I was just flipping through the Jeg's magazine at work today and i noticed that the wilwood calipers are only $125.00 apiece (
link). What would stop one from buying just the calipers, and say powerslot rotors.
Does anyone know if just the caliper can be directly swapped with rotors that fit the constraints of the .380" disc width? and if you can, would it be a most COST EFFICIENT way to go about getting better stopping power?
Thanks in advance
I'm back from the dead.
Currently Driving: RSX Type-S.
My Cavalier Burnt up :-(
I don't knwo why you would get the impression that you could just go buy any set of calipers and just throw them on.
their made for a larger rotor then whats stock. the odds of it working on a stock rotor is slim and even if it does, it will look ridicious.
Mounting those calipers to the stock location with a stock sized rotor becomes very tricky. Finding calipers that work with our small rotors would also be a challenge. I'm not saying it can't be done, and by all means try to do it if thats what you want to do, but it would be a huge PITA for minimal gains over the factory calipers. I think our factory system is actually very adequate with some minor upgrades to the rotor, pads, and SS lines.
thanks guys. curiosity cleared "
I'm back from the dead.
Currently Driving: RSX Type-S.
My Cavalier Burnt up :-(
more piston = more force = more friction = more heat + small rotor with little surface area = cracked rotor = sad driver.
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