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They're big, cheap, and American.

Having said that I have been tempted to try them - they make 11ty-billion different types of calipers!

As long as the design is OK(ie are stiff enough across the bridge, take a large diameter rotor / thick rotor etc), they should work fine...

Give it a shot and let us know how you go!

If you need some radial mounts machined I might be able to put you on to someone

cheers

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haha I can be the guinea pig!! :O

I'm very tempted at the moment... Basically I've found a full kit that uses the superlite 4 piston caliper, a two piece 330mm rotor, braided lines, pads, bias valve, brackets etc for not much money... basically a little bit more than it would cost me to buy caliper extension brackets, rebuild my existing 32 4 pots, and getting some DBA 5000's, so yes, very tempting...

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As Ronin said, Wilowood make a caliper for every man and his dog. So jsut check the model of caliper and make sure the pistons arent smaller then what you are running at the moment.

Im with you, i often look at the Wilwood gear and what they can be bought for. They have calipers that go for $5000 each, but they also have good 4 pot and 6 pot calipers that are between $600-800 each so is tempting :laugh:

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wilwood have a good selection of pads available,

its just a matter of getting the right one.

we started using a harsh compound and new rda slotted rotors

would only just last a rally. now use a softer compound

and get 2 rallies out of rotors with similar stopping power

and not so touchy

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Thanks for the feedback guys.

Dougmo, which compound do you use, and are they readily available here??

The caliper that comes with the kit is the Superlite 4, so I'll have a look into the piston size. I wouldn't mind going the Superlite 6, but it's probably a bit overkill, and I'm going to have trouble getting them inside a 17 inch rim...

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Yeah, seen those mate, that's where I got my pad choice from :huh:

Thanks though.

no probs.

btw, you shouldn't have a problem fitting the 6-piston calipers in a 17" wheel as Wilwood have a brake kit for the sierra cossie with 6-piston calipers, 323mm rotors and they fit inside 17's.

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Really?? Cool, I'll have a look into it, and see what they say.

Cheers man.

Btw, this is the kit I'm looking at, optioned with Polymatrix E's and Slotted, Zinc coated rotors

http://wilwood.com/BrakeKits/Pages/04/index.asp

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