CURRENT KITS

Caprice / Impala 1971-1976

Caprice / Impala 1977-1992

Charger, Challenger, Magnum, 300C

Chevy C10/C1500 2WD 71-92

Chevy Colorado

Chevy Trailblazer '02-'09

Contour and Cougar

Corvette

Countryman/Paceman by MINI

Crown Vic- Panther 1997-End

Eclipse 1G

Eclipse 2G

F250 / Excursion 1999-2004

Focus 00-'11

Focus 2012+

Ford Ranger 1995-1997

Fusion '13+

G-Body

Impala SS 94-96

Lightning, Harley F150 99-04

Marauder

Mazda RX8

MINI 01-13

MINI 2014+

Mustang 94-04 IRS

SHO / Flex / Explorer 2010-2019

Solstice/Sky

SRT-4

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TCE Performance Products


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The TCE melting pot for Custom Brake Kits!

 

Common question; "What do you do besides sell Wilwood kits?" The answer is LOTS!

While TCE has been a Wilwood dealer since 1993 we got started in the big brake business by way of doing custom work. And it's still part of the daily grind. Rather than talk about these projects, let's highlight them. This page is dedicated to the extensive custom kits TCE has done for customers. Got a special project needs some help? 

 

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*A note on pricing and images: prices quoated are for reference purposes only. Each kit is priced based on the components used indlucing; size, caliper model and more. Additionally; the complexity, time and of course the bling. We try to convey the aproximate costs of 'base kits' in the pricing. That included basic finishes; black or red and slotted rotors. Added features such as color where not standard, as well as drilled and slotted rotors, plating, powdercoating and custom colors - the fluff- is not always reflected in the final listed cost. Many builds while appearing similar in result may included time and materials not stated here.  

 **A lot of images below use our mock-up rotor plates for easy bench work- that's the funky plate you see. Also not all images represnt THE part used in the final build- a four piston caliper for mock up rather than a six for example. Or rotors fit backwards, unplated/finished brackets etc. Don't be picky; it's a mock up folks. 

 

Corvair Spindle Front Drag Kit

Customer came to me with the Corvair spindles but fit to another platform. Can we do a light weight (Drag Race ONLY) front kit for his needs?? Of course! This one came out well and while I don't recall the exact weight the entire kit with spindles and both hubs tipped the UPS scale at 51lbs. Pretty sure the majory of that came from the OE parts! Awesome little package for under $1000. 

 

Volvo 1800 Front and Rear 

Packed up this 12.2" front Volvo 1800 kit today for my customer. A fairly straightforward project of 12.2" rotors and Wilwood Dynalite calipers. Going to need 16 or 17" wheels.Two piece rotors, four pot calipers, pads, bracket s.. For the rear: 11.75" rotors and Wilwood combo parking brake calipers not only look good they function very well for a variety of applications.Combo build was about $2500. 

14" Scout Front 

Scouts seems to be popular these days. This one needed a 14" kit fit with Aero6 calipers. So that's exactly what TCE built for him. The common dual plane bracket set allowing for adjustability both laterally and radially. An easy bolt on design replaces the stock brake mount plate. The 2pc hat and rotor shaving weight while increasing effectiveness. A bit more involved; about $2500 (calipers not shown)

Dodge Spirit RT

Remember the Spirit? Ok so maybe not...but that doesn't mean a Spirit owner can't have great brakes! Working the smaller end of the scale lately this 12.19 build uses the mid level, proven, 12.19 x .810 rotor combined with the performance of the six pot Wilwood DP6 lug mount caliper. The combined parts work to create the lowest clearance possible for using a 16" wheel. While we still need to fit a wheel spacer due to the shape of the stock wheel the brake system came out fantastic! All this great product for about $15-1600!

Crown Vic (95-02) 13" Front 

TCE has made a number of kits for the Crown Vic over the past ten years we really had not concentrated on small builds. This customer in Mexico wanted a 13" kit for his 17" wheel. The build; a '95-02 iron spindle model Vic was fit with FNSL6 calipers and 12.88 x 1.25" wide rotors. The increase in diameter combined with the addred, functional, directoinal cast rotrs should extend the temperature operating range substantially over the stock 11.4" one piece. The FNSL6 will assure him of more consistant and responsive feedback and the easy top loading pad feature allows easy and fast pad changes. All that combined with a lower weight making this a winning combo!  Rough cost: $1900-2000

Pinto Custom

Sometimes the little things mean the most. Take for example this 12.2" DynaLite kit! Customer has some Pinto spindles with rotors he had converted to five lug. "Can you make a brake kit for that?" Pretty sure I can. So we kept it simple: cut the hubs, fit 2pc hats and rotors, some sexy black four pots and powder coated the spindles. BAM! About $1200 later it's ready for prime time.

Honda Rear Custom (bracket kit) 

Our customer called about re doing a kit he had purchased. Seems the original build came with DLS two pot calipers but this gent wanted some combo parking brake calipers fit to the tubular trailing arms not the DLS models. Was not certain we could pull this off on a 11.00" rotor but it fits! Things are tight as the combo caliper is radial mount requiring we fit the aluminum brackets in a tight spot using the 3.25" mount holes and convert this to 5.98" radial stud. Came out quite well for him in the end. Cost; about $300.

 

'60 Pontiac Catalina

1960 Pontiac Catalina project for Pin-Did-It Design. A tidy 13" kit with an old school lug mount BNSL6 caliper attached to a simple mount plate and a bit of trickery making it all fit as planned. We are working together to update the bearing package yet as these have ball bearings in use now!

