Reply to "Parking Brake Recommendations"

joules"Racing is Life, anything before or after is just waiting" - Steve McQueen

Before we go too far let's look at what you currently have.....

You mention stock calipers, so are you using stock brakes, or aftermarket brakes that retain the stock caliper as a parking brake only?

If your brakes are upgraded are you using stock (0.81" thickness) rotors?

How much do you rely on the parking brake for anything? FWIW I don't have one at all in two of my cars and what's there is pretty non functrional on the other two.

Wilwood makes a mechanical spot caliper that is very similar to the IPSCO unit and they sell for $60 ea. at Summit, part #'s 120-2280 and 120-2281 (left & right). They are for 0.81" rotors, but you can easily widen them by fabricating a spacer block for rotors that are wider.

Bear in mind the spot calipers (Wilwood or IPSCO) are basically Kart brakes and have a much smaller pad contact area than your exisiting calipers. I wouldn't rely on either of them for parking on much of a gradient.

Julian

2/11/1012:40 PM

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