[DeTomaso] rear brake options?

[Perry Lindsey]

There is another brake package being made featuring Porsche/Brembo calipers with CNC machined brackets. Ken Green is spear heading the effort, and organized the package with the owner of German Auto (his name is Ed, and I am sorry I do not recall his last name as he is a wonderful gentleman). Ed and his computer programmer completed all the CNC work in his shop of high tech machines. The quality of the brackets is simply amazing, featuring Grade 8 fasteners, and they are BEAUTIFUL!! Even got my wife to say, while holding a caliper bracket, "This is a very pretty piece of metal!" (Men.....especially Mad Dog, get your minds out of the gutter!!)
 
Anyway, I started installing this system, but had to go on a trip with my son (college scholarship visit in Iowa). Upon my return next week, I look forward to completing the install. My car is not the prettiest (far from it), but I look forward to having one of the nicest brake packages of any Pantera out there.
 
Get with Ken Green for specifics. He is VERY knowledgeable, and a great asset to the Pantera community!
 
                                        Perry Lindsey

--- On Wed, 3/24/10, JDeRyke at aol.com <JDeRyke at aol.com> wrote:


From: JDeRyke at aol.com <JDeRyke at aol.com>
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] rear brake options?
To: pantdino at aol.com, detomaso at realbig.com
Date: Wednesday, March 24, 2010, 11:37 AM


In a message dated 3/24/10 9:21:18 AM, pantdino at aol.com writes:

> 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.
> 
Thats all correct- but Wilwood calipers have a different bolt spacing than 
stock so some sort of adapter bracket is needed- which is why the vendors 
sell a ''kit'. To date, the only rear caliper 'kit' (Hall & maybe others) uses 
a GM single piston sliding rear caliper with their version of a cable 
actuater- and thats what you have stock, only smaller than the GM. Wilwood also 
sells a cable-operated caliper- handy for those who change to a rear caliper 
that has no built in e-brake. And that also need a rather elaborate adapter 
bracket. Personally, Wilwood's lack of a dust seal on all their calipers has 
not proven to be a problem on the front of our car; a pair have been on 
there over 10 yrs without a leak or other problem. Over the years there have 
been several DIY articles in the POCA Newsletter on this subject- check your 
archives- J DeRyke
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