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Wilwood 4 Piston 302mm Bbk For 850/x70
17 November 2011 - 12:09 PM
I've been working on this for a while with my buddies over at Chassis Dynamics here in CT. It utilizes any of the standard 302mm rotors, a custom bracket, and a slim Wilwood 4 piston booted caliper.
It takes about 30 seconds to change pads on these suckers
The wheels we have test fitted these with include:
17" Volans: no spacer required
16" Solar: 5mm spacer required
15" Draco: 15mm spacer required
15" Aries: 15mm spacer required
15" rear wheel drive offset steel wheel: 15mm spacer required
Pay no mind to the purple half...
With all of the recent builds going on this seemed like a perfect kit. We all want better brakes, and the 13" R rotor makes for an awesome base to stick a larger caliper on but you have to factor in the price of a 17" wheel and tire combo as well and sometimes a spacer. 17" is the smallest you can go, which means you're also buying snow tires if you live in an area that experiences what some call "winter".
The idea behind this kit is that you can get superior stopping power over the oem Volvo caliper, yet you can keep the wheels you currently have on the car. For anyone that goes to a drag strip, 17" wheels are a joke. You need a smaller diameter wheel for drag radials or drag slicks. In addition, for anybody that does autox, you might want to change your pads over if/when you put on your autox wheel/tire combo. Changing the pads literally takes 30 seconds or less. We are working on a video to demonstrate pad replacement.
We are currently waiting on the second bracket to me machined and will be testing these asap so stay tuned!
It takes about 30 seconds to change pads on these suckers
The wheels we have test fitted these with include:
17" Volans: no spacer required
16" Solar: 5mm spacer required
15" Draco: 15mm spacer required
15" Aries: 15mm spacer required
15" rear wheel drive offset steel wheel: 15mm spacer required
Pay no mind to the purple half...
With all of the recent builds going on this seemed like a perfect kit. We all want better brakes, and the 13" R rotor makes for an awesome base to stick a larger caliper on but you have to factor in the price of a 17" wheel and tire combo as well and sometimes a spacer. 17" is the smallest you can go, which means you're also buying snow tires if you live in an area that experiences what some call "winter".
The idea behind this kit is that you can get superior stopping power over the oem Volvo caliper, yet you can keep the wheels you currently have on the car. For anyone that goes to a drag strip, 17" wheels are a joke. You need a smaller diameter wheel for drag radials or drag slicks. In addition, for anybody that does autox, you might want to change your pads over if/when you put on your autox wheel/tire combo. Changing the pads literally takes 30 seconds or less. We are working on a video to demonstrate pad replacement.
We are currently waiting on the second bracket to me machined and will be testing these asap so stay tuned!
