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Been working on these for Austin for a couple months. Finished up the bodies and steering arms this weekend and just need to make him (and myself) extra long strut mounts.
Need to spend some time scanning stuff quickly in the first week of having it to make sure it can do what I need and currently pulling the motor sooooo... can you guess what Im thinking?
Need to spend some time scanning stuff quickly in the first week of having it to make sure it can do what I need and currently pulling the motor sooooo... can you guess what Im thinking?
I trust you and Zach have evaluated Caliper options aplenty. How would you characterize the Wilwood Aero6, compared to StopTech, Alcon, and AP, of same/similar size?
My understanding is that the Wilwood Aero6 weight and price-performance ratio are very competitive, and perhaps better option than Evo X Brembo or similar.
Oh man, one day I'll do something that awesome. My skill is still not quite there but growing
Originally Posted by alpinaturbo
Dallas,
I trust you and Zach have evaluated Caliper options aplenty. How would you characterize the Wilwood Aero6, compared to StopTech, Alcon, and AP, of same/similar size?
My understanding is that the Wilwood Aero6 weight and price-performance ratio are very competitive, and perhaps better option than Evo X Brembo or similar.
Thank you.
TBH, we havent done any serious qualification of the higher end brake kits. Im sure they are awesome, have stiffer bodies, able to handle higher temps (seal wise), bigger thermal masses, better venting, etc and all those things. But it would take someone more familiar with and who has actually used them (not just read internet rabble) to speak to that.
Wilwoods latest calipers seem to be quite good and are relatively affordable. I used them because they offer all the info needed to package together something usable as an actual improvement to what I wanted. In my case, I wanted to shift bias rearward and reduce weight. That meant sacrificing thermal mass but for my application you'd be hard pressed to actually fully overheat brakes. And I have the capability of throwing in a caliper spacer to run 320 OEM or 350 big rotor.
Need to spend some time scanning stuff quickly in the first week of having it to make sure it can do what I need and currently pulling the motor sooooo... can you guess what Im thinking?
I would say, but I already saw you post about it on FB, so it wouldn't be fair...
I would say, but I already saw you post about it on FB, so it wouldn't be fair...
Heh.. I've been poking around for clearances and it seems theres definitely room but a tricky spot that may need some clearancing. But if it can be done, I'll figure it out
Oh man, one day I'll do something that awesome. My skill is still not quite there but growing
TBH, we havent done any serious qualification of the higher end brake kits. Im sure they are awesome, have stiffer bodies, able to handle higher temps (seal wise), bigger thermal masses, better venting, etc and all those things. But it would take someone more familiar with and who has actually used them (not just read internet rabble) to speak to that.
Wilwoods latest calipers seem to be quite good and are relatively affordable. I used them because they offer all the info needed to package together something usable as an actual improvement to what I wanted. In my case, I wanted to shift bias rearward and reduce weight. That meant sacrificing thermal mass but for my application you'd be hard pressed to actually fully overheat brakes. And I have the capability of throwing in a caliper spacer to run 320 OEM or 350 big rotor.
I can only comment on the AP's as i havnt tried the others but they are great. in saying that i wouldnt bother upgrading brakes unless ur having brake issues or wanting to do something like dallas did with weight.
I trust you and Zach have evaluated Caliper options aplenty. How would you characterize the Wilwood Aero6, compared to StopTech, Alcon, and AP, of same/similar size?
My understanding is that the Wilwood Aero6 weight and price-performance ratio are very competitive, and perhaps better option than Evo X Brembo or similar.
Thank you.
The WW Aero calipers are 90% of the performance at 50% of the cost of those other high end options.
Originally Posted by Dallas J
Heh.. I've been poking around for clearances and it seems theres definitely room but a tricky spot that may need some clearancing. But if it can be done, I'll figure it out
Still pursuing the motor mount idea or is this something else I missed?
Well Im firmly a mechanical engineer with more than 2 decades working on mechanical systems and 12 years doing new concept development and advanced design. What I'm not is an Industrial designer. I avoid crafts as a pragmatic person who wants to build functional and permanent things. That said, this is my first stab at designing something for the rear flare off of my 3d scan. Its sort of what's matching in my head but I feel its missing something. So trust me when I say I don't mind any criticism even if its "its all trash, try again..." lol.
The one thing that sticks out to me is how far down it comes in the rear. Wheel wells are almost entirely dirty air, evacuating them as efficiently as possible is important for proper underbody airflow. I would play around with shortening the rear of it and chopping the bumper. Something like this is a bit on the extreme end but isolating the flow off the rear tires from the flow underneath the car works very well in most cases.
- It doesn’t look like there’s much headroom for suspension travel. Don’t most aftermarket fender go up into the filler cap area?
- Seems like a longer, smoother transition on the leading edge from the body would help aero.
Sep 16, 2019, 02:51 PM
