Mark,
I recently put Wilwoods on the front of my GTI. I used 4 piston
Forged Billet Superlight calipers, P/N 120-8464-R & -L,
with adapter brackets I got from Precision Brake in Ashland, OR.
They're on 12.19" ULP drilled & slotted 2 piece rotors,
and I'm currently running Polymatrix BP-10 pads. These brakes will
suck the eyeballs out of your head, the pedal feel is
awesome, plus they're so consistent and repeatable, it's amazing.
The BP-10 pads are an excellent street/track pad.
They have good cold bite, and so far, are fade free (I haven't
totally punished them yet, but a few reasonably quick trips
down Mount Hamilton were rock solid).
On your rebuild, the pistons should move the whole length of the
bores smoothly with a little resistance. If it requires
a lot of force to move the pistons, something is wrong. Are you sure
you got the correct seals from Wilwood? Most of
their calipers are available with various sized pistons, so it's
possible you ended up with the wrong ones. You still living
off Winchester? You could bring them by here, or I could drop by
your place and take a look, if you want.
--Holland
[email protected]
On Mar 22, 2006, at 4:01 PM, Mark Stanton wrote:
Josh, about your Wilwoods:
I have some old ones I wanted to put on the front of my 16v (which has
11" VW single piston calipers)... I forget the exact model of Wilwood
but they're 'less deluxe' 4-piston models.
So here's my question for you: I pulled out the pistons, honed the
cylinders, and put in new seals. But I thought the pistons fit in way
too tight. Do you know how to tell if the rebuild job was good or
not?
I'm not sure I want to road test them yet ;-)
How do they work for you? What size rotors are you using? What
Wilwood pads are you using?
Thanks,
Mark
--- Josh <[email protected]> wrote:
Yea... if your pedal goes to the floor suddenly then acts fine
later
it is the MC failing... easy fix.
If you are looking to save weight on the rear calipers, I am
working
on a Wilwood conversaion for the rears to match my front
Wilwoods...
should save a *bunch* of weight... no ebrake though...
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