'39 Chrysler Custom

1939 Chrysler Custom. Yes you read that right- this ones an older vehicle getting some well needed updates! Debated a couple of options in how to approach this build. Settled on a reverse hub mount rotor plate secured with Wilwood studs through our own plate. The concern was loss of register for the wheel if we used a conventional slip over hat. Saved a few bucks to the buyer also.

Wilwood 12.88 x 1.10" GT rotors, six piston DynaPro calipers, pads, plates and hardware: about $1500. Another simple lug mount design here making assembly a breeze!

1969 Lincoln

1969 Lincoln Continental! 15" front kit, Aero6 calipers and all the necessary related parts. About $2500 including PC of the spindles.

Jeep Sand Drag Kit

Great little Sand Drag build for a customer. Spindles required modification so the costs were up. Plus the optional Black powder coat finish. All in: about $1300.

Toronado

Olds Toronado! Remember those? Maybe not....FWD Detroit Iron baby! While the Toronda had a strong engine, great styling and snow prowless it seems to have lacked any sort of decent braking by today's measure. We fixed that with a nice 14" rotor package and FNSL6 caliper set up. We opted here for the narrower 1.10" rotor and narrow body caliper for maximum wheel clearance. The car is not a racer just a cruiser and we should achieve the goal here without issue and without the use of the larger components. Complex in nature with the front bearing pacakge we had to make both mount base plates plus proper dust plate spacers as all this hardware holds the entire hub and bearing into the housing! But we prevailed and hopefully we can put up some 'on car' images soon! On time and under budget: base price (D&S upcharge) under $2k.

DeLorean/Lotus Part II  (DeLotus)

When we left off below we had completed the 13" FNSL6 front and only brainstormed the rear. Some time spent on this one as we had to cram a lot of brake in a small area! The customer wanted the parking brake option and a fully matching 12.88 Drilled and Slotted rotor package combined with the FNSL4 rear caliper for a balanced and fully funtional build. The only part we didn't grasp; how little space there was to mount all this goodness! It came down to what you see here as the rest of the corner was packed with suspension and other parts robbing us of space for the MC4 caliper- of which I will add we modified in part to accept the future cable routing. Good times! Nice and tight. All in; about $2200 with the MC4 parts and sexy looking Type III ano finish.

2003 Dodge Dakota 14" Aero4 Rear

So after completing the front kit below the only thing to do was of course the Rear! Working in the matchy-matchy world we wanted to keep the rear looking as good as the front. Thus we chose 14 x .810 rotor and radial mount Aero4 calipers. The real kicker here: the option to add the parking brake now or later. The bracket package was designed to accept the Wilwood MC4 mechanical spot caliper with the steel plate anchoring both it and the base for the radial mount bracket for the four pot. Reasonably straight forward design and we included our over sized C-clips to help control axle float and pack knock-back. Little things matter. The final estimate on this one $2500 without the MC4 parts which will be added later. 

2003 Dodge Dakota 14" Aero6 Front 

Hey, Todd. Wilwood said you could help me. I want to put some big brakes on my late model Dakota. You done that before? Well in fact I did a couple of them many years ago but on the older platform. We'll need a spindle to work from. And so it was. Didn't take long to bang out this fantastic 14" Aer06 Front kit for him. All the basics and the common affordable price point. Bagged this puppy all inclusive for about $2200. Guess what showed up a week later: a rear axle (complete) for the custom rear kit! Stay tuned...

DeLorean/Lotus Custom I  (DeLutus)

Most folks know what a DeLorean is but not a hybrid mated to a Lotus Esprit. While I have not seen the finished product I'm seeing both the front and rear spindles as TCE builds up a custom kit for each end. The basis of both will be the tried and proven Wilwood 12.88 x 1.10" rotor shod with FNSL6/4 calipers. So far the front has turned out very nicely and like most kits; a simple install with simple hand tools. Off the shelf parts help in controling costs keeping this build sub $2000 including the optional Drilled and Slotted finish.

BSL6 Upgrade

TCE has sold Eclipse kits since about 1998....always great to hear from older customers who want to renew product. We talked options here and given the lower cost of the FSL6 today vs what they went for 20yrs ago it was a no-brainer to just toss out the 20yrs old FSL calipers and bank on this renewal! Fit with fresh hats and rotors it was almost an all new build. A great build at a reasonable cost. I think we came in at about $2200 with the race pads.

1964 Lincoln 15" Front Kit

Not to be out done by the early Caddy work TCE has come to the plate for the early Lincoln owners as well. Here we have the staple Aero6 caliper on our custom brackets wrapping around some 15" x 1.25" Drilled and slotted rotors. A fairly simple yet highly effective build that exceeded our customer's expectations- but not his budget! Build price about $23-2400.

Ford Exploer Sport Trac 15" Front Kit

"I have a Sport Trac Explorer...I want a Big Brake Kit"  Yep that's how it began. Clearly not your mainstream build. But it's what TCE does! And he's got like six of them!! My job isn't to ask why; it's to make him happy with the purchase. And I think we accomplished that with this 15" Aero6 front kit. The basics, like others; 2pc hats and rotors, radial mount brackets, Areo6 calipers, pads, hardware and a dash of sexy red with drilled and slottted for good measure. Simple and effective bolt on improvements should more than do the trick for his 20" wheels which were taxing the stock brakes for the past few years. This clean effective build; about $2400

