Brake upgrade

[tvr5000]

Anybody got any idea what upgrade kit is worth investing in for the 5ltr.
Cheers

[Podie]

search the forum - couple of threads on this in the Griff (started by the Griffalo) and Chimaera forums (started by Bomber Denton)

[S4CJO]

SportMotive in Stoke

Griffith and Chimaera Wilwood front brake conversion kit. Kit consists of 2x Wilwood 4 pot alloy callipers, 2x 300mm x 32mm directional vane rotors, 2x alloy mounting bells, 2x calliper mounting brackets, a set of fast road spec pads and all nuts and bolts required.
£699 + V.A.T.

[PurpleV8]

Same Wilwood kit is available from Rally Design for £571 but without the pads. www.rallydesign.co.uk
Kit part number - BK5B/L4

[Zumbruk]

I have the 300mm Wilwoods on my Chim - I'm very pleased with them.

[bigdods]

Zumbruk said:

I have the 300mm Wilwoods on my Chim - I'm very pleased with them.

Do they fit inside the 15" rims or did you have to go larger ?

[Zumbruk]

bigdods said:

Zumbruk said:

I have the 300mm Wilwoods on my Chim - I'm very pleased with them.

Do they fit inside the 15" rims or did you have to go larger ?

I'd already gone to 17" wheels, so I'm afraid I don't know although, IIRC, GreenV8S has stated that they do fit. Just.

[Aubrey]

Any pictures available? This is something I'd like to do in the future.

[Zumbruk]

Aubrey said:

Any pictures available? This is something I'd like to do in the future.

[Andy JB]

As an interim measure, I have found that an upgraded 260mm disc (Tarox SJ) and ceramic pads are a vast improvement overstandard.

The standard calliper piston is quite large compared to the dual piston upgrades available and these have held up well on track days FWIW

[lwt]

300mm Wilwoods made a huge improvement to mine - much better brake balance so rears do not lock first. Now slightly front biased. For looks I would like to fit wilwoods to the rear, but that might mess up the balance again so I've not done anything about it yet.

Ian.

[Aubrey]

Zumbruk said:

Aubrey said:

Any pictures available? This is something I'd like to do in the future.

Wow those alloys look lovely. I've always been a fan of multi-spokes. I used to have some on my old Impreza. I'd love to get wheels like this on my chim too. I've just seen the alloys on Silverstone Motorsports website, are they the same?

Aubrey

[tvr5000]

Are the brakes any different on a 500 compared to the 400 & 450?