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Hi Dave, does the Tesla brake and Viper use the same mounting bracket.  I ended up going with the Ipsco calipers as I previously mentioned because I didn’t know anyone had made an adapter bracket for the Brembo calipers except for Ken and that is if you changed the uprights to the one Ed and Ken developed.  Ed and Ken’s set up looked nice but i  wanted to keep my OEM uprights.  If I had known that I would probably have went with the Brembo set up.  You can purchase the used Viper, Ferrari 360/430, Lamborghini Murcielago calipers on eBay or partrequest.  I am not sure about the latter two fitting but they look pretty close if not identical to the Vipers.

It seems that these brake set ups would function more as a parking brake than providing any significant stopping force in  an emergency situation.  I think the Brembo calipers look more substantial than the Ipsco and Wilwood calipers.

At the same time I had also looked at the electronic e brake which came on VW’s, which were also Brembo’s if I remember correctly.  That was the first time I had seen this system.  I liked it but wasn’t sure what it was going to take to get it working on our cars.

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