Mike,
My car would dart around on any road that was not perfectly smooth. 100MPH was not to bad, but 120 did not feel safe. I often see 6000RPM in 5th gear (on smooth roads), so it was important to me that it was stable. If you do not intend to drive more than 100MPH, then it may not be worth you going to all the effort to have your top arm reworked.
Ron,
My brakes are wilwood. I bough them from Dennis Quala (Pantera Performance) The front rotor is 310mm (12.1/4") x 32mm thick. I think this is about as big as I can fit inside a 16" wheel. The calliper is a 6 piston billet. Dennis told me he developed this kit to fit inside a 15" wheel. But it does not fit. I tried my old 15 x 8 Campy on there, and it hit the calliper. He must mean it fits with a 4 piston calliper?
I feel the 6 piston calliper is unnecessary. 4 piston would work fine. I did it for reasons of fashion.
I have not done anything to my rear brakes yet. But I do have the original vented rear rotor back there. My car came from the factory with vented rotors.
Just doing the front has transformed the car. It now has fantastic brakes. It has totally changed the way I feel about driving the car. So much more fun to drive with powerful brakes. But I don't think I any safer, now I go into a situation knowing I can stop. Before I would go into a situation with caution, knowing I couldn't stop!
Here is what it all weighs:
Original iron calliper with pads = 13lb
Original solid front rotor = 15.5lb
Original vented front rotor = 10.5lb
Wilwood 6 piston billet calliper with pads = 8lb
Wilwood 310mm rotor with ally hat = 14lb
I still have not decided what to do with the rear, the car stops so well now, I am not in any great hurry.
Johnny
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