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StanIROCZ
post Mar 27 2013, 02:37 AM
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I’ve been working on this kit for a little over 6 months now. I’ve updated the design a couple times and what you see below is the final.

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This kit is for 3rd gens and uses the very affordable Wilwood SL4i calipers and C5/C6 rotors. This has to be the best value in brakes possible; Calipers are ~$150 each new if you shop around, C6 rotors are durable and around $50 each, and pads are your typical $150-170 but are 0.8” thick and therefore have a very long life. So low entry price (about even with C5) and the lowest possible consumable cost.

With the 3rd bolt there is more stiffness in the bracket and the loads and stresses are better distributed onto the spindle. With the higher stiffness you can expect less deflection and better pad wear. As far as the stresses into the spindle I’ve never heard of a 3rd gen spindle failing under braking but I also don’t want to be the first one, so for my piece of mind the extra bolt is worth the expense.

New pads are 0.8” thick including the plate. After 2 days on track pad thickness was 0.750 to 0.705, so I anticipate the life that Nape has reported (6 race weekends IIRC). My car is ~3060 with driver and Nape is lighter than that, so yeah our cars are light but I still believe this to be very good pad life, which in the long run will save you a ton of money on consumables if you go to the track a lot.


This kit is $150 and includes brackets, spacers, Grade 8 bolts and washers. These brackets are larger than your typical Ed Miller 2 bolt design so there is more material to start with and more machining time required, and I include hardware. They are laser cut from 0.5” cold roll steel and then the edges are cleaned up and the holes are drilled on a CNC mill.

Group Purchase Offer: if we can get 5 buyers by April 30th we can offer a lower price of $125 for the kit.

I will post up a complete parts list later and I'm also working with Trackbird on the sponsor banner thing.

Thanks for the interest.

Stan
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Pranav
post Jul 18 2018, 06:41 PM
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Guys, if any of you are looking for these wilwood calipers, I have 3 of them I can sell for cheap. Two used for 5 seasons on my CMC car, and one brand new one I kept as a spare. I also have the piston seal kit for them, so you can pop those in and they're as good as new. I think I may also have some spare bleeders for them as well:

https://www.summitracing.com/parts/wil-120-11135

http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/index.php?showtopic=18145

Figure a new caliper runs $175, sell all three and the spares/bits for $250

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post Jul 20 2018, 02:25 AM
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QUOTE (Pranav @ Jul 18 2018, 02:41 PM) *
Guys, if any of you are looking for these wilwood calipers, I have 3 of them I can sell for cheap. Two used for 5 seasons on my CMC car, and one brand new one I kept as a spare. I also have the piston seal kit for them, so you can pop those in and they're as good as new. I think I may also have some spare bleeders for them as well:

https://www.summitracing.com/parts/wil-120-11135

http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/index.php?showtopic=18145

Figure a new caliper runs $175, sell all three and the spares/bits for $250

Pranov, looks like your calipers are for a 1.1” rotor, C5 is 1.25” thick.
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StanIROCZ   The Blue Collar Brake Kit for 3rd Gens   Mar 27 2013, 02:37 AM
StanIROCZ   The biggest design change that I made from my orig...   Mar 27 2013, 02:45 AM
Racerdad916   kinda sad I have my brakes done already...... look...   Mar 27 2013, 02:56 AM
Shortcutsleeping   Really REALLY nice job Stan!!! Those l...   Mar 27 2013, 03:17 AM
slowTA   Interesting design. If I have the Ed Miller kit I...   Mar 27 2013, 11:42 AM
StanIROCZ   QUOTE (slowTA @ Mar 27 2013, 07:42 AM) In...   Mar 27 2013, 01:50 PM
slowTA   So the standard hub, the non- 1LE hub, right?   Mar 27 2013, 03:46 PM
StanIROCZ   QUOTE (slowTA @ Mar 27 2013, 11:46 AM) So...   Mar 27 2013, 04:28 PM
Blainefab   QUOTE (StanIROCZ @ Mar 27 2013, 06:50 AM)...   Mar 27 2013, 10:05 PM
Spruill242   Makes me wish I had a Third Gen just for this kit....   Mar 27 2013, 02:10 PM
souseless   will the 1le hubs work?   Mar 27 2013, 05:32 PM
trackbird   QUOTE (souseless @ Mar 27 2013, 01:32 PM)...   Mar 27 2013, 05:46 PM
slowTA   I "think" the 1LE rotor pushes everythin...   Mar 27 2013, 06:15 PM
StanIROCZ   Yes, if the hub is wider you should be able to add...   Mar 27 2013, 08:30 PM
Blainefab   Stan - Outstanding work! These are the first b...   Mar 27 2013, 10:08 PM
StanIROCZ   QUOTE (Blainefab @ Mar 27 2013, 06:05 PM)...   Mar 28 2013, 04:24 AM
souseless   will you be selling the brake duct adapters?   Mar 28 2013, 03:21 AM
souseless   and while I'm asking questions, what about bra...   Mar 28 2013, 03:25 AM
StanIROCZ   QUOTE (souseless @ Mar 27 2013, 11:21 PM)...   Mar 28 2013, 04:29 AM
Matthew   Wow this looks like a great kit. Almost makes me w...   Mar 28 2013, 06:13 PM
nape   I'll take a set.   Mar 31 2013, 06:02 AM
StanIROCZ   Great thanks Nape! This is Summit's l...   Apr 6 2013, 02:53 AM
nape   For anyone who doesn't want to do all the calc...   Apr 6 2013, 07:43 AM
Obsessive Camaro Disorder   I just discovered this, those brackets are awesome...   Jan 1 2015, 06:30 PM
nape   There wasn't enough demand for the brackets. T...   Jan 1 2015, 09:25 PM
StanIROCZ   2 sets were made, one set is on my car and the oth...   Jan 2 2015, 01:07 AM
Obsessive Camaro Disorder   I didn't realize this product never got off th...   Jan 2 2015, 02:14 PM
Shortcutsleeping   With a HUGE HUGE HUGE hat tip to Stan (StanIROCz) ...   Jun 28 2018, 02:59 AM
Pranav   Guys, if any of you are looking for these wilwood ...   Jul 18 2018, 06:41 PM
StanIROCZ   QUOTE (Pranav @ Jul 18 2018, 02:41 PM) Gu...   Jul 20 2018, 02:25 AM

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