Ford Exporer Sport Trac 14" Rear Kit

How do you make a great front kit better?? Add an equally cool rear kit! Yessir, the next build for this truck became a bit more complicated.....how to pair the 14" rotors to the factory rear axle AND retain the stock parking brake. It became a bit of challenge (be easier next time knowing what we know now) as we had to procure stock caliper mount plates and dust plates to work with allowing the truck to keep the necessary parking brake parts. The kit is fit with a 2pc hat and rotor using an iron hat for the stock parking brake. The caliper mount plates highly modified to secure the every tricky radial mount brackets. The rotor being .810" wide uses the smaller FNSL4 caliper to be properly balanced with the front kit above. Not easy, not cheap.....figure about $2600+ 

1961 Caddilac 14" FNSL6 Front Build

Caddy projects seem to gravitate to TCE lately. No problem! This '61 is running freshly fit 14" rotors, Wilwood FNSL6 calipers with all the trimmings for a successful fit. The smaller rotors and calipers were chosen on this build for the required wheel fit needs (18s) vs our larger Aero shod kits. The function is not compromised as this is not a race car...it's a stylish cruiser! With more brake than Cadillac had ever imagined the six pot calipers and large rotors will give the owner years of trouble free operation. Like similar builds price point was about $2300.

Opel Manta 11.75 DPR Custom

If you're old enough you may remember this little machne from the early 70s! (look it up) But when things get old they don't work so well anymore. We evaluated the stock system, the customer's, budget and wheel fit needs and paired it with this lower cost, yet highly effective 11.75" build offering both weight savings as well as a huge improvement to his braking performance vs the stock iron parts of 50yrs ago. Toss in some nice red finish and you have a great looking and effective system. Sub $1500 price point makes it a super investment for years to come.

Brembo Caliper Bracket Kit

Clearly known for our work with Wilwood product the occasional project is presented that is fairly simple and quick to produce. This customer wanted to fit some GT500 Radial Mount Brembo calipers to his SN95 spindles. After some mock up and adjustments we landed it as needed for a clean and simple mod.  $500ish

Grand Cherokee 15" Aero6 Front Kit

Years ago TCE did some "caliper kits" for the WK1 but they nevrer really took off. When the customer asked if we could build one today and make it better with properly built 2pc hats/rotors it was an easy transition to building what we should have way back when. This build offers Wilwood 2pc 15" directional cast rotors, far lighter than the 1pc Brembo parts and fits our radial mount brackets to the oe spindle securing the proven Aero6 caliper. A bearing spacer is provided to replace the dust plate for proper centering, wheel placement and stub axle fit. Great project, reasonable $2500 price point.

Toyota Tundra 15" Front Kit

The Tundra comes with pretty decent brakes by totday's standards. But when you fit oversized wheels and tires the limits become more apparent. What to do? Increase both rotor mass and cooling. These huge 15" rotors will take the abuse far longer due to their increase in mass, impoved venting design and even shaver a few pounds. Fit with Aero6 calipers the kit produces an improved response and far lighter weight than the chunky iron stock models. Being aluminum they'll shed heat qucker and run smoother, coolers, cleaner, quiter, longer....How much? Ran about $2300.

Toyota Tundra 15" Rear Kit

Once you have a 15" front kit there's only one thing left to do: add a matching Rear kit! So we did. This 15" rear kit features an iron hat for the oe parking brake, requires a bit of clearance grinding to the stock axle tube steel plates for clearance. The four piston Aero4 caliper is balanced to the needs of both the truck and the matching front kit. Larger oversized rotors assure cool running and long life. Est. costs of this rear build $2500

Pikes Peak Pavement Open Wheel Front Kit

With Pikes Peak having been paved some years ago the demands on brakes have increased. In the gravel days maximum braking was limited to the tire sliding on the dirt surface. Today brake demands are higher as are speeds, and putting that force to the ground by way of slicks is not uncommon. This build needed to fit both 15" wheels and a custom upright using Corvette hubs. Knowing the weight of the car to be about 1800lbs the parts selection became a balance of function, weight and cost. Settling on 11.75 x .810 rotors and compact 4 pot Dyna Pro Radial mount calipers fit with Poly E pads was the result. I have no doubt the system will keep up with the demands of the mountain and offer years of servicce. Est. $1400

 

Late Model Chevy Colorado Off-Road

Off-roading places high demand on heat management. The customer wanted something that would fit inside a 17" wheel and give him a more durable front brake system for his pre-run needs. We combined the 12.8" x 1.25" GT rotor with the no-frills Wilwood Aero4 caliper for just that reason. The rotor is about as much mass as one can do with that size, the Aero4 closely matching the stock piston area to keep both pedal feel and oe master cylinder use. The Aero4 'race' caliper is non powder coated body for better heat shedding and comes fit with Thermlock pistons for less heat transfer to the brake pads. Custom rotor hats were a part of this build as there are no hats 'off the shelf' that will fit the requirements of both the hub and rotor. All told; about as much big brake as we can fit inside the wheel! Financially, roughly $2400

 

1964 Caddy

Not the first early Caddy TCE has done but this one created issues with the customer's wheel fit. The steel wheel used was not allowing for the normal fit of a 1.10" wide rotor and the classic radial mount FNSL6 so we had to make some serious changes. The net result was a 12.88 x .810 rotor fit with a direct, lug mount, DP6 caliper. Actaully was rather simple to do this way but we would have preferred to run a wider rotor. The narrower .81 will be fine for this guys use as a street cruiser however. The bolt on format took direct mount plates to the spindle and conventional clinch-nuts fit to that for securing the robust six pot caliper. All this came together quite well and set him back about $1800. 

