You can buy that caliper directly from wilwood, it's a superlite or powerlite handbrake caliper:
Weird thing is, I've only seen it for sale in the UK, various race outlets there sell them. On the US page they are not in the catalog (or I'm blind)
The cable style is the same as on the aluminum PBR calipers used on F bodies.
Didn't Norval do something like that?
You asked "Parking Brake"
Not E-Brake.
Here is an option for the Parking Brake to consider - and heaps cheaper:
It mounts in the cockpit and ties in to the brake line heading aft.
Sand buggies and rails use it - again only for Parking!
And it eliminates that Big "old handle" I mash my elbow on!
Depress the foot pedal-Lock this unit-Done. Reset this unit- brakes free! Relies on hydraulic pressure - so you'll always know if there ia a system leak! The car moved!
Cheers - Jim
no, he had a 2nd hydraulic caliper w/a handbrake handle operated single MC.
You asked "Parking Brake"
Not E-Brake.
Here is an option for the Parking Brake to consider - and heaps cheaper:
It mounts in the cockpit and ties in to the brake line heading aft.
Sand buggies and rails use it - again only for Parking!
And it eliminates that Big "old handle" I mash my elbow on!
Depress the foot pedal-Lock this unit-Done. Reset this unit- brakes free! Relies on hydraulic pressure - so you'll always know if there ia a system leak! The car moved!
Cheers - Jim
OH, I forgot to mention, in one junkyard visit years ago, I spotted a rear caliper with a parking brake lever sticking out backside of it, pull the lever and it screwed the pistons home mechanically, locking the caliper....
I forget what car, but had considered it for the Lemans, and later the vette,
but really, who uses a parking brake??
I suppose all you out in California do, but us flatlanders don't bother....
:devil:
Dont know about Fl or elsewhere but here, use it or not, it's got to be on the car and working.
OH, I forgot to mention, in one junkyard visit years ago, I spotted a rear caliper with a parking brake lever sticking out backside of it, pull the lever and it screwed the pistons home mechanically, locking the caliper....
I forget what car, but had considered it for the Lemans, and later the vette,
but really, who uses a parking brake??
I suppose all you out in California do, but us flatlanders don't bother....
:devil:
Cadillac had that caliper.
Dont know about Fl or elsewhere but here, use it or not, it's got to be on the car and working.
Same here, That´s why I need a working parking brake, and since I will be using wilwood rotor The drum brake is not usefull any longer.
You can buy that caliper directly from wilwood, it's a superlite or powerlite handbrake caliper:
Weird thing is, I've only seen it for sale in the UK, various race outlets there sell them. On the US page they are not in the catalog (or I'm blind)
The cable style is the same as on the aluminum PBR calipers used on F bodies.
The site said so but I know the USA wilwood site by heart, and I've never seen that caliper.
I am lookinf for the "perfect" parking brake solution and this may be it.
I didn't know there was a Europe Wilwood site.
Do you know how much is it?