Wilwood for DC5R

[Didz]

hey guys, looking at these brakes and want to know ur thoughts and to make sure they are the correct fitment to the AUDM DC5r. Also interested on feedback of Wilwood products.

https://www.racepartsusa.com/shop/cu...roductid=18237

thanks.

[noodleman]

a guy call pete use to have these on his old cw dc5r back in the crsx days, he sold the car to toda "i think" so maybe give toda a call and see how these brakes are???

[Didz]

ok i might. but does anyone know if these are the right ones for our model?

[MrThanh]

AFAIK the USDM RSX-S/AUDM DC5R brakes are interchangable/same.

[yakuza]

Actually, I am curious do we need upgrade our DC5's master cylinder before go for something 4 pot brake calipers? think about 4 pot brake caliper needs more fluid to operate the pots due to higher capacity with such size. Right?
But the other way around, if AUDM DC5 empolyed same model of master cylinder as JDM, then we don't need to do so.
What you guys think??

[Didz]

I am also curious as to if we need anything else to get it all working. Incase anyone was wondering, its only 904 us dollars to get the kit shiped

[lukits01]

I've browsed through club RSX and Ep3 forums about these kits
they cop a lot of flak, apparently the caliper design is very primitive
and is rubbish for abuse on the track, although it will serve its purpose if used for bling bling BBK upgrade. But hey.. thats only what I've browsed... no facts to support it or anything

[Didz]

I've browsed through club RSX and Ep3 forums about these kits
they cop a lot of flak, apparently the caliper design is very primitive
and is rubbish for abuse on the track, although it will serve its purpose if used for bling bling BBK upgrade. But hey.. thats only what I've browsed... no facts to support it or anything

that's interesting as TODA_AU highly recommendeds these and has stated that in his eyes they are as good if not better than the spoon ones for the DC5r. He did however mention he may be biased as he has them on his own car.

In any case i am pretty sure they would be a big upgrade in comparison to the stock brakes and rotors on the DC5r.

In Australia these brakes are fetching anywhere from 2000 to 2670 and through the US they are a lot cheaper which made me a bit interested.

[BlackDC2]

that's interesting as TODA_AU highly recommendeds these and has stated that in his eyes they are as good if not better than the spoon ones for the DC5r. He did however mention he may be biased as he has them on his own car.

In any case i am pretty sure they would be a big upgrade in comparison to the stock brakes and rotors on the DC5r.

I dont want to start up the Spoon brake viscussion again, but just have a think about it, spoon uses stock rotor size, stock pad size, same sweep path, so where are all these suposed gains in spending $$$ on spoon calipers going to be made?

Just some food for thought when buying brakes.

[freakie]

I dont want to start up the Spoon brake viscussion again, but just have a think about it, spoon uses stock rotor size, stock pad size, same sweep path, so where are all these suposed gains in spending $$$ on spoon calipers going to be made?

Just some food for thought when buying brakes.

ditto, cars dont know brands :P

jase, check ur email.

[BlackDC2]

ditto, cars dont know brands :P

jase, check ur email.

nothing in there from you

[Didz]

hey im just saying what someone else told me. The point of this thread is to get a better understanding of if these brakes are any good or not worth the money.

[e240]

they cop a lot of flak, apparently the caliper design is very primitive and is rubbish for abuse on the track, although it will serve its purpose if used for bling bling BBK upgrade.

I don't quite understand how the design can be called primitive. The Wilwood brake set looks very good value for its price and I almost mounted a set, however after realising I needed 17" wheels, I had to sell the set I had.

Design wise, it looked really good and I know a number of people who have had good experience with it on the track. The 2 piece rotor also looked very good and it was light!!

I think one thing people forget is that you can get a very wide range of pad compounds with the Wilwood. From Street to Hard Core track. Use the wrong pad and you're going to get shitty performance anyway.

[lukits01]

My understanding is, the main use of BBK is to prevent brake fade and prevent disc warping by better cooling/heat transfer. The aim is to get consistent braking for longer periods of time. To do this you may use more pistons to apply more even pressure on the pads, larger discs, better materials, etc. Unfortunately some side affects of these changes are brake bias shifting to the front, which means the rear tires isnt helping with braking as much as it can. The result is longer stopping distance as this test demonstrate:
http://www.stoptech.com/company_info...hallenge.shtml

What you really want is a BBK that has good thermal dissapation capabilities but yet maintains brake bias close to stock. I believe that is what SPOON have done (as well as STOPTECH). Racing Calipers such as Endless, AP Racing, etc. work best with a brake bias adjuster, because then you can shift the brake bias rearwards to offsett the increase brake torque of the front BBK.

[Didz]

i appreciate what ur saying but it looks awfully a lot like marketing hype. I would appreciate an independent source of information as opposed to a manufacturers own website.

It makes no sense that the brembo upgrade kit made the car increase braking distance, especially if it makes it the same as the JDM brembo package. Not to mention all tests had the cars with different tyres and different road conditions.