Wilwoods are Fitted

I’d been waiting a long time for my new Wilwood brake setup to arrive from the states, and when it got here there was a box missing. After another long wait I got the replacement bits and was ready to put it all together. The rotors and the hib are seperate on Wilwood brakes, and the bolts need to be safety wired which I’d never done before. After 4 or 5 test runs, I was happy I was getting the hang of it and set about putting them together. I have moved to a manual master cylinder, which has given me enough room to get rid of the "fish" on the Procharger inlet, but I now need to move the vacuum feeds and the catch can. RotorsWired.jpg With everything prepared, I pulled the drop spindles and brakes off to fit the new ones. It all went together painlessly, and with the new master cylinder bolted up and new brake lines made up I was ready to bleed it all. Pedal feels really good, but I found a small weep on the rears and will re-make the rear axle line as I’m not happy with it. With it all back on the ground, I was sat up in the sky with about 6" of toe. I got it back up again, dropped the coilovers down an inch and set the toe roughly by eye. Once I’ve driven it up and down the street and allowed it to settle I’ll check it and set it up properly. Looking forward to seeing if it was worth all the pain! BrakesOn.jpg

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