Wilwood brake upgrade—desirable for street use?

[Flygirl]

Originally Posted by patrickt

What is she going to say if a beautiful used ERA comes along at the right price? "Uh, sorry, but no... I had my heart set on the bigger brake package." Now if she's starting to think along the lines of taking a trip out to New Britain and spec'ing out her perfect car, then that's another story. If what she wants is a street car, then she should just pick a mechanically sound ERA that has options, that she can see, that she likes. The color of the damn paint is probably the most important thing on the whole car and we can't pick that for her. Of course, I recommend beige....

You don't even have to ask.

Well, it's half intellectual exercise and half keeping my options open. Sure, if a great car comes along—a white street-style 427 with the rear bumper and front hoop, no roll bar or scoop or stripes or those two fans in front of the radiator, a relatively mild 428 without too much chrome running on CA pump gas in front of a five speed with a nice OD fifth gear, and undercar exhaust—then I won't care so much about the brakes.
:-)

A gal's got to dream, right?

Just something about GM parts on the car. I've never been a huge GM fan, and there's just something not right about it, is all. I usually think of GM hardware as designed on the cheap and not particularly long lasting or pleasing in operation.

I also agree with the observation about compliance. I think this is an issue of pedal feel as much as ultimate braking performance. When I think of flimsy, I just kind of naturally think of GM. I worry that those calipers just aren't meaty enough or well designed enough to give good pedal feel.

And yes, in my fantasy world the car would have undercar exhaust and the inboard rear brakes. Just 'cause I think it's sexy.