clubstylus

I am in a position to purchase a set of Wilwoods, the question is which ones Powerlite/Dynalite or Midlite, whats the difference is it just pad area should i go for bigger rotors if so how big should i go for vented or not i'm thinking because of the weight i don't really need vented or am i wrong i am quite (very) hard on brakes

Your thoughts please gentlemen

Phil

Cerberus wrote:I am in a position to purchase a set of Wilwoods, the question is which ones Powerlite/Dynalite or Midlite, whats the difference is it just pad area should i go for bigger rotors if so how big should i go for vented or not i'm thinking because of the weight i don't really need vented or am i wrong i am quite (very) hard on brakes

Your thoughts please gentlemen

Phil

Large diam' discs mean less effort for the result so 4 pots plus big discs would be very powerful. However , the car is light , we're not talking BMW M3 here . A 260 or 300 disc would be awesome even on a 2 pot. Vented are probably only needed for circuit or lots of long distance high speed road.
I fitted vented with willwood dynalite plus hawke black pads , eventually going back to 247 solids and 4 pots . Really depends on your intended useage.
Rob.

we have the capri 2.8 discs and calipers. they look to be good. dont know how they perform yet as we dont have it on the road. taking into consideration that they were on a heavy capri before and were good then, they should be awesome on the stylus. they are 2 pot calipers too!

I'm going to go for 247mm vented discs with Dynalite callipers, as i can't justify 260mm discs for an extra £130! i'm gonna whinge now: FFS where does that come from 13mm extra for £130 F*ck me thats £10 per mm- i'm in the wrong game

Evening Phil, what pads are you going to run on that set up then?

Have you got the front end back on yet?


Alex

se7ensport wrote:Evening Phil, what pads are you going to run on that set up then?

Have you got the front end back on yet?


Alex

Not sure on pads yet... still waiting for bloody Weber they quoted 1 week turn around 9 weeks ago spoke to them last week i'm next in the queue not holding my breath though , i don't want to put the front end on until i've run it up and down the road a couple of times

Phil

I hate weber, great product, sh*t service.....

Are you not using Rally Design? Always find their service excellent. I went with Midilites as they have a dust seal for the piston which means they are gonna last longer. They also now do a new 'Smart Pad' which I have heard is very good, warms up quick and stops well without fade, doesn't eat disks up either.

I went for vented disks cos on long mountain decents on rally's, they are heavily but should stay cooler longer.

Cerberus wrote:I'm going to go for 247mm vented discs with Dynalite callipers, as i can't justify 260mm discs for an extra £130! i'm gonna whinge now: FFS where does that come from 13mm extra for £130 F*ck me thats £10 per mm- i'm in the wrong game

I am a liar, after mucho thought i have purchased a set of Wilwood 310mm discs with superlite calipers so it should stop now

Phil

Sounds like you are building a track beast, any plans for the rear brakes?

se7ensport wrote:Sounds like you are building a track beast, any plans for the rear brakes?

Not this year, as you know i really need to spend some money and time in the garden as it looks like Iraq at the moment


Phil

take the easy option and gravel the lot no upkeep and you can park more cars on it

se7ensport wrote:take the easy option and gravel the lot no upkeep and you can park more cars on it

Hang on a minute, i don't want to spend that much i've still got too buy bits for the car grass seed and a rake is much cheaper

Phil

doesn't sound like hard labour, get the wife to do it!

se7ensport wrote:doesn't sound like hard labour, get the wife to do it!

This time of year i have absolutely no chance of removing her from her horse

Phil