[DeTomaso] rear brake options?

[MikeLDrew at aol.com]

In a message dated 3/24/10 9 21 5, pantdino at aol.com writes:


> Sounds like the stock rear brakes on a Pantera are too small.
> Putting in a pressure control valve just limits the fronts so they don't 
> lock up too soon
> 
> Have people put a different kind of caliper on the "extra" mounting points 
> and kept the stock one for the hand brake?
> 
>>>That's the normal procedure for aftermarket brake kits, although a 
bolt-on handbrake kit is a better handbrake option then the heavy, stock calipers 
whose handbrake is marginal anyway.
> 
> >I see Wilwood calipers are actually pretty cheap (($125 for the caliper 
> itself).  Would that make sense?  I haven't paid much attention to those 
> because I believe they don't have dust seals at the pistons.
> 
>>>Many/most of us running aftermarket brakes are running Wilwood calipers.

A better option would be Baer PBR calipers, which Bobby Byars sells.   They 
can be used with the stock rotors, and have a built-in parking brake.   
They're much more powerful, and are aluminum, so they're a fair bit lighter.

> >I'm afraid to even ask Steve Wilkinson if stock rear calipers (to 
> replace my frozen "extra" ones) are available and how much they cost. But I guess 
> I'll summon the courage.
> 
>>>Wilkinson and others offer replacement rebuilt calipers on an exchange 
basis.   They are surprisingly not all that expensive, at least last time I 
checked, when you factor in the cost of just buying the rebuild kit yourself.

Mike