I've decided to use stock style brakes so let's exclude the 2WD late model Blazer upgrades, the B and F body spindle swaps, etc...
I picked up an aluminium B body master cylinder, now I'm looking at caliper options. I've come across two interesting choices at about $100 per side:
wilwood aluminium stock bore GM metric caliper
and
wilwood cast iron 2.75" oversized bore GM metric caliper.
Yes, I can have the dual piston D154 wilwood calipers for about $400 for the front kit, but I don't need something that flashy.
So what would you rather have, a state of the art triple bridge design lightweight caliper? or... more piston area to push against without the benefit of reducing unsprung weight?
Normally brake choice for builds is a no brainer for me, but I'm stuck in this case - I wanna reduce unsprung weight to offset the weight of the wider tires, but I also like the idea of having a larger piston in a stock style caliper.
The car is an occasional street driver. It has never nor will it ever see track duty of any kind. I just want it to be a competent driver on a reasonable budget. So far, I have DJM drop spindles, tall upper and lower ball joints, eibach springs, and KYB shocks, rolling on 16 inch T/A rims.
I picked up an aluminium B body master cylinder, now I'm looking at caliper options. I've come across two interesting choices at about $100 per side:
wilwood aluminium stock bore GM metric caliper
and
wilwood cast iron 2.75" oversized bore GM metric caliper.
Yes, I can have the dual piston D154 wilwood calipers for about $400 for the front kit, but I don't need something that flashy.
So what would you rather have, a state of the art triple bridge design lightweight caliper? or... more piston area to push against without the benefit of reducing unsprung weight?
Normally brake choice for builds is a no brainer for me, but I'm stuck in this case - I wanna reduce unsprung weight to offset the weight of the wider tires, but I also like the idea of having a larger piston in a stock style caliper.
The car is an occasional street driver. It has never nor will it ever see track duty of any kind. I just want it to be a competent driver on a reasonable budget. So far, I have DJM drop spindles, tall upper and lower ball joints, eibach springs, and KYB shocks, rolling on 16 inch T/A rims.