quote:Originally posted by Tom@Seal Beach:
According to the Wilwood site these kits are for 15" wheels....I have 17's in front 18's in the rear, so I have no clearance issues, in fact they have larger kits available for wheels with my sizing.
>I just read it and it says it will fit SOME 15" wheels, and to check for clearance to be sure by checking the distance from the center line of the hub.
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Do a vehicle search on the Wilwood site for their big brake kits...put in the 66 mustang V8 and it comes up with these kits. Doug, one of your previous posts was that the spindles were smaller until 69 or 70 when they were enlarged, but that the 66 matched the Pantera. That would also make sense if a 66 mustang one piece rotor/hub will fit our Pantera spindles. NO?
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>I would think the hub will fit the Pantera spindle,yes, but cavete emptor.
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My other question was if the caliper mount bracket that comes with the kit is a direct bolt up to the Pantera spindle. If this fits a 66 mustang spindle (which is the same as the Pantera???) and the kit comes with a forged hub that is matched to the hat/rotor and all this is engineered by Wilwood together, this is an awesome kit.[/QUOTE]
>It depends on two things whether it needs an adapter or not. Well actually three
1) Girling brakes are built on roughly a 3" bolt mounting spacing
2) US are something like 5" spacing
3)The hats are made is standardized depths. Many times you will need to shim the caliper to center it onto the rotor. You can make a spacer to eliminate that if you want to mill one half of it down to adjust for that.
You can buy a Wilwood caliper with either bolt spacing. If this kit is intended for a US car with a US spindle, then the caliper mounting bolt spacing is 5". The Pantera spacing will be 3". It will need a spacer for that alone.
2)Wilwoods are "generic" calipers and can fit various size od rotors. In order for the caliper to sit on the rotor with maximum pad fitment to the rotor (sitting on the outside edge of the rotor) it probably would need a spacer for that.
Now if you have the time, and skill, you could hack a spacer out of 3/8" or 1/2" thick steel plate. You could use a hard grade of aluminum plate too but don't tell anyone.
People that are selling premade kits usually have a Cad 2007 or better program that they detail the adapter plate on and then cut it on a plasma cutter. That makes making the adapters no sweat once you have the detail of them correct. Then they send it out for powder coating.
If you want to do it by hand figure a few days for that and then a couple of weeks for your hands and fingers to heal up from the nicks and scratches. Ooye!
Most of the time you are paying the dealer for his knowledge on putting the kit together for you and for the adapter plates. Guaranty few will sell you just the adapter. Even if they did, it isn't going to be cheap.