My Hotrod truck:
wilwood fronts (came with a front suspension kit) and it would only lock the rears in the gravel.
added wilwood rear discs: it would only lock the rears in the gravel.
New master cyls: it would only lock the rears no matter how hard I pushed on the pedal.
At this point I was out of ideas - and mentioned to my fab man that it needed vacuum boost. Fab man says no.
(here is your possible answer)
So: I went and re-measured everything and did the math. (this is where you should find YOUR answer - doing the math on what you actually have)
Turns out the original front calipers were REAR calipers and the problems were all fixed by installing the correct FRONT calipers on the FRONT.
Sorry I don't have pictures of a wonderful carb setup or half nekkid girl to illustrate. - - - - make sure you have the appropriate sized calipers everywhere.
Done the math yet? Know exactly what you have? I didn't and spend a lot of $$$ until I did.
all the best,
quote:Originally posted by SF:
Wilwood superlite brakes with balance bar brake effect is weak.
First installed they was great, 280 cam, then a turbocamshaft and now a Crower 292 cam. I have to push harder then hard to stop the car. No air in system soft brake pads.
Any thoughts?
Anders