 

 

1967 GMC 3500 PU

Along side that DeSoto was a yet larger project.....How about a 16" x 1.500" rotor and Wilwood TX6 front custom build? Yep he wanted some serious brakes on his build and that's what was done. The TX6 is the default go-to caliper now on Wilwood factory truck kits. The massive caliper will provide huge clamping force with a very rigid design all the while offering pure sex appeal looks. The spindles were of course drum and required some custom mount plates to allow the radial bracket be paired with it. This in turn allows lateral shimming often needed on older parts with unknown bearing housings. The plate is fit with not two, but three 1/2 bolt mounts adding to the extra long design to counter defelction. Paired with the fat aluminum brackets they should prove more than ample for his custom/cruiser looks and needs. The odd duck here; the use of the 1.50" wide rotor vs the 1.375" part we commonly use. That in turn required a differnet hat due to bolt circle requirements. Luckily the hubs were designed for a 'grub screw' and we used that for the hat locator saving the time and expense of register rings. Not easy...not cheap. This sorta project will set you back about $3200. *Work on the matching rear will begin soon.

 

DeSoto/Dakota PU

A call came in from a customer who was building up a custom DeSoto pickup and wanted to do disc brakes on it. Having nerver put my hands on a DeSoto...I wasn't sure where we were going with this. The good news is that he'd fit a Dodge Dakota pickup suspension on it and we were really building with a much later component. The need for this one was 14" to pair with a Wilwood factory "Ford 9" rear application. We used his supplied (and well cleaned thank you!) spindles, wrapped them in 2pc hat/rotor goodness and fabbed up some cusotm brackets to tie it all togeher. As you can see it was a success and things fell into place. All that and a happy customer for about $2000

 

1961 Cadillac 

Early Caddys seem to be popular right now. This one was done based largely on past build sheet info and only took a bit of a turn with some alternate offset hubs numbers. Not sure what changed or why back then but it was easy to overcome. The roots of the kit: 14" 2pc hat/rotor and the ever poplular and wheel friendly FNSL6 caliper. All proven product for a simple build. Est $2000

OJ Bronco 

The Great White Bronco never had it so good! Check out this 1990 with 16" rotors and TC6R calipers. Required spindle mods and some junkyard mock up parts to make it happen but the end result proved worth it. The real deal for running from the police....Aprox. $3200

Dodge W150 Front

Old Dodge Truck meet New TCE/Wilwood Brakes!  Yep the old work horse got some new brakes. A bit more complicated than some of the other builds with the reverse mount format but it came out great! A lot of little extras here. Aprox. $2700

Dodge W150 Rear

Not wanting to neglect the rear of the old girl we made up a twin caliper 14" rear kit wtih both four pot steet calipers and Wilwood's mechanical parking brake caliper. Sorry no completed images yet.*Mustang IRS shown for Caliper reference. Aprox. $2200

Caliper Kit

Tasked with not only supplying the customer some race bred Wilwood FSL6 radial mount caliper our customer sent us his spindle and 2pc hat/rotor he wanted the calipers used on. TCE's job: connect the dots with a radial mount bracket. A farily straight forward build with great results. Aprox. $400

1968 Caddy

Larger Caddy kits seem to be the latest trend...and why not? The look great and offer a lot of car for the money. What they don't do is stop well! Drums on all fours just doesn't cut it by today's braking standards. Combine that with most builders running 20" and larger wheels it's just all going wrong and quickly. TCE has a solution for this customer however: a full 15" Aero6 front Big Brake Kit! Yep another Caddy kit!! Like most of our custom builds we start with the core parts: factory spindles, factory hubs and bearings...then the magic begins.. In this case a relatively simple two part bracket that is not only functional but looks super sexy also. (we know what you expect) Then we fit some massive 15" Wilwood rotors to that and the proven and effecive Aerolite line of six pot calipers. Aprox. cost: $2500

Mercedes Benz 190 Conversion

Not often TCE gets a call for a MB build...in fact I think this is a first. Customer wanted to update the reliability and funtion of his mid 60s MB190 with disc fronts. The old drums were shot and fade a common issue on the back roads of Hollywood CA. The shop sent a spindle for reference and we went to work trying to balance form, funtion, fit, and budget. The end result: a 12.2" kit with heavy Wilwood GT castings, and fit with the DP6 caliper. A great combo for the lower to mide weight car. And hopefullly ideal for this customer's needs! A simply design really we were luck to do minimal fit on box stock Wilwood product to get things lined up correctly. Simple, clean and very effective.

 

Custom Jeep Build

The customer wanted to do something more beefy for his off road Jeep build. Requiring a move to 20s this one did the trick! We had to make significant mods to the steel fabricated upright he had. Not an easy task. There were caliper mounts that were whoefully under engineered for the weight of the vehicle. While we could not really remove them we added our own to suite. Then fit custom radial mount brackets for the TC6R calipers followed by the standard 2pc hats and 16" rotors. The final product turned out very well. Not cheap...in fact quite costly at over $3000 but that's due to the weld and machine work to the upright more so than the brakes. 

 

1965 Caddy Front Kit

Got BIG old car? Need big brakes for your big wheels? No problem! How about some 15" rotors and Aero6 calipers? Yep that mix is sure to put the lead in your sled. A great build with a customer supplied CPP front hub package on stock spindles. Nice hubs btw. Took the usual route with our dual plane bracket needs, dropped the caliper down a bit to give it a proper location, and fit it all up with some shiny parts and pieces. A killer deal for this customer. Final cost (customer supplied hubs) roughly $2500.

1962 Buick Electra Front

Like other customers this one was having no problem finding what he wanted for his rear axle and had come into a Wilwood factory kit for it. But...it went all wrong for him as he tried to get a matching front kit. We fixed that and more. The final product on his spindles and using his old modified hubs came out great! The basics of our dual-plane brackets allowed for easy assembly and adjustment as needed. Look and function are what it's all about.We managed to provide both. This a 14" AERO6 front kit, complete about $2500.

