Wilwood direct replacements or superlite calipers?

[Yellow73SB]

What should I get? I think the superlite calipers may be cheaper overall.

It would also be easier to add a brake recirculator in.

Although the direct replacements would be using a larger brake pad.

Will the superlite fit in a 15" wheel?

On the corvette engineering site it says you must have a 16" wheel. But Nascar's have huge brake inside a 15" wheel

 

[84rzv500r]

What should I get? I think the superlite calipers may be cheaper overall.

It would also be easier to add a brake recirculator in.

Although the direct replacements would be using a larger brake pad.

Will the superlite fit in a 15" wheel?

On the corvette engineering site it says you must have a 16" wheel. But Nascar's have huge brake inside a 15" wheel

Yeah there is room for slightly bigger rotors too... thats why I bought the VBP billet hubs...


If you gonna race you need to get what your class allows...

 

[Yellow73SB]

With this car we will just be running it for fun, not worried about racing.

It looks like the direct fit are running $250 each, I might as well get some high dollar take offs from a cup car

We will see, just auto-xing for right now.

 

[BBShark]

Although the direct replacements would be using a larger brake pad.

Don't be concerned with brake pad area. Most modern brake pads have a smaller area because the materials they are made from require a higher unit area pressure (PSI) than the materials available in the 60's. I see people talk about maximizing pad areas but I don't see anyone making a giant caliper with a brake pad that covers the entire disk. Think about it. If brake pad area were the magic bullet to better brakes, somebody would be making a giant caliper.

 

[MYBAD79]

now... thinking about this... wouldn't a 40 piston calipper that covers 270 degrees of the rotor (that's 75%) be THE BOMB ????

Think about drum brakes and how much those shoes covered ... 300 degrees out of the 360 degrees available ??? Nobody made 6" wide drums either.....

I know I am exaggerating, just trying to add food for the discussion.... think about heat transfer .....

 

[big2bird]

While we are thinking, think about a rotor 100% covered. Now, where does the heat go?
Brakes disapate the energy as heat.
The rotor need to radiate that heat in cycles of pad/free area.