Wilwood 4 pot fitting - walkthrough
Re: Wilwood 4 pot fitting - walkthrough
I'll be removing my wilwood powerlite's at the weekend so can look at the brackets and measurements. They will also be for sale.
Ben
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Re: Wilwood 4 pot fitting - walkthrough
what calipers you putting on instead of the wilwoods
Re: Wilwood 4 pot fitting - walkthrough
Wilwood Superlite on 296mm discs.
Ben
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1982 635csiA (New project)
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2004 330d Touring (The Daily Hack / Tow Car / Load lugger)
1983 316 (Taiga Thunder - The refined S54 Race car)
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1985 728iA (For Sale)
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Re: Wilwood 4 pot fitting - walkthrough
sounds silly but whats the difference and is the rest of your brake setup standard e21? could do with a brake upgrade myself in my m52 powered e21
Re: Wilwood 4 pot fitting - walkthrough
I'll be taking some piccies of old and new over the weekend. But basically I've gone for the same piston size and disc width as the powerlite setup but the pads are 50% bigger than the powerlite's.
Currently my brake system is all std apart from braided lines front powerlite calipers and pad materials. Will be going 296mm discs up front with the larger Superlite calipers. I am also going to fit E30 rear calipers to enable a better selection of pads for the rear.
Front:
std E21 pad surface area = 3348 mm2
Wilwood powerlite pad surface area = 3136 mm2
Wilwood Superlite pad surface area = 4728 mm2
Rear:
std E21 pad surface area = 1653 mm2
std E30 pad surface area = 2002 mm2
Ben
Currently my brake system is all std apart from braided lines front powerlite calipers and pad materials. Will be going 296mm discs up front with the larger Superlite calipers. I am also going to fit E30 rear calipers to enable a better selection of pads for the rear.
Front:
std E21 pad surface area = 3348 mm2
Wilwood powerlite pad surface area = 3136 mm2
Wilwood Superlite pad surface area = 4728 mm2
Rear:
std E21 pad surface area = 1653 mm2
std E30 pad surface area = 2002 mm2
Ben
1982 323i (S54 "Test Mule" - to be rebuilt into M20 powered track car)
1983 316 (Taiga Thunder - The refined S54 Race car)
1982 635csiA (New project)
1985 728iA (For Sale)
2004 330d Touring (The Daily Hack / Tow Car / Load lugger)
1983 316 (Taiga Thunder - The refined S54 Race car)
1982 635csiA (New project)
1985 728iA (For Sale)
2004 330d Touring (The Daily Hack / Tow Car / Load lugger)
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Re: Wilwood 4 pot fitting - walkthrough
what discs will you be using
Re: Wilwood 4 pot fitting - walkthrough
Same calipers as me but with slightly larger 300mm floating disks and with minilites on the rear, again 300mm.Duracel79 wrote:Wilwood Superlite on 296mm discs.
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Re: Wilwood 4 pot fitting - walkthrough
dear Duracell
Do the powerlites bolt right up to standard discs BAC?
If so I should have had them off you rather than the Volvo jobs I have bought?
Do the powerlites bolt right up to standard discs BAC?
If so I should have had them off you rather than the Volvo jobs I have bought?
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Re: Wilwood 4 pot fitting - walkthrough
With the correct bracket, Yes they will fit to std ø255mm 323i discs:TopCat wrote:dear Duracell
Do the powerlites bolt right up to standard discs BAC?
If so I should have had them off you rather than the Volvo jobs I have bought?
I still need to measure the bracket and draw it up for you guys.
I'll try and get some measurements before they a picked up.
Ben
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1983 316 (Taiga Thunder - The refined S54 Race car)
1982 635csiA (New project)
1985 728iA (For Sale)
2004 330d Touring (The Daily Hack / Tow Car / Load lugger)
1983 316 (Taiga Thunder - The refined S54 Race car)
1982 635csiA (New project)
1985 728iA (For Sale)
2004 330d Touring (The Daily Hack / Tow Car / Load lugger)
Re: Wilwood 4 pot fitting - walkthrough
That would be great.
I still do not have brakes on my car (
Could you also measure the brackets needed for the Superlite upgrade?
and the calipers/disks id's?
Why didn't you go to e34 302mm disks? their hats do fit us quite well I thought..
I still do not have brakes on my car (
Could you also measure the brackets needed for the Superlite upgrade?
and the calipers/disks id's?
Why didn't you go to e34 302mm disks? their hats do fit us quite well I thought..
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does anybody have any discounts or know where to buy a wilwood set (calipers, discs, pads, lines) ?
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Re: Wilwood 4 pot fitting - walkthrough
Calipers and pads came from Rally Design and they offer decent prices. For pads I'm personally not that happy with the Wilwood ones, threw them in the bin and fitted Ferodo DS2500 P/N FRP3108. Lines are custom, the usual hydraulics specialists like Pirtek should be able to do that for you.
More useful info here for example http://www.bmwe21.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=16261
What's missing then is the brackets, still chasing a manufacturer for those, hope to meet him again -after ages- next week...
More useful info here for example http://www.bmwe21.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=16261
What's missing then is the brackets, still chasing a manufacturer for those, hope to meet him again -after ages- next week...
Regards/groeten, Jeroen
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Re: Wilwood 4 pot fitting - walkthrough
thanks for the link(s), enough info to sort a set out for my friend who wants to have good brakes.
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Re: Wilwood 4 pot fitting - walkthrough
Can you please give an order link?Jeroen wrote:I wasn't to pleased with Wilwood's fast road pads, but nowadays you can get Ferodo DS2500 for the Powerlite 120-8729 4 piston unit and they are pretty good for both road and the occasional trackday. I used them myself for a few track laps and on 2 trips to the Alps already. Ferodo model FRP3108.
I can't seem to find these easily in Greece!
Or else, any alternatives?
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Re: Wilwood 4 pot fitting - walkthrough
Any Ferodo dealer I guess. And our sponsors Hardeman as well probably!
Regards/groeten, Jeroen