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Ant,
Back in the “old days” the Wilwood stuff was aimed at Stock car or drag racing. The “street market” didn’t exist for them. They didn’t worry about tight packaging.
Having more swept area does have advantages, but it’s not what most people think.
Because the pads and rotors are bigger and have more thermal mass, they absorb more initial heat and exert less thermal shock on the rotor. Additionally, there is more pad material, therefore they have longer life.
It’s hard to look at a catalogue and not pick the biggest, raciest part (most expensive) part. I suffer from that disease. Those big calipers like the GNIII and huge rotors were designed for short track stock car applications. Arguably, one of the most brake demanding racing applications. 3600lb cars, 750-800hp, huge sticky tires and lots of down force with very little time between cycles. Huge parts with lots of area and mass are the only way that they would last an entire race. Street cars just can’t use that much brake even on the track.
However you do get points for having COOL brake parts! I would never say you did the wrong thing. If I had a connection at AP I would run them!! LOL
It’s like building and Aluminum big block. There are a lot of cheaper ways to make more power than you can use, but it’s what I wanted to do, so…..
Steve,
Thank you brother! I didn’t even have to throw any tubing away! I started with the long one, when I screwed it up, it became the short one! LOL
Jason
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