After Market Front Brakes

Chad E532 · 10-14-2010, 02:05 PM

I am looking to upgrade to Wilwood disc brakes front and rear along with removing all of the stock power brake components from my 77 Camaro this winter. The car is being setup as an I/SA car which will end up weighing around 3500lbs. I would like to save as much weight as possible in this swap but have run into a quandary.
The thin plate style rotors are rated to 2800lbs in a four wheel disc system and the heavier vented rotors are correctly rated for my weight and recommended by Wilwood for my application. I would save 2.7 lbs per rotor by running the plate style but I am wondering if the car will still stop okay.
My guess is that the brake manufacturers have a fair amount of safety factor built into their weight ratings.
Anyone else out there running the thin rotors on a heavy car?

10-14-2010, 02:05 PM	#1
Chad E532 Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Lindstrom MN Posts: 156 Likes: 7 Liked 54 Times in 7 Posts	After Market Front Brakes I am looking to upgrade to Wilwood disc brakes front and rear along with removing all of the stock power brake components from my 77 Camaro this winter. The car is being setup as an I/SA car which will end up weighing around 3500lbs. I would like to save as much weight as possible in this swap but have run into a quandary. The thin plate style rotors are rated to 2800lbs in a four wheel disc system and the heavier vented rotors are correctly rated for my weight and recommended by Wilwood for my application. I would save 2.7 lbs per rotor by running the plate style but I am wondering if the car will still stop okay. My guess is that the brake manufacturers have a fair amount of safety factor built into their weight ratings. Anyone else out there running the thin rotors on a heavy car?