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Wilwood or Aerospace Brakes??? #871155 12/04/10 03:22 PM 12/04/10 03:22 PM
Joined: May 2008 Posts: 984 San Diego CA 6 65 Hemi OP super stock
65 Hemi OP super stock 6 Joined: May 2008 Posts: 984 San Diego CA	What are you running on the rear and which is better for street/ strip car??? Doug MOPAR or NO CAR!!! 1965 Dodge Coronet soon a 6.1 Hemi with a Magnson blower 810 hp on pump gas 1964 Dodge Polara 582" Indy alum Block 426-1RA heads, 1933 Plymouth PE all Steel, LT1 4L60E 1959 Plymouth Savoy 33,000 mile survivor Old cars are never done. They are ongoing projects!

Re: Wilwood or Aerospace Brakes??? [Re: 65 Hemi] #871156 12/04/10 04:11 PM 12/04/10 04:11 PM
Joined: Jul 2010 Posts: 1,845 Tampa D DusterDave top fuel
DusterDave top fuel D Joined: Jul 2010 Posts: 1,845 Tampa	I had Aerospace front and rear on my street/strip Duster, vented, slotted and drilled rotors in the front, and solid drilled rotors in the rear. The thing about them is they have self-retracting calipers, so you have to double pump them in order to stop the car. They make them like that to eliminate friction on a drag car. But, not a great idea on a street driven car if you have to make a panic stop. Now they make Pro Street brake kits that have larger diameter rotors. Call them and see if those Pro Street brake calipers have the self-retracting feature, or if they removed it. Gone to the dark side with an LS3 powered '57 Chevy 210

Re: Wilwood or Aerospace Brakes??? [Re: 65 Hemi] #871157 12/04/10 04:15 PM 12/04/10 04:15 PM
Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 3,112 LONG ISLAND fishy340 master
fishy340 master Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 3,112 LONG ISLAND	i have willwood rear,and strange disc fronts,there both good,but eventually strange will be in front also

Re: Wilwood or Aerospace Brakes??? [Re: fishy340] #871158 12/04/10 04:23 PM 12/04/10 04:23 PM
Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 1,175 where its cold and white durin... 2QUICK4U super stock
2QUICK4U super stock Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 1,175 where its cold and white durin...	you mean the back?

Re: Wilwood or Aerospace Brakes??? [Re: 2QUICK4U] #871159 12/04/10 06:19 PM 12/04/10 06:19 PM
Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 3,112 LONG ISLAND fishy340 master
fishy340 master Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 3,112 LONG ISLAND	NO i will be goin strange all around

Re: Wilwood or Aerospace Brakes??? [Re: fishy340] #871160 12/04/10 06:32 PM 12/04/10 06:32 PM
Joined: Dec 2007 Posts: 12,587 Great Neck,LI,new york hemi-itis I Live Here
hemi-itis I Live Here Joined: Dec 2007 Posts: 12,587 Great Neck,LI,new york	Quote: NO i will be goin strange all around Your already strange all around!! HEMI-ITIS has no cure. My condition is fully BLOWN!!

Re: Wilwood or Aerospace Brakes??? [Re: hemi-itis] #871161 12/04/10 06:37 PM 12/04/10 06:37 PM
A Anonymous Unregistered
Anonymous Unregistered A	NEITHER STRANGE for me.Best brakes I have used ever.

Re: Wilwood or Aerospace Brakes??? #871162 12/04/10 06:54 PM 12/04/10 06:54 PM
Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 8,647 ELYRIA,OH B blownzoom440
blownzoom440 B Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 8,647 ELYRIA,OH	think about Ebrake options on the kit as you might want 1.

Re: Wilwood or Aerospace Brakes??? #871163 12/04/10 06:55 PM 12/04/10 06:55 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 4,084 Indiana W5Duster436 master
W5Duster436 master Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 4,084 Indiana	Are you all running the strange brakes on the street? I ended up having to use the strange rear disc setup to clear my wheels. Was told not to run them on the street but I seem to have read here before that quite a few people are indeed using them on street driven vehicles front and rear discs. '70 Duster - SDSS 436 W5 4spd (Gone) '71 Dodge D100 '70 Dodge W100

Re: Wilwood or Aerospace Brakes??? [Re: W5Duster436] #871164 12/04/10 07:04 PM 12/04/10 07:04 PM
A Anonymous Unregistered
Anonymous Unregistered A	Quote: Are you all running the strange brakes on the street? I ended up having to use the strange rear disc setup to clear my wheels. Was told not to run them on the street but I seem to have read here before that quite a few people are indeed using them on street driven vehicles front and rear discs. No problems on the street,As long as it's not your daily driver you will be fine.

