

Think I have that clearance, that's good to know. Will have to figure out how much I can sell my kit for and find the best place to order the emerg brake kit. Then I will need to start researching hand brake conversions.

thanks
tory

[65 ELKY]

What about using a line lock for a parking brake. I don't know the pros and cons. It's something im going to look into.

[Apogee]

Line-locks or roll-controls work great for holding a vehicle for a short period of time, however won't technically count as a parking brake for legal/registration/inspection purposes since it relies on the primary hydraulic brake circuits to function. The issue with using a hydraulic parking brake solution versus a mechanical one is that you're relying on the seals in the MC and calipers to hold 100% for extended periods of time, which they're not designed to do, so they'll bleed down eventually leaving your car free to roll wherever it's pointed.

Tobin
KORE3

[csouth]

Why don't you look into GMR's parking brake kit? It's better than having to sell your brakes at a loss and starting over. The only additional cost would be having the brackets welded to your housing. I'll probably do this or something similar for my floater.

http://thegmr.com/?page_id=1706

Nice Chevelle BTW...

[Ron Sutton]

Line-locks or roll-controls work great for holding a vehicle for a short period of time, however won't technically count as a parking brake for legal/registration/inspection purposes since it relies on the primary hydraulic brake circuits to function. The issue with using a hydraulic parking brake solution versus a mechanical one is that you're relying on the seals in the MC and calipers to hold 100% for extended periods of time, which they're not designed to do, so they'll bleed down eventually leaving your car free to roll wherever it's pointed.

Tobin
KORE3

Hi Tobin,

Don't you offer a drum-in-hat parking brake set-up for most of your rear brake packages?

If you offer one for his set-up, that would seem to me to be the best total solution.

[Apogee]

Hi Tobin,

Don't you offer a drum-in-hat parking brake set-up for most of your rear brake packages?

If you offer one for his set-up, that would seem to me to be the best total solution.


We do, but from the OP's original post, it sounded like he wanted to stick with Wilwood. Depending on what he currently has, he may be able to reuse his current calipers, pads and rotors and just purchase the Wilwood backing plate and parking brake assembly, minimizing his cost to add the parking brake and convert over to the big-bearing Torino housing ends. Alternatively, if he's looking to increase performance as well, then we would need to know what kit he's running now for comparison's sake.

[cactuss4]

Sorry I'm late been running around with different problems, but since I have not replaced my rear kit yet. I was thinking about "140-13207-DR" as a replacement, but if I can minimize my loss, by reusing some parts that would be great.

I have the Torino housing ends already, custom Moser setup with a 2.5 axle offset.

My current Wilwood setup is the Wilwood Forged Dynalite Pro Series With drilled rotors (red calipers), 4 piston

Stud type 7/16" X 20 X2 7/8 (.480 knurl)

56 inch offset on the diff.

Thanks guys, and sorry for being tardy to my own thread!!!

Tory

[cactuss4]

Unfortunately Wilwood states that I would have to buy a complete new kit, so there is no retrofitting possible. What are my other options?

thanks

Tory

[sccacuda]

The Viper/Brembo stand alone parking brake caliper. It's what I'm using.
https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2013/10/file_zps8d0b212e-1.jpg (http://s1060.photobucket.com/user/340cuda/media/file_zps8d0b212e.jpg.html)
https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2013/10/file_zpsce8bcd0c-1.jpg (http://s1060.photobucket.com/user/340cuda/media/file_zpsce8bcd0c.jpg.html)
https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2013/10/file_zps0e5ed158-1.jpg (http://s1060.photobucket.com/user/340cuda/media/file_zps0e5ed158.jpg.html)
https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2013/03/file_zpsd599def3-1.jpg (http://s1060.photobucket.com/user/340cuda/media/file_zpsd599def3.jpg.html)

Right -5093308AA $315.70
Left-5093309AA $279.40

It's Brembo, so expensive.