Full Tilt Boogie Racing's 14" front SN-95 Brembo brake conversion kits now available

blownfox said:

Will there be a package for the 14" Wilwood kits with your light weight 2-piece rotors? 1-piece rotors seem to be very heavy compared to stock rotors.

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Yes, we will eventually be offering six different rotor options for the kit. There will be three of each version, bolt together and floating. The three options will be lightweight drag race, street and road race. The floating rotor assemblies will be slightly lighter than the bolt together version but also more expensive because of the more exotic attaching hardware. Approximate individual rotor weights will be 17.75# for the lightweight drag race, 19.75# for the street version and 23.75# for the road race version.

Just as a reference to you, your 13" OEM rotors weigh approximately 19# each.

Hope that helps.

ac427cobra said:

Yes, we will eventually be offering six different rotor options for the kit. There will be three of each version, bolt together and floating. The three options will be lightweight drag race, street and road race. The floating rotor assemblies will be slightly lighter than the bolt together version but also more expensive because of the more exotic attaching hardware. Approximate individual rotor weights will be 17.75# for the lightweight drag race, 19.75# for the street version and 23.75# for the road race version.

Just as a reference to you, your 13" OEM rotors weigh approximately 19# each.

Hope that helps.

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Have you ever seen someone use the 6 piston 14 inch brembo kit on a cobra??? The pad area is quite a bit bigger than the 4 piston and for a 750 hp car better braking is always welcomed.

Are you guys going to sell that caliper and rotor combo at any time???

2004 Cobra 2.9 Whipple

2004cobra615 said:

Have you ever seen someone use the 6 piston 14 inch brembo kit on a cobra??? The pad area is quite a bit bigger than the 4 piston and for a 750 hp car better braking is always welcomed.

Are you guys going to sell that caliper and rotor combo at any time???

2004 Cobra 2.9 Whipple

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The 6 piston Brembo kit is not very popular for SN-95 applications because it's more clamping power that what is needed for that vehicle. You have to remember that the braking power is limited to the traction of the tires. These vehicles typically don't have large enough tires with a big enough footprint to support the torque those calipers are capable of producing. A four piston front caliper is much more suitable for the application.

I do not foresee us offering any Brembo kits in the future.

This may not be the news you wanted to hear but we hope it helps.

I see the Wilwood 4 piston/14 inch kit is available on your website.

Can you provide rotor weights for the kit that is currently available? What pads does the kit use? Are the rotors widely available if they need eventual replacement? Will the new rotors have any effect on wheel offset?

Thanks!

ac427cobra said:

I do not foresee us offering any Brembo kits in the future.

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Let me clarify this statement I previously made. We won't be offering the Brembo kits at the price we were once able to offer them for. We made a special purchase of Brembo calipers at a reduced price. We do offer the kits that come from Brembo and they are $3,295.00 for the kit plus shipping.

Mobil1Mach said:

I see the Wilwood 4 piston/14 inch kit is available on your website.

Can you provide rotor weights for the kit that is currently available? What pads does the kit use? Are the rotors widely available if they need eventual replacement? Will the new rotors have any effect on wheel offset?

Thanks!

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We will eventually get the replacement rotors and pads for that kit on our site. The rotors are in the 25# range and replacements will be in the $155.00 per pair price range and will come exactly like the kit in a clear (silver) zinc plated finish. The pads are street pads and they come from Wilwood and they will be in the $95.00 range per set.

The 18" Cobra wheels fit with ample clearance no problem. That is what our R&D vehicle has on it. The reports we've received from the owner of the R&D vehicle have been: "The car stops better and faster with less pedal effort and less pedal travel. As an extra bonus, the rattle from the OEM pads and floating PBR calipers is gone."

This is a very affordable kit that is a direct bolt on without any spacers required on either side of the hub and unlike some other kits that have been on the market, the wheel position does not change.

We hope that helps.

The new Wilwood kit seems like a great value proposition. I have a few follow up questions:

- The 14 inch rotors seem a little heavy at 25lbs. Any thoughts on the increase in unsprung weight/rotating mass? I believe thats approximately a 6lb per rotor increase over stock.
- For a car that sees mostly spirited drives on b-roads, and some infrequent open track days, is there a substantial benefit to the Wilwood kit over the 2000 Cobra R Brembo kit?
- Will the rotors be available through sources other than FTBR? Thinking about longevity should something terrible happen to your awesome business.

Thanks again for your time and responses.

Mobil1Mach said:

The new Wilwood kit seems like a great value proposition. I have a few follow up questions:

- The 14 inch rotors seem a little heavy at 25lbs. Any thoughts on the increase in unsprung weight/rotating mass? I believe thats approximately a 6lb per rotor increase over stock.
- For a car that sees mostly spirited drives on b-roads, and some infrequent open track days, is there a substantial benefit to the Wilwood kit over the 2000 Cobra R Brembo kit?
- Will the rotors be available through sources other than FTBR? Thinking about longevity should something terrible happen to your awesome business.

Thanks again for your time and responses.

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The larger the rotor, the greater the weight. 13" OEM Cobra rotors weigh 19#. These 14" rotors are 25#. 15" Shelby rotors found on the 2013-14 GT 500's weigh over 32#.

The rotating mass and unsprung weight trade-off is well worth it upgrading from a 13" 2 piston floating PBR caliper to a 14" 4 piston fixed caliper. This kit was put together as a very affordable option to 'fix' the 'barely adequate' OEM caliper that came as original equipment on Cobra models. The 13" Y2K Brembo kit is absolutely better than the OEM brakes BUT it's still only 13" which is the same 'leverage' as the OEM brakes. The leverage differential between a 13" kit and a 14" kit is what makes the difference with this kit.

The rotors are readily available. We are working on a 2 pc bolt together street set that will be approximately 19.75#. There will also be a lightweight set available at about 18# which is 1# lighter than the 13" OEM rotor. That's the good news, the bad news is 2 pc rotors are a lot more expensive than 1 pc rotors. The 2 pc rotors will run in the $750.00 range per pair which adds considerable cost to the price of the kit.

We may also make 2 pc 'floating' rotor sets depending on how popular the 2 pc bolt together rotors are. They will be slightly lighter than the bolt together sets but they will be more expensive.

We hope that helps.