Wilwood rear brake kits with E-Brakes!

[Black Beaut]

Hi All,

I've just been nosying around Wilwoods website and came across some kits they make that include a small drum brake that works within the rotor hat.

http://www.wilwood.org/catalogs/brakekit/group10.pdf

These look like a fantastic idea but of course they don't make them for Zs, how much pressure do you think Wilwood would need to make something suitable for a Z or am I just living in a happy dream world - again?!!!

Cheers.

Rob

[chickenwafer]

I would love to see a Wilwood rear brake kit (possibly even a disc brake conversion; open up some other options ) but I doubt a mainstream company would make one for the Z, unless like EVERY member on this board signed an agreement to buy them when they came on the market so Wilwood could actually make a profit off it. Good find tho, you can always do custom fabricate a new system using top-line parts like Wilwood, Baer, Brembo, ect. Just a thought.

Dave

[xray]

check out this link:

http://www.arizonazcar.com/brake.html

They also have complete strut assemblies for the oh-so-low price of $1300 per corner.

Start savin them pennies!

X

[LanceM]

That type of ebrake has been around for quite a while, I think BMW was one of the first to use it, you can find it on S-10 Blazers now. From what I've seen though this type of brake has some issues. The main one is that if it isn't used often the drum rusts up and then you have problems when you do use it or when you try to remove the rotor.

[Black Beaut]

I love the Arizona Z brakes, down side is that the rears don't have an E-brake at all which is a big no-no for cars in the UK which for DOT rules need a mechanically operated e-brake, think that's the same as in the US?!

I've been doing some research in to brake upgrades - I was just going to go with Arizona Z until I found out about the lack of E-brake Anyway, fronts are easy, I've got some Brembo 4-pot Calipers of Ebay that will take a 304x28mm vented disc, I can get discs with separate bells made to measure no problem and I can fab up a caliper adaptor plate easy enough. Rears on the other hand are a major pain unless you go with an OEM sliding caliper which just isn't as cool as I want

I have got a lead on a new kit coming being developed for the Lotus Elise here in the UK though which apparently has a twin pot rear caliper with e-brake. I should know more about that come the end of the month otherwise it'll just have to be the single pot slider and fun and games with a proportioning valve!

Cheers,

Rob