4-piston brakes for the rears

[ShelbyGT350]

Does anyone (Brembo, Wilwood, Baer, etc.) manufacture a 4-piston brake upgrade kit for the rear brakes, esp. for PP models?

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[Anthony@HTM]

Brembo and Wilwood both do

Brembo is around 5-6k

Wilwood is 3k or so!

 

[timd38]

The big issue is the parking brake. Wilwood uses a second caliper that is mechanical that operates the larking brake.

I did a Wilwood upgrade on my Corvette and the parking brake uses brake shoes inside the rear rotor and that makes the upgrade much easier.

 

[Schu]

is the rear similar enough on the gt350 and the standard GT in order to retrofit the rear brakes?

I know the fronts are very different, but what about the rearend?

 

[Stripes]

You can actually fit the rear GT350 and the R brakes on the regular GT but the problem is the GT350 chassis uses a drum brake setup for the e-brake. The standard mustang chassis uses the actuation of the piston for the e-brake. When you pull the e-brake, it pushes the single piston to the rotors (and the brake pads clamp down on the rotor).

So yes, you can do it, but you will need to change up the e-brake setup as well. I was looking to do the same not too long ago. It ended up being too costly to do this with no guarantee for fitment so I gave up on it and learned to be happy with the standard GT rear brakes.

 

[apex15stangPP]

Baer does, just picked mine up!!! They look so badass!! Can't wait to do some testing and then get the Baers on and do more testing!!!

 

[timd38]

Baer does, just picked mine up!!! They look so badass!! Can't wait to do some testing and then get the Baers on and do more testing!!!

I see the 6 piston setup, but when you click on the instructions it doesn't work. What did you do about the parking brake?

 

[apex15stangPP]

I haven't installed them yet, but its and drum setup. I may just leave it off?

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