Buick Wildcat front and rear Custom

Having heard of the work TCE does on custom builds our Canadian customer reached out to us about his 1967 Buick Wildcat. He wanted a front and rear kit worthy of the rest of the work being done on the car. His goal; a front and rear 14" kit with "matchy-matchy" appearance and fully functional for a 4000lb car. No problem here I told him; got it covered. Using data from him as well as a front spindle to build from we manged to get the info needed to produce the kits below. (Rear kit not shown in full form as I don't have the axle) The final fit and finish exceeded his expections and should provide years of trouble free service. Roughly $2300 per axle when completed.

Dodge RAM 1500 Front and Rear 16" TC6

Having pioneered many of the Big Truck kits on the market it was only time before we took on the Dodge 1500. Asked if TCE had anything to offer; the reply was 'no' but let's do it! And we did. This kit, like our other truck kits, is a four corner (sold by the axle) kit using 16" Wilwood rotors and the popular TC6R caliper. The design is solid; fit two piece hats and rotors, fabricate the required brackets and fit the properly sized calipers to each corner. And that's what was achieved. Nothing super fancy, just proven results again. (shown in mock up using shop test parts to preserve new)

Ford Mustang IRS Rear P-brake Kit for '99-'04 Cobra

TCE has addressed a comon problem for SN95 Cobra owners: cars got a fancy IRS rear suspension... but until now there was little you could do for enhancing the rear brakes. With some work and rather complicated brackets we've completed our first "dual caliper" design with much success. Take a nice 12.88 rotor, fit some FNSL4 calipers to it and all that's missing is the parking brake. We fit that too; in the form of the Wilwood MC4 spot caliper on our custom made 2pc bracket. Took a couple of tries to find the right combo but I think we've hit on a truly stunning package. And at an affordabe price! Kits start just north of $1700 plus options. *Confirming this can be done in 14" also.

Wilwood kit re-work an early Impala 

Another custom who purchased a Wilwood factory kit found his custom lowered spindles were not compatible with the kit...Still he wanted to keep the parts he had paid for and see what we could do the rework things to make them work on the custom spindles. Saving the Wilwood hubs we fit new hats and had to fab up new brackets to make it all fit. The clearances were not condusive to keeping the brackets supplied. It also required some machine work and welding on the spindle as they were fit with some very odd 11/16-16 threads...that was just not going to work. We converted this to 9/16-18 and fit a set of our custom countersunk bolts to make it all fit. The multi piece brackets, hats and all the work took the project to about $1100 total. Probably not the cheapest way to get from A to B but in the end it worked out as planned.

Another 63 T-Bird! 

This T-Bird build took us to some 13" rotors and FNSL6 calipers. The end result was a simple yet very effective build. We upgraded the hubs with some new studs, designed the 2pc brackets allowing for both radial and lateral adjustmet. This is often crucial on older cars having seen variations in the hubs...we try to cover all the bases. The 2pc hat and rotor slips over the hub using a Wilwood register ring. All that's left to do here is finalize the bolt lengths and hardware to be included in the kit. All told; about $1900 on this one.

Wilwood Re Work a 1930 Cadillac! 

This customer had purchased a Wilwood factory kit and came to find it would not work with the spindles he had. Contacting Wilwood about what to do... he was referred to TCE. Our main goal on this one was to save as much as we could from the original purchase. This required some custom mount plates which we incorporated to the supplied Wilwood brackets. All said and done you'd never know the kit was not a "white box" kit as things fit in place as you'd expect them to. Another simple project and happy customer.

Total HOT ROD!

I've built a number of 'one offs' over the years but this one was..well, different! This funky little hot rod was running some old drums that not only didn't look too good, they didn't stop too well either. It clearly was in need of some TCE attention. Given its 15" wheels size there was no room for the BIG brake kit but that didn't stop us from putting a modest size 12.19 Six Pot kit in those wires! Unlike most kits we used the customer supplied hubs and reverse mounted the hats/rotors. (we had nothing to do with the hubs, they came like this) and then did "our thing" in fitting a simple plate with threaded inserts in place to secure the Wilwood DP6 caliper- properly sized for the retention of the drum brakes out back too. Wrap it up with some great looking drilled and slotted rotors; the package should give miles of smiles. Estimated cost: about $1800

 

1961 Cadillac Custom

Buildiing a custom 14" six pot kit for a customer is not that hard...if you have the basics in place and the knowledge to do so. We took this old spindle, gave it some love and built our two-part bracket kit allowing for variation in 55yr old parts and then added the tried and proven FNSL6 caliper to it. Wrapped that around some mid weight 1.10" wide rotors bolted to aluminum rotor hats. The kit posed some issues with hardware as we reached out to Totally Stainless for some custom length bolts to pull it all together. But hey; it's what TCE does!   Final cost: about $2000.

