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Brake Article by Dean Oshiro

This article will explain how your braking system works and it will assist you in purchasing your next safe brake system.

Frequent Asked Questions

 

Front Brake Kits for Corvettes, Hot Rods & Muscle Cars
We have other kits using Wilwood components.  Hard to find brake kits using Wilwood's quality parts.  Custom scallop rotor kits available in this section.

Truck & SUV Brake Kits
New truck & SUV brake kits engineered for the 1/2 and 3/4 ton application trucks, SUV's and Hummer 2.  Check out the big 16" rotors with the new SUV6 and SUV4 calipers.  These babies are huge!

Front Brake Kits
Wilwood offers an extensive line of high performance disk brake calipers for a wide range of applications.

Rear Brake Kits
Choose from rear drag kits, rear dual drag kits, Late Model Mustang kits, and heavy duty with and without emergency brakes.

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SCCA A-Sedan Brake and Pan-Am Brake Kits. We will have these kits available for most popular makes or custom kits can be made up. Kits use custom made 32v rotors x 1.25" wide with 11.75 and 12.19 inch diameters. Calipers can be ordered with 4 or 6 piston staggered bores, 1.88/1.75 or 1.88/1.75/1.38. Call us for availabity and pricing.
Camaro's, Mustangs, Chevelles & Corvettes

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Stainless Steel Brakes Corporation products will available just as soon as we can upload the pages on our website.

Motorcycle Brakes
The Wilwood GP300 calipers for Harley-Davidson motorcycles, available in polished or brilliant chrome finishes, offer performance characteristics found in Wilwood’s racing calipers.

Brake Boosters
We have a wide selection of brake boosters and accessories for all your needs. Hot Rods or factory replacements. Special brackets are available so almost any booster can be adapted for your application.

Master Cylinders
OEM type and custom racing master cylinders available.

Proportional & Residual Valves
Adjustable Proportional Valves and Residual Valves.

OEM Type Distribution Blocks

Brake Lines and Fittings
Stainless steel brake line kits front to rear for most muscle cars.  

Stainless Flexible Brake Lines and Fittings
Stainless steel flexible brake lines with fittings.

Brake/Clutch Pedals Other

Wilwood Brake/Clutch Pedals
Racing brake and clutch pedal assemblies incorporate ergonomics without sacrificing performance.

Rotors
OEM type and custom racing rotors available.

Scallop Rotors
Special Optional Scalloped Rotors.
Scalloped rotors also available for 11.75" and 12.19" rotors with 8 on 7" mount in .810", 1.10", 1.38" thick.
How cool is too cool? Paint the vanes red, yellow or green and you have the coolest set of rotors in town.

Calipers
OEM type and custom racing calipers available.

Slave Cylinders
“Pull Type” slave cylinder made from billet aluminum for high strength and plated with a tough anti-corrosion finish.

Brake Pads
Produced to specific chemical and physical material requirements to meet high performance demands.

Brake Fluid
Wilwood’s Brake Fluid is specially formulated to withstand the severe heat requirements of automotive applications.