Anyone used Wilwood calipers/discs.

[MyM8V8]

Just wondered. I used these for racing and they were lightweight and good quality, I'm sure they were a lot cheaper than Ap's and they did the business.

[Ferb]

Pleased with mine, Ute is garaged and not used daily. Only 14000km with them and as good as new. I use Wilwood pads for the road and DS3000's on track days. Call me for any questions.

[anonymous-user]

I looked at these but they worked out £100 cheaper than the APs I got fitted for £2500. Get the APs, they are brilliant.

[Ferb]

Mine only cost me, just over £1000 all in. No vat and fitting myself including the making of caliper brackets.

[Well_Fans]

only problem with the Wilwoods is the lack of the dust guards? to keep crap away from the pistons, if the car spends a lot of time sitting on the drive they could have a tendency to seize due to the amount of crap they'll pick up off our roads, especially in winter. Least that was the warning I was given when I was looking at brakes a couple of years back. On the plus side if you use the car regularly then they are meant to be excellent brakes.

[Dragonball]

Yes I have (on a supra)- dont do it

Get AP IMHO

[MyM8V8]

Ferb said:

Mine only cost me, just over £1000 all in. No vat and fitting myself including the making of caliper brackets.

Hi Ferb,

Questions:

Where did you get them from and are the discs the ones with the ally inner hats?
Could you let me have the part numbers. I want 6 pots for the front and 4 pot rears.
How big are the discs Fr & Rr?
Did you have to change the master cylinder size?
Any other mods needed?
Did you go for steel braided hoses as well?
Thanks

[Toprivetgun]

I have Wilwood calipers on my MK indy Kitcar and I have only ever had 100% reliability. Ok its a total different setup for a totally different car, however you wont be disapointed with them. Very good build quality.

[Ferb]

MyM8V8, Gareth sorry long delay in reply(been on holiday)
The rotors are DBA 4000 series, 1 piece so all steel: 330x32mm front
315x15mm rear
I bought the rotors from WA, I believe you get them in the UK.Callipers were from Rallydesign
Callipers are forged superlite 4pots with 44.5mm pistons part no.120 7429 front
Billet dynalite 4pots with 35.1mm pistons part no.120 5320 rear
Master cylinder is fine with those piston sizes
I fitted steel braided hoses with plastic covers, they were from a motorcycle shop and i just made them to suit, only cost about £50

[MyM8V8]

Ferb said:

MyM8V8, Gareth sorry long delay in reply(been on holiday)
The rotors are DBA 4000 series, 1 piece so all steel: 330x32mm front
315x15mm rear
I bought the rotors from WA, I believe you get them in the UK.Callipers were from Rallydesign
Callipers are forged superlite 4pots with 44.5mm pistons part no.120 7429 front
Billet dynalite 4pots with 35.1mm pistons part no.120 5320 rear
Master cylinder is fine with those piston sizes
I fitted steel braided hoses with plastic covers, they were from a motorcycle shop and i just made them to suit, only cost about £50

Hi Mark,

Sounds like you've moved up to Maloo spec' on the brakes then.

Thanks for that. I already have 330's on the front and 315 at the back but with the HSV PBR iron calipers which are pretty and heavy,(all standard on the VZ Maloo). I was thinking of going 362F and 343R with 6 and 4 pot's respectively (Which is the VZ R8 upgrade spec) but I don't know whether they use a larger master cylinder for the extra fluid volume - that info would be of help - anyone? Also on the utes' I think they have some kind of brake balancing system on the back which I hope would not be thrown out of kilter by the proposed upgrade-anyone?

As I will be upgrading the suspension I want to keep the unsprung weight low to minimise the bump and rebound effects and I know the Wilwoods are mega light. Been on the DBA website and they seem switched on but the discs look heavy, I might make my own inner alloy hats with floaters and see if any of the wilwood discs are suitable. I will also change the rubber hoses for Goodridge or similar.

With the hoses, did you change the rear inner ones as well? I have just been under the ute and spotted another two flexibles by the trailing arms (making four flexibles at the rear).

Should have my straight throughs welded up and on tonight!

BTW How do you get on with that Kaaz diff? (How much and where from?) I was thinking of going to 3.9's (from STD 3.46) anyway and I've ordered a Harrop cover as part of the supension upgrade.

[Ferb]

Hi Gareth
I only changed 2 hoses at the back. I also made some cooling ducts for the front brakes because I do a few track days in my ute. I push it very hard, its great upsetting GT3 owners etc on track with a pickup
Kaaz diff is the bizz no messing with oil and works as it should, you only here it at parking speeds. It's a 2way diff so it works when your braking as well as accelarating. £600 from demontweeks plus fitting. Because I live in Guernsey I removed the diff myself and sent it to Monkfish to fit Kaaz internals, thanks Rodger. the best mod yet.