Chevy Trailblazer SS Front Kit

Most Trailblazer owners probably don't put much thought into big brakes....but when they do they think TCE!  This custom contacted us and wantd to put some serious brakes onto his truck to counter the larger wheels as well as power upgrades. The net result: 15" rotors and big, large bore, W6A calipers! Not overly complicated the real issue was a lack of six lug hats to work from.... But being a 6 x 5" stud circle there was plenty of room to add a second pattern safe and effectively. Whip up some custom TCE radial mount brackets and we were on our way. A few week later; total success. Aprox. cost: $2200

Cadillac CTS-V Rear Drag Kit

Many years ago TCE worked with another shop to cross fit some other rear drag parts to the V but it was fabricated as a parking brake rear kit. For this customer that was too much added mass and items not needed for his drag racing only V. With the parking brake parts removed completely TCE was able to design some 2pc hats and rotors and shoehorn a set of radial mount Wilwood Dyna Pro calipers onto it. A proven product on our popular SRT8 and Hellcat kits there's not a lot different about this kit- other than the weight loss. An extremely tight fit the build reqiures some of the massive aluminum knuckle be clearanced to fit the brackets low enough to mount the caliper at the proper height. Probably not for the average DIY buyer and not something that should really be considered for street, daily driver use. But for drag racing and speed trials where the demands are more linear than agressive and packaging and weight loss are crucial it should fill the bill nicely! Looking at about $1500 for this work. *Custom orange pc finish by customer.

'66 Cadillac Rear Parking Brake Kit

TCE did a custom front kit for this customer some time ago but who wants a front kit without a rear kit??  So....back to the drawing board. But the kicker: it needed to be a parking brake rear kit. Not quite as exciting as a giant six pot build but it was a necessity and not terribly difficult to do. Using the axle flange pattern we made end plates to bolt to the stock flange and the required radial mount brackets for the Wilwood Combo Caliper (serves both the hydraulic and mechanical needs) then wrapped that around some 12", 2pc hats and rotors. Again; simple and effective without breaking the bank. Will require custom cables to be made for the p-brake. Final cost: about $1400.

Custom Chevy Truck Kit

This customer had some circle track hubs he wanted to combine with his beloved 15" Bassett steel wheels. A tall order given the nature of the wheel. We settled on some 11.75 heavy duty 1.21" wiide rotors and large differential bore FSL calipers for his needs. Overall about as much brake as we could fit inside that wheel and give him some performance on the truck. The rotor mounts to the "internmediate" plate direcly on the back of the steel hub making it a no-hat build. Common on many hub kits. The spindles required extensive modification to remove the factory caliper ears and create the mount bosses for a simple steel plate bracket. The caliper is then "reverse" mounted to the plate- a situation that's not ideal for competition use but given the bending moment location and on a street cruiser it proved the only real option. A kit I would have preferred to build on a much larger rotor and caliper...but he's happy to keep is jet-black wheels. Cost: rougly $1800 with spindle machinging and finish work. 

2G Eclipse 13 and 14" Non P-Brake Rear 

For years TCE has been a pioneer in the design and build of custom kits for the DSM market. First to make a 13" rear kit, first to offer front and rear dedicated Drag Kits...and now we've added one more option to the menu: Four pot, 13 and 14" rear kits for our NON parking brake customers. Gone is the heavy iron hat/drum for the shoes and in it's place a 2pc hat and rotor offering a lower weight, better vented and more efficient rear kit. If you open track your car you know heat is the enemy. This new kit addresses that with both a larger rotor and the aluminum hat to aide in drawing out heat for improved dissipation. Add to tha;t more robust radial mount brackets and FNSL4 calipers than that of our p-brake kits. We've opted to build this in both 13" and 14" flavor to allow the 17" wheel market to take advantage of this great option. Pricing and details up on the 2G Eclipse page soon. Estimated cost $1700. What can TCE build for you?

Dodge Daytona Shelby GT

Remember these?! Quite the hot rod at the time. This one's running some Enduro time at ChumpCar and related events. The owner called telling me of durabilty issues for long runs, pad changes and simple overheating issues. Could TCE help? After evaluating options on fit, size, speed, mass we settled on a 13" kit with FSL calipers. The kit is fit with your custom 92HD rotor which are a fatter version of the common .810 width rotor but allowing fit of the same caliper. This to maximize rotor mass without the compromise of caliper clearance to the spokes. The Daytona has a very low offset requirement so this was cructial to the clearance needs. The FSL will supply a full 20mm of pad thickness which should last the guys a lot longer than the stock pads! Shipped with Poly B pads for initial run-in we will evaluate on pad options and any other changes shortly. We also replaced a worn hub and bearing assembly. Final cost: About $1400.

 

Vintage Drag Car Conversion

This customer came to TCE thru a common Wilwood referral. The car; an old Dodge(?) based drag car that was being de-tuned a bit for use as a Sunday Cruiser. The old one piece rotors and worn out iron calipers just didn't cut it any longer. Our goal: bring it into the 21st century! And that's exactly what he got: 11.75" rotor, Wilwood Dyna Pro Radial mount four pot calipers, custom hubs/studs and all the necessary items to turn the old machine into a fun driver. Now it'll stop as well as it went!!

1997 Ford Ranger 2WD

Told that this kit will find its way back to a late '80s truck however the spindles used are from a '97. The plan: a 14" kit capable of both stopping well and looking good. We reworked the hubs, fit some longer studs and did some BBK magic as always. At 14 x 1.10" wide this rotor will supply ample brake torque and cooling for the daily driver street needs. We've combined this with the popular FNSL6 with its extended pad options assuring the customer of options to meet his varying needs. This kit as well as a smaller 13" version will make their way to the web page listing soon with pricing in the $1800-2200 range depending upon the build.

 

 

 

'73 BMW 3.0 csl

A quick turn around on this one has a smile on our customer's face. Out with the old rusty, iron calipers and one piece rotor. In with the Wilwood radial mount Dyna Pro and 2pc hat and rotor. A weight savings of nearly 10lbs per corner! This 'minor' upgrade offers about an inch larger rotor diameter, aluminum caliper body with ss pistons and a slight bump in piston area. The net result about 15% more brake torque and greater thermal capacity. *Customer is going to alter his pedal choice and master cylinder size by his design. The final tally on this small but effective build: a bit under $1200.

