Checkout my new Brake setup

[alcino]

I upgraded my brakes a few months back but thought I would share some photos since its kinda different. The car is a 76 mustang and originally had single piston 9" rotors in the front and drums in the back. Now it has willwood 12.19" scalloped rotors and 4 piston aluminum calipers all around. I lost around 30lbs. off the the front end. With the Performance Friction Brakes Compound 01 and my RA-1 tires it stops amazingly good with no fade. I've never been in a car that stops this good.(I need to get in more cars!) I will try to measure 60-0 with my g-tech one of these days.

Enjoy.

Alcino

[MrQuick]

holy crap....those outa stop you real good..... hey guys remember a few years back when these were posted and i said they would be main stream by xmas?....well a couple years off I was.

[LTorres]

How do you like those scalloped rotors? Guess for some guys it beats drilling em' for weight savings. Have you actually ran these on the street? I am curious do you get any strage harmonics or noise at high speed?


Laramie Torres
Precision Brakes Company
1010 Benson Way
Ashland, OR 97520
mailto:[email protected] ([email protected])
www.precisionbrakescompany.com (http://www.precisionbrakescompany.com)
1 866 992 7253

[LTorres]

How do you like those scalloped rotors? Guess for some guys it beats drilling em' for weight savings. Have you actually ran these on the street? I am curious do you get any strage harmonics or noise at high speed?


Laramie Torres
Precision Brakes Company
1010 Benson Way
Ashland, OR 97520
mailto:[email protected] ([email protected])
www.precisionbrakescompany.com (http://www.precisionbrakescompany.com/)
1 866 992 7253

Guess the pictures say it all about street use. Nice job on these.

LTorres

[CAMAROBOY69]

Those rotors are awesome! That is the first time I have seen that style rotor. Thanks for sharing the pics. :cool:
How well can those rotors handle track abuse without cracking?

[Todds69]

Those things are Freakin' Sweeeeet....How about for a '69 Camaro..."they should make everything for them"

[alcino]

thanks for the complements.

I love these rotors. There light(saved 3 pounds each), cool looking, and an awesome upgrade from what I had. I drive this car on the street and have done many autocrosses and three opentrack events. No cracking, no harmonics. I do hear a scrubbing noise when I brake, but this is due to the compound of the pads. Which I highly recommend.

If wilwood makes a kit for your car you may be able to substitute these rotors as I did. I think the sizes are 12.19" and 11.75" with a 8x7" bolt pattern. Don't take my word though this is all from memory.

Alcino

[David Pozzi]

what is the rotor width?

[Conekiller13]

That style rotor is becomming O.E. equipment on sport bikes these days.................

[alcino]

width is .81"

alcino

[alcino]

looked at the wilwood catalog

they have 4 sizes(diameter,width,boltcircle)
12.19" .81" 8x7.00"
11.75" 1.25" 8x7.00"
11.75" .81" 8x7.00"
10.50" .75 6x5.50"


Alcino

[427v8]

Ooooo I wonder if Coleman can custom make me a 13" set Mmmmmm Scallops..

[sci-flyer]

Very nice setup! How much did you wind up spending on it with the upgrade to the scalloped rotors?

A Mopar friend of mine said that the Wilwoods have a lot of caliper flex and that his friends have a standing joke about them. Have you noticed any problems at all?

Thanks!

[alcino]

I forgot what I exactly paid but it was in the $600 area for the whole kit(front only). The scalloped rotors were about a $60 upgrade each from the regular rotors. I thought they were a cool option and thought I would try them out. I have no regrets. each rotor I think is 3lbs lighter than the normal(5lbs vs. 8lbs).

As for flex at the caliper. I don't notice anything. I have the dynalites, were your friends talking about those?

If you live near the san diego, CA area I would happily give you a ride. Maybe you can tell if there is flex going on, all I notice is the harness digging into my chest harder than I ever would have imagined from my car:) Overall I would say that the braking performce is mostly from the pads. It stopped better after the big brake kit, but when I installed the pads it showed me what a good stopping car was capable of. I'm sure the added rotor size, multi-piston calipers and the sticky tires all help too.

Alcino

[sci-flyer]

Alcino, you have a PM.


sci-flyer