does the d154 caliper fit on our cars?

 

willwood makes a set of bolt on Calipers for the 3rd gen Camaros.
comes with pads and new slide pins. red / black / polished
with the Big WILLWOOD logo on them.

100% bolt on even your old brake lines fit under $370.00
just ask Summit

i HAVE the red set

you can get them in 1 piston or 2 piston
http://www.ebay.com/itm/WILWOOD-D154...item336d18fc36

 

They look very nice. A quibble, however: The OE piston is 2.375" (with 4.43 sq. inch of piston area) vs 2.50" (with 4.90 sq. inch). Given those dimensions, I wonder about significantly better performance? Would new OE calipers, rotors, pads, and lines (and perhaps a fluid change) provide the same effectiveness--or nearly?

JamesC

 

a retort:

1.they drop off 8lbs of unsprung wt from the nose of the car
2.the billet alum and ss parts hold up better over time (then oem parts)
3. look 100% better the oem parts (Rust sucks)
4.and a bit more clamping force from a almost 1/4" wider piston (on the pad)

and in my book for $370 bucks is a deal for 1hrs of install work.

BUT: on a side not.. not talked about.. this caliper is 1" thick on the front facing wheels.
and the OEM calipers are only 1/2" thick.

SO GUYS WITH low face wheels (like Weld wheels Drag Lites) Might not get to just bolt them on.

im going over this now with WillWood and Weld Wheels.

have to swap out the new RTS wheels from Low pad to Med pad. should work.
luckey for me its just swaping wheels (only a week old) and still in boxes

the only thing not in my house it the body of my Z28
my man cave!
60" led Hi Def 500 chanls (have not seen them all)
every New car part i could Buy (not joking) there is a love seat under that stuff!
and my belt Fed HK MGs
what more could you want!

below is with out a Supresser. just hosing crap

http://youtu.be/HeBA5dwHS9s

and below is with one of my yanky hill cans (superessers) notice no ear muffs
on her..i always use them..me in red

http://youtu.be/A6tZXnUZIhg

 

I'd imagine that the stiffness of the caliper body would add to the clamping force as well.

I wonder what those two considerations translate into where actual braking distance is concerned (vs. OE)? Be interesting to know.

Good luck in that man cave--don't get lost!

JamesC

 

could you run bigger rotors with these?

 

No.

JamesC

 

on the wilwood site it says for the d154 you can use up to a like 12 inch rotor or somethin like that?

 

I "quickly" perused the site, but saw nothing about a 12" rotor. At any rate, for larger rotors to fit (as in 1LE, LS1, C4, etc), the spindle requires modification.

JamesC

 

what about the d52 wilwood calipers?

 

ive heard those dont fit our cars

 

bummer