Chevy Colorado Custom

The Colorado presented a few twists to the common build: six lug and a modular 'reverse' mount hat made for some creative needs. Both the hat and the wheel stud circle need to be six lug, the hat now an intermediate plate bolted to the back side of the hub and bolted to the back of the hub. A locker plate was added to back up the plate to limit stress and deflection. Once that was out of the way..moving to the conventional radial mount bracket allowed for some easy fit of a nice six pot W6A caliper on a much wider 14 x 1.25" rotor. Overall this package proved a winner at an affordable price of about $2000. *W6A no longer available, now Aero6 with small price bump.

Ford F100/Crown Vic front custom

A customer who had purhcased a Wilwood Ford 9" rear catalog kit wanted something to compliment it on the front. Two factors here were critical; cost and the use of a matching FDL four pot caliper. While not my first choicse for such a vehicle I took it up on myself to meet his challenge. We found some old hats here that needed some refinisihng work and paired them to a 13 x 1.10" rotor, fabbed up some billet lug mount bracket and had custom FDL red calipers made up for this kit. The fit took some futzing to make it all fit as this is not a common combo. But in the end it's wrapped up and should produce mile's o smiles for tooling around town in his fun ride! Final cost...about $1100.

1989 Chevy C1500

Spindle mods, new hubs and some good old fashioned engineering leads us to this front C1500 kit for our customer. A light modification to a stock Wilwood rotor hat, add some 15" drilled and slotted discs, and then top it off with a set of W6A red calipers. Fairly simple build but the spindle time was a challenge with non standard spec mouting holes to work with. In the end tho a complete kit coming in at about $2800.

2005 Ford Explorer

Big wheels..need big brakes. This 2005 Explorer running on 22s just needed some help in the brake department. We settled on 15" rotor rather than 16 for cost. The new Aero6 calipers offer an exceptional value for the money when paired with these chosen cross drilled and slotted rotors. Our TCE radial mount brackets were a bit of a chore given the need for dedicated right and left brackets- the Ford spindle does not offer universal mounting as many cars do. But with some futzing we were able to make them both fit but strong. Next up: matching rear kit!

 

 

    

 

Chevelle Custom Show Car 

This project presented new challenges! The customer wanted "something wild" that would show the best and be functional also. TCE fit the bill with custom 14.5" front and 15" rear fully scalloped discs with W6A front and W4A rear calipers. The rear started life as a stock Wilwood rear axle kit and retains all the inner parts for future use as a street machine. The rotors were totally waterjet cut and came out great. This kit was not intended for street use with these 'rings but the entire package was built to allow an owner to quickly swap full discs at any time and make it a street machine.

 

 

    

  

 

Corvair Four Wheel Kit 

A four wheel kit engineered for 15" wheels and light weight. A cool project that came to be a near 50/50 brake bias design. Light weight UL32HP discs with FBDL calipers bolted to Corvair front spindles and the rear on a late model FWD set up due to the cars mid engine V8 layout. The system was engineered for a twin master set up and adjustable bias bar. The customers goal was a V8 Corvair tipping the scales at under 2000lbs. Don't know if he got there but the weight saving on the brakes was huge!

 

 

    

  

 

Dodge Stratus

A customer knew of TCE's experience in SRT4 builds and called to see if we could do something with his Stratus. While they share some dimensions; hub bore, wheel stud circle..the rest of the project is pure Stratus. This one took some custom made hats and radial mount brackets to build on the customer supplied spindle. The result; a simple and successful project.

 

 

 

Consulier GTP 

This project was fun to do as the car, like the Corvair offered a near ideal 50/50 bias opportunity and was to be used with the stock master cylinder. We discussed options with the owner and built a system based upon the radial mount DPr caliper thus allowing the rotor to be changed from either 11.75 or the supplied 12.2" discs. Why? To allow the car to be fit with 15" wheels in the future. This kit was built using the GT casting as it's expected to see track time.

 

 

    

  

 

XR4Ti  Front on Kit Car

The owner wanted to replace his heavy one piece 10 disc with something both lighter and more efficient. The vehicle, used for both street and occasional track days has been fit with 11.75 GT rotors and radial mount DPr caliper. Like the Consulier project we targeted 15" wheels to start but the owner wanted to be able to go larger. Thus the brackets were designed to be fit with optional barrel spacers when installing larger 12.2" rotors. 

 

 

  

 

Custom Audi Kit for LeMons Racing

These guys were looking for fun and affordability. The custom built FBDL kit got them both. With their spindle in hand and the desire to run a one piece rotor TCE took to making the proper bracket and spec'd the (red of course) FBDL four pot caliper and pads to their car for competition. The results were great as they reported no fade issues and great durability . And tons of fun!

 

 

  

  

 

Tiga Conversion

Back in the day...TCE was well known for work on Open Wheel cars- especially Formula Fords. This Tiga came in with some really torn up parts. With some effort and parts TCE reworked what was left of the front brakes to include new hats, rotors and a hub rework. On the rear we reworked the entire upright to share parts with the plentiful Formula Mazda! The uprights were bored to spec for the FM bearing package, the FM hubs, stub axles and bearing spacers all machined to fit in the upright to match. The result; no more rear hub failure and a bullet proof package. So successful that it was later copied by a number of others once they saw it!

 

 

  

 

Radical Work

Radical Sports Racers have been around a while. When it came time to do some revamping of the stock brakes a number of owners contacted TCE about helping them modify the one piece English Ford rotor over to 2pc and work on some caliper changes. One of a few mock ups image found right now, looking for more.

