Willwood or A.P

[h19 jjm]

Now going for bigger discs and 4 pots.
I was wondering if anyone has willwood callipers and are they any good,or shall i spend the extra and get A.P racing stuff.
Could anybody reccomend a supplier.
John.

[starmist]

I have Quinney's old Wilwood Superlites and 300mm disks. I think the pads that are fitted are a little hard for road use, as they take a few stops to warm up, and don't seem any more powerful under normal driving conditions. With softer pads I would expect more initial bite and still be hard enough for track days.

Ultimate stopping power is much better - too much for the tyres on the road, and feel is improved as there is more pedla travel to move the 8 pistons instead of 2.

The Wilwoods do not have dust seals so need a little more maintenance to ensure they don't seize up - I understand the APs do. You are paying a lot for the AP name, although you do get cross drilled disks compared to the Wilwood's plain disks.

I think the Wilwoods are around £400 for a set compared to over a grad for the APs. They will just fit under standard 15" wheels, however.

[Guillotine]

AP's FFFFAAARRR better than wilwoods.

stop on a sixpence
no warm up time
never out done the AP's yet!!!

BUT LOTS OF MONEY


got mine in the "spider" wheel package and they're fabulous, but i doubt i'd spend that much money.

TVR stamp on the calipers looks cool :

[ian8542]

If you're going for alloy calipers get the ones which have dust seals fitted as they are more suitable for road use than the usual race type.
In any event keep them clean especially in winter as the aluminium will dissolve before your eyes if neglected.
I thought the brake pad material was related to how soon you stop from cold not the caliper.
Nothing wrong with Wilwood's.

[GreenV8S]

AP if you can afford it, Wilwood if you have better things to spend the money on. My Superlites have been on the car for the last several years/70 k miles/dozens of track days and sprints with no problems (touch wood!) to date.

[k77-widow maker]

I love my wilwoods, the stopping power is awesome, BUT they make a shed load of brake dust.

[GreenV8S]

k77-widow maker said:

I love my wilwoods, the stopping power is awesome, BUT they make a shed load of brake dust.

Isn't that down to the pads and rotors?

[hansdaal]

hallo Guys,

I have developed a big brake kit for the Griffith? Chimaera and S series TVR's using the TVR Tuscan calipers ( with yellow TVR logo on them) discsize 300 x 28 with seperate mounting bell and bracket.
I have fitted the kit to a Grif in Holland and it was spot on. Looks the works.
If somebody is interested I can mail pics. The price is very competetive.


greetings

Hans

[k77-widow maker]

GreenV8S said:

k77-widow maker said: I love my wilwoods, the stopping power is awesome, BUT they make a shed load of brake dust. Isn't that down to the pads and rotors?

No it's the Wilwood pad that causes it actually!! It's not like you can get EBC pads for them!!

[ian8542]

Just out of interest which Wilwood pad are you using.
Is it in the Superlite 4?

[GreenV8S]

k77-widow maker said:

No it's the Wilwood pad that causes it actually!! It's not like you can get EBC pads for them!!

Can't you? I've used various brands including EBC, Tarox, Ferodo etc in my Superlites, I assumed you could do the same with most of the popular calipers. Bit of a swindle if it ties you into using their own brand pads.

[johno]

www.pistonheads.com/sales/detail.asp?i=29712&s=7

[k77-widow maker]

I stand corrected, i was going on what the local "max power" type auto shop, spotty sales assistant told me.

So what pads do people go for then, any recomendations?

[starmist]

For limited experience with Quinney's old brakes, I would be tempted to go for a softer compound than the ones fitted, which I believe (correct me if I'm wrong, Quinney) are no. 3 of 5 compounds. On the basis Quineey's got 30k from half a set of pads, I think I can afford to go a bit softer, and get a little more initial bite.

[starmist]

Quinny said:

And a lot more dust eh Starmist

Very true, but nothing that a weekly wash can't shift!

[k77-widow maker]

i guess i have the hard ones, as i have done Castle Coombe, Goodwood & snottytown, oh an 5k road miles, and still have 50% remaining!! the soft pads must me awesome!!!