Willwood, Strange or Aerospace?

MR DERBY CITY · 05-04-2018, 09:22 PM

[QUOTE=Ed Wright;562358]I have had no issues with Areospace.[/QUOTE

Ed, ....
..See Bob Gullets post below yours....If you have had no issues consider yourself very fortunate....I will take my chances drinking Flint, Michigan tap water before I drive a race car with Aerospace brakes.....

Dyno · 05-04-2018, 09:42 PM

Mark Williams on my 68 SS/AH Barracuda. Used M/W on 3 other race cars also, never a problem.

CMcAllister · 05-04-2018, 10:22 PM

Given those choices, Strange. All day long.

George Fitzpatrick · 05-05-2018, 07:00 AM

Lamb big bucks, but worth it. Install them and never worry about brakes again.

Mark Markow · 05-05-2018, 08:15 AM

lamb or mark Williams would be first choice if price doesn't matter
strange second. great product reasonable price
willwood third
anything but aerospace 4th
stuff you find at a swap meet 5th
and last place . please don't buy aerospace.

Ed Wright · 05-05-2018, 08:14 AM

[QUOTE=MR DERBY CITY;562386]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ed Wright

I have had no issues with Areospace.[/QUOTE

Ed, ....
..See Bob Gullets post below yours....If you have had no issues consider yourself very fortunate....I will take my chances drinking Flint, Michigan tap water before I drive a race car with Aerospace brakes.....

Might be the installer, not the parts. Excessive pedal travel, ask and competent automotive technician, is caliper/rotor alignment/cylinder sizing. Too small master cylinder bore = excessive pedal travel. Caliper not square with the rotor = excessive pedal travel. DIY guys usually need a dummy proof install pkg. My car stops great, with no excessive pedal travel. Has for about 8 years now.

MR DERBY CITY · 05-05-2018, 08:23 AM

[QUOTE=Ed Wright;562398]

Quote:

Originally Posted by MR DERBY CITY

Might be the installer, not the parts. Excessive pedal travel, ask and competent automotive technician, is caliper/rotor alignment/cylinder sizing. Too small master cylinder bore = excessive pedal travel. Caliper not square with the rotor = excessive pedal travel. DIY guys usually need a dummy proof install pkg. My car stops great, with no excessive pedal travel. Has for about 8 years now.

The same installer, Bob Gullet,...installed the LAMB brakes with far greater results. I believe Mark Markow sums it up best....

Ed Wright · 05-05-2018, 09:50 AM

Pedal travel is not the brand. SMH
Simple hydraulics. Some seem to need a simple take it all out of a box & bolt it on kit.

CMcAllister · 05-05-2018, 02:31 PM

It should be a simple calculation of piston area and master cylinder bore. But I've seen more than one car with Aerospace kits that should have worked, but didn't. Could not get a pedal, even with a big bore master, until a Lamb master was installed.

And I've seen guys get kits from Wilwood with calipers that had small bores for some reason (ordered wrong part# maybe) and the balance would be all out of whack. Strange has always been plug and play.

Ed Wright · 05-05-2018, 09:10 PM

Installed mine back in 2010, before I closed my shop. I don't know what another brand could do, that these do not. No pedal is not the brand. Wrong pedal ratio, or master cylinder bore. I was warned once about "smoking all 4 tires at the finish line." Didn't realize I locked them up. Wheels roll freely, good pedal, plenty of breaking power.
What else is there?
Maybe they changed something.

05-04-2018, 09:22 PM	#1
MR DERBY CITY VIP Member Join Date: Feb 2014 Location: Derby City, USA Posts: 3,609 Likes: 1,069 Liked 7,792 Times in 1,496 Posts	Re: Willwood, Strange or Aerospace? [QUOTE=Ed Wright;562358]I have had no issues with Areospace.[/QUOTE Ed, .... ..See Bob Gullets post below yours....If you have had no issues consider yourself very fortunate....I will take my chances drinking Flint, Michigan tap water before I drive a race car with Aerospace brakes.....

05-04-2018, 09:42 PM	#2
Dyno Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Posts: 911 Likes: 1,123 Liked 673 Times in 200 Posts	Re: Willwood, Strange or Aerospace? Mark Williams on my 68 SS/AH Barracuda. Used M/W on 3 other race cars also, never a problem.

05-04-2018, 10:22 PM	#3
CMcAllister Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Fulton County, PA Posts: 603 Likes: 15 Liked 890 Times in 248 Posts	Re: Willwood, Strange or Aerospace? Given those choices, Strange. All day long.

05-05-2018, 07:00 AM	#4
George Fitzpatrick Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: West Babylon, NY Posts: 344 Likes: 116 Liked 94 Times in 24 Posts	Re: Willwood, Strange or Aerospace? Lamb big bucks, but worth it. Install them and never worry about brakes again. __________________ George Fitzpatrick 426 HEMI STK, SS

05-05-2018, 08:15 AM	#5
Mark Markow Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: east hartford ct. Posts: 539 Likes: 0 Liked 9 Times in 3 Posts	Re: Willwood, Strange or Aerospace? lamb or mark Williams would be first choice if price doesn't matter strange second. great product reasonable price willwood third anything but aerospace 4th stuff you find at a swap meet 5th and last place . please don't buy aerospace. __________________ Mark Markow 171 ss/tb

05-05-2018, 09:50 AM	#8
Ed Wright Veteran Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Sand Springs, OK Posts: 8,132 Likes: 896 Liked 390 Times in 170 Posts	Re: Willwood, Strange or Aerospace? Pedal travel is not the brand. SMH Simple hydraulics. Some seem to need a simple take it all out of a box & bolt it on kit. __________________ Ed Wright 4156 SS/JA

05-05-2018, 02:31 PM	#9
CMcAllister Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Fulton County, PA Posts: 603 Likes: 15 Liked 890 Times in 248 Posts	Re: Willwood, Strange or Aerospace? It should be a simple calculation of piston area and master cylinder bore. But I've seen more than one car with Aerospace kits that should have worked, but didn't. Could not get a pedal, even with a big bore master, until a Lamb master was installed. And I've seen guys get kits from Wilwood with calipers that had small bores for some reason (ordered wrong part# maybe) and the balance would be all out of whack. Strange has always been plug and play.

05-05-2018, 09:10 PM	#10
Ed Wright Veteran Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Sand Springs, OK Posts: 8,132 Likes: 896 Liked 390 Times in 170 Posts	Re: Willwood, Strange or Aerospace? Installed mine back in 2010, before I closed my shop. I don't know what another brand could do, that these do not. No pedal is not the brand. Wrong pedal ratio, or master cylinder bore. I was warned once about "smoking all 4 tires at the finish line." Didn't realize I locked them up. Wheels roll freely, good pedal, plenty of breaking power. What else is there? Maybe they changed something. __________________ Ed Wright 4156 SS/JA