 

 

  

  

 

Hill Climb Project

Hill Climb regular Rodney O'Maley needed some work done to the front of his damaged car a while back and at the same time tasked TCE with building something not only lighter but more effective than the stock production car parts he had at the time. We mated some cool, scalloped rotors to aluminum hubs, fabbed up mounting brackets for his spindles and added the proper four piston calipers. The total weight saving was significant and functionality superb!

 

 

 

Vintage Drag Racing Rotors

The call came in: "Can you help me with some old vintage drag race brakes?"  Sure! So the arrived and in rather worn out condition. They left: Good as New! These sold discs are a lug drive to the aluminum hats and held in place with a spiral lock on the inside making them a floater set up.

 

 

  

 
Mazda 5 Front Kit

Knowing the Mazdaspeed 3 front knuckles were the same as this customer's Mazda 5 van we discussed some options for installing slightly larger and better brakes for his daily driver needs. Settling on the common 12.2" disc we went to .98 wide, directional cast discs (without slots to keep the dust down) and paired them with some radial mount, four pot Dyna Pro radial mount (DPr) calipers. Custom brackets and ss braided hoses tie it all together. This should clear up any brake fade issue and assure the owner of a firm and responsive pedal feel day in and day out. Est. cost $1300.

 

 

    

 

Austin Healey Conversion

Wanting something a bit more modern that the twin piston Girling calipers that came new, this customer opted for both a bit larger and fully vented rotor as well as the popular radial mount DynaPro caliper. A nice four piston options offering the best of fit options as well as good looks and lighter weight. 

 

 

  
 
  
 
 
Nissan 240SX Drift Car Repairs

TCE is no stranger to Pikes Peak. When Professional Stunt Driver Susan Purkhiser wanted to run her 240SX up the road in 2015 she knew some freshening of the brakes was in order. While we have yet to convert this car to any of our TCE/Wilwood products, the car has been fitted with all new master cylinders, remote reservoirs, custom Poly B race pads up front as well as some specially built rear pads. The new set up required a complete overhaul of the pedal area as all things were taken apart and given the green light for use. The stock front Nissan calipers got new seals and the rears were replaced completely due to the massive amounts of rust and crud in the entire fluid system. Future changes will likely bring a more conventional TCE 13" front kit with FSL calipers and larger vented rear rotors. 

 

 

      

Buick Riviera Conversion- Front

Not often you get to work on some good old American Iron like this cool ride! When Dom called telling me what he had and what he was looking for it was a natural. The front was converted from Drums to 15" Wilwood rotors and Aero Calipers. The low back space meant not only custom 2pc radial brackets but a zero offset hat was needed. TCE built up this flat plate as a simple and cost effect way to make it all work. With a little work on the hubs and some paint on the old spindles this ride is not only looking good, it's going to stop like nobody's business!

 

 

  

  

Buick Riviera Conversion- Rear

So what do you do after you fit a wild, custom 15" front kit to your sled?? A matching rear one of course! This rear kit shares the same 15" rotors with alternate but matching hats and properly proportioned rear four pot calipers. All fit to modular 2pc brackets making install a snap! In this case we opted to omit the parking brake as the overall size was more important.  Most parking brake kits and or calipers top out at the 13-14" range. Overall...a wise choice really. And why would you want to PARK this ride?!

 

 

  

  

Devon C Vintage Car Conversion

The Devon C is a 'kit' car of the early type. Long before such terms really existed. This customer has an older model C - of which means Corvair. While there's no Covair motor in it, the front spindles are in fact right out of about 1963. Given TCE has done Corvair conversions before this project came to us via Wilwood who simply didn't have time to spend on it given the one-off nature of things. TCE took to it quickly and applied some of the former Corvair magic elsewhere on this page promptly fitting 12.2 UL32-HP discs, FBDL calipers and our own brackets and hat mods to make it all work. A few tweeks were needed to fit the custom knock-off center section such as an oversized register ring to keep it captured in the machined center. Overall fit is extremely tight to the wheel. Also added were openings for future cooling ducts should they be needed.

 

 

    

  

 
'62 Pontiac Catalina

Our customer was able to source a rear Wilwood factory kit to fit his rear axle but was left high and dry for a matching front kit. No problem! Some sourcing, custom work, properly pairing to the rear kit purchase this Pontiac will stop like it should! Complete front drum to disc conversion came out well with installation for the customer quick and easy. See what TCE can do for you! *Customer final color choice was black.

 

 

    

  

'63 T-Bird 13 inch 6 Piston

A new T-Bird project emerged in December...this one a front only 13" FNSL6 design for a customer and his 17" wheels. We'll be pairing this, both visually and functionally, with a Wiwood factory rear kit for the complete four wheel make over. This a fairly straight forward build using our steel base plate and a radial adapter bracket fit to this allowing for adjustable fit both radially and latterally on the spindle. Of course the spindles were powder coated, plates plated and caliper done in red.
 

    

 

Ford Explorer Rear Kit- pairing with the kit up top

The REAR big brake kit, shown in part, for the 15" kit at the top of the page. This one was a bit of a pain...mods were needed to the cast iron knuckle requiring that the entire bearing be serviced as well as longer studs fit. Quite the chore, but in the end it produced a finish 14" rear kit with common ajustable mounting, a fully functional parking brake and the looks to make the customer happy.  Once again; TCE came through when nobody else could.

    

    

  

 

Audi 4000 Caliper  Kit

Quick build: a radial mount DP four pot caliper for a customer to run on his 4000 with Focus 11.8" rotors!  

Simple, effective and inexpensive: about $800.

 
 


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