Will be making brackets for Wilwood calipers

FastM · #1 04-08-2007, 02:01 PM

I've got a set of Wilwood 6 piston calipers coming that I'm going to adapt to the Durango's front rotors. Since nobody else makes a BBK for the Gen II Durango (the torsion bars mean you can't use Ram stuff), wellthat was incentive enough for me to make my own brackets. Wilwood does make a 6 piston caliper for "forward" mounting (in front of the hub). I've installed Wilwood brakes on a few other vehicles, my BMW is running 4 piston Dynalites with 13" rotors with alloy hubs (BMW refuses to use alloy 4/6 piston calipers, preferring to stick with ugly sliding-piston calipers). Since the Durango rotor is 13.4", I'm going to use the stock rotor, although I might switch to a drilled/slotted rotor for looks.

If anyone is interested in this front brake set-up, let me know and I'll make a set of brackets for you while I make mine. I'll also make a set of SS brake hoses if you want them. The brackets and hoses will cost you under $300, maybe less. The calipers and pads are around $800 from Summit. A set of drilled/slotted rotors will by under $200, so your total cost would be around $1300 ($1100 if you stick with your stock rotors), not bad for a bad-ass 6 piston Wilwood set-up that bolts on.

NOTE: this set-up will NOT affect your ABS or your ESC (stability control).

IndyDurango · #2 04-09-2007, 06:06 AM

Brake braacket issues, or failed bracket issues, are the same reasons GSM got the terrible record that they have (oh yea, and their reported insistance that nothing was wrong coupled with terrible customer service.) Be careful on that braket since all the pressure is there and post some info/pix when you get them done. Good luck and keep in mind the product liability issues you will have if you sell them. Perhaps sell the idea/working model to a company and let them has the liabilty coverage via their commercial coverage insurance.

IndyDurango

sca · #3 05-16-2007, 12:01 AM

That sounds scary! I'm looking into a BBK as well but that is a no option for me trying to make a bracket myself!

FastM · #4 07-09-2007, 09:06 AM

UPDATE:

I've given up on the Wilwood 6 piston caliper conversion. It would have required modification to the Durango's aluminum strut which I decided against. Sold the calipers on ebay, a guy bought them for his competition Toyota.
They sure looked cool, though.

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