Reply to "Rear Caliper Pistons"

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For other options, Wilwood sells a mechanical 'spot-brake' that I and Marino Perna at Pantera East both use as add-on parking brake calipers. We both fabricated different brackets to use the sliding-caliper Wilwoods on stock-width rotors & unaltered uprights with stock cables, and both work well. This then allows you to use most any hydraulic brake caliper back there and balance your system with a manually adjustable proportioning valve. Pantera East's adaption is also sold for hot-rod Dodge Vipers.

In reading Federal law, I believe there is no prohibition to using a hydraulic e-brake; it only says that the e-brake system must be totally separate from the car's main brakes and must stop the vehicle in a certain space without drama. "Separate' means from the pedal or hand lever to the caliper with it's own lines, I think. Manufacturers went with cable operation of e-brakes pre-WW 2 and never changed- probably due to cost.

4/11/1412:47 AM

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