Re: Wilwood or Aerospace Brakes??? #871165 12/04/10 07:07 PM 12/04/10 07:07 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 32,394 Q Quicktree I Win
Quicktree I Win Q Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 32,394	always had good luck with wilwoods

Re: Wilwood or Aerospace Brakes??? [Re: Quicktree] #871166 12/04/10 07:09 PM 12/04/10 07:09 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 4,084 Indiana W5Duster436 master
W5Duster436 master Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 4,084 Indiana	Quote: always had good luck with wilwoods I bought the wilwood 140-7144's with the parking brake but the darn setup would not work with my rims/backspace. The strange kit cleared so I bought them. Wish I had the parking brake as it's mostly street driven but would rather have the discs then a drum setup. '70 Duster - SDSS 436 W5 4spd (Gone) '71 Dodge D100 '70 Dodge W100

Re: Wilwood or Aerospace Brakes??? [Re: 65 Hemi] #871167 12/04/10 07:47 PM 12/04/10 07:47 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 6,531 Jacksonville, FL Chris2581 master
Chris2581 master Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 6,531 Jacksonville, FL	I have Wilwoods on the front of my Demon,they practically bolted themselves on the car,and they stop great. Nautilus Racing- We use Superformance gaskets and Turbo Action converters/products.

Re: Wilwood or Aerospace Brakes??? [Re: W5Duster436] #871168 12/04/10 09:16 PM 12/04/10 09:16 PM
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Anonymous Unregistered A	Quote: Quote: always had good luck with wilwoods I bought the wilwood 140-7144's with the parking brake but the darn setup would not work with my rims/backspace. The strange kit cleared so I bought them. Wish I had the parking brake as it's mostly street driven but would rather have the discs then a drum setup. mky e brake setup didn't work on my rear Wilwoods either.

Re: Wilwood or Aerospace Brakes??? #871169 12/04/10 09:50 PM 12/04/10 09:50 PM
Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 13,247 Mt. Vernon, Ohio dartman366 I Live Here
dartman366 I Live Here Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 13,247 Mt. Vernon, Ohio	Quote: NEITHER STRANGE for me.Best brakes I have used ever. I hope you are correct, I just ordered and will receive on Monday the complete Strange front and rear disc set-up including the master cylander from Bobs Pro Fab. Light travels faster than the speed of sound,,,this is why some people seem bright untill you hear them speak.

Re: Wilwood or Aerospace Brakes??? [Re: 65 Hemi] #871170 12/05/10 11:52 PM 12/05/10 11:52 PM
Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 34,883 S.E. South Dakota ! bigdad Still Posting A Lot
bigdad Still Posting A Lot Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 34,883 S.E. South Dakota !	Doug, clean out your PM box full, I can not reply

Re: Wilwood or Aerospace Brakes??? [Re: bigdad] #871171 12/06/10 03:36 AM 12/06/10 03:36 AM
Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 462 Stockholm, Sweden fed mopar
fed mopar Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 462 Stockholm, Sweden	I have Aerobrakes on the rear on the FED,No issues! 6340970-kjula14.jpg (31 downloads) Last edited by fed; 12/06/10 03:37 AM. Cuda, -70 Valiant-65 AWB, Valiant Signet200 -65 Topchopped dragcar. Topolino Fuel Altered. NostalgiaFED Sold, SuperComp Bantam Altered, Sold Ex Harlan Thompsons Nitro funny car American Graffiti Sold,

Re: Wilwood or Aerospace Brakes??? [Re: fed] #871172 12/06/10 03:35 PM 12/06/10 03:35 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 4,270 Morrow, OH markz528 master
markz528 master Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 4,270 Morrow, OH	I have Wilwoods on the front and back. Parts are okay whwn they fit, but the company is the biggest %$#@%&* you ever came across. NEVER WILWOOD AGAIN FOR ME!!!!!!! 67 Coronet 500 9.610 @ 139.20 mph 67 Coronet 500 (street car) 14.82 @ 94 mph 69 GTX (clone) - build in progress......

Re: Wilwood or Aerospace Brakes??? [Re: markz528] #871173 12/06/10 04:30 PM 12/06/10 04:30 PM
Joined: Sep 2005 Posts: 769 Europa, Estonia Georg super stock
Georg super stock Joined: Sep 2005 Posts: 769 Europa, Estonia	Quote: I have Wilwoods on the front and back. Parts are okay whwn they fit, but the company is the biggest %$#@%&* you ever came across. NEVER WILWOOD AGAIN FOR ME!!!!!!! I agree and heard it many many times! Aerospace all the way! Wilwood is nothing more than chines overvalued stuff Outlaw Plymouth Valiant R5/P7 Powered by Liuzzo Racing COMP Performance Group dealer in Baltic Premium Performance

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