Wilwood 6-Piston Calipers

[aaron240]

Thank you guys. Mike your white car was the reason I even decided to purchase a SHO in the first place. And I'm happy to help and give back to the platform.

 

[bpd1151]

Thank you guys. Mike your white car was the reason I even decided to purchase a SHO in the first place. And I'm happy to help and give back to the platform.

^^^^ This ^^^^

Glad to be of inspiration and even happier to see you (as I've seen others) take up the proverbial torch, and continue forward in bringing new mods/options to the platform.

I know I've been (and continue to be) inspired by the older GEN owners, and current owners, who show their resilience (or maybe stubbornness?) in keeping this platform going and thumbing it in the face of all those mass produced platforms (Foreign or Domestic) and show that it's not just the car, but it's the individuals and the comradarie and friendships that keep the SHO alive.

Thank you Aaron for your talents. Great to see the continued enthusiasm!

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[aaron240]

^^^^ This ^^^^

Glad to be of inspiration and even happier to see you (as I've seen others) take up the proverbial torch, and continue forward in bringing new mods/options to the platform.

I know I've been (and continue to be) inspired by the older GEN owners, and current owners, who show their resilience (or maybe stubbornness?) in keeping this platform going and thumbing it in the face of all those mass produced platforms (Foreign or Domestic) and show that it's not just the car, but it's the individuals and the comradarie and friendships that keep the SHO alive.

Thank you Aaron for your talents. Great to see the continued enthusiasm!

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Mike to be honest, let me give a brief explanation on my passion for performance cars. I was very into Nissans growing up. I had a turbo 240sx, a 350z, and also a Lexus is300 2jz. 4 years ago I had a back surgery due to herniated discs and couldn't work on my own cars anymore. I had to sell all my cars to purchase something that sat up higher as i couldn't get down into low sports cars anymore. Was def a low point in my life as i thought i would have to give up that hobby. Fast forward 2 years ago i was wanting to get an r35 GTR. I could financially afford it but couldn't get down into it due to my bad back. was very bummed out as it was a dream car of mine. Then after doing some research i started looking into cars that had an AWD drivetrain with a turbo V6 like the GTR. I came across the Taurus SHO. I had never heard of a SHO prior to that. After researching SHO's and seeing what yours was doing and how mean it looked I decided to go test drive one. The car sat up high enough that I was able to get into it no problem and it was also very comfortable to daily drive. The car made driving on a daily basis fun and exciting again. I was able to get back into my car hobby because of the SHO platform, so I am extremely grateful to those that carried the torch before me.

 

[SM105K]

^^^^ This ^^^^

Glad to be of inspiration and even happier to see you (as I've seen others) take up the proverbial torch, and continue forward in bringing new mods/options to the platform.

I know I've been (and continue to be) inspired by the older GEN owners, and current owners, who show their resilience (or maybe stubbornness?) in keeping this platform going and thumbing it in the face of all those mass produced platforms (Foreign or Domestic) and show that it's not just the car, but it's the individuals and the comradarie and friendships that keep the SHO alive.

Thank you Aaron for your talents. Great to see the continued enthusiasm!

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Well said Mike.

 

[4sfed]

Foregoing the Mel Brooks Schwartz comments, thank you for your work on this! And your story of finding performance cars fun again through the SHO, almost brought a tear to my eye.

Anywho...My only hesitation with buying this kit would be replacement parts. What do I do when it's time to replace the pads? Or a bad caliper? Will this kit use a standard pad or caliper available from wilwood? Or will I have to order the whole kit again...

Just concerned about downtime for my daily driver while I'm having he to sort out normal maintenance stuff...

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[FiveLeeter918]

Foregoing the Mel Brooks Schwartz comments, thank you for your work on this! And your story of finding performance cars fun again through the SHO, almost brought a tear to my eye.

Anywho...My only hesitation with buying this kit would be replacement parts. What do I do when it's time to replace the pads? Or a bad caliper? Will this kit use a standard pad or caliper available from wilwood? Or will I have to order the whole kit again...

Just concerned about downtime for my daily driver while I'm having he to sort out normal maintenance stuff...

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The plan is to provide you with the parts list upon purchase, everything is off the shelf the only custom aspect being the brackets, so you can purchase new pads/calipers/lines as your discretion.

 

[aaron240]

Foregoing the Mel Brooks Schwartz comments, thank you for your work on this! And your story of finding performance cars fun again through the SHO, almost brought a tear to my eye.

Anywho...My only hesitation with buying this kit would be replacement parts. What do I do when it's time to replace the pads? Or a bad caliper? Will this kit use a standard pad or caliper available from wilwood? Or will I have to order the whole kit again...

Just concerned about downtime for my daily driver while I'm having he to sort out normal maintenance stuff...

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Stan everything wilwood related will be available through wilwood or a wilwood dealer. The 6 piston kit will use standard part numbers so replacement parts are easy to order if required. They part numbers will be provided with the kit along with installation instructions.

 

[Crazyeights]

Hey guys, I've been working with a new platform option with another Engineering Aaron Schwartz over on the Facebook SHO groups, and wanted to share some progress here to see what kind of interest we will have.

Currently we have 3 sets of these running around - one on his car, one on my car, and one on a retrofitted 2011 MKS just to ensure that the kit will work on the 10-12 cars as well (requires 2013+ knuckle and strut assembly).

Essentially, we both went to work last year trying to design a better braking system for the SHO for customers who like to track the car or enjoy more spirited driving without brake fade. I tried to utilize a set of S550 Mustang Brembo brakes that I had from my last car while he tried to utilize a set of CTS-V Brembo calipers. Neither of us were successful in our designs, as the clearances needed for the both the wheel backspacing and the current caliper fit up just weren't playing nice.

We reached out to Wilwood, Brembo, and a few others with our ideas and finally decided to work with Wilwood on a side mount option that they have. Surprisingly they already had one sized for a 14" rotor and our 13.92" rotors fit perfectly with the adapter plates that Aaron designed.

This will be an Ortiz Performance exclusive, and will be released once we get some more testing, 60-0 and 100-0 braking times via Dragy compared to a stock PP braking system.

Kit is tentatively priced at $1600 SHIPPED and is designed to work with the factory rotors or any of the numerous upgrades currently available for the Taurus SHO (EBC, Wilwood, Power Stop, R1 Concepts, etc.)

Kit Includes:
- Wilwood 6-Piston Brake Calipers in Black or Red (Available in Gray Anodized for an additional $150 kit cost)
- Adapter Bracket (billet machined) and needed hardware
- Wilwood SS braided brake lines
- Wilwood BP-20 Brake Pads

We can factor in aftermarket brake rotors for an added fee and likely save you the cost of getting them yourselves.

To my knowledge, the only other commercially available Brake upgrade kit is the TCE kit, which utilizes 4-*** Wilwoods and retails for $2300 plus shipping.

If you have any questions, please feel free to post and I'll answer what I can or relay to Aaron if there is a question on the brackets themselves.

Pics attached are of the mock-up on Aaron's car, my setup will utilize R1 Concepts slotted rotors.

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Hey guys, I've been working with a new platform option with another Engineering Aaron Schwartz over on the Facebook SHO groups, and wanted to share some progress here to see what kind of interest we will have.

Currently we have 3 sets of these running around - one on his car, one on my car, and one on a retrofitted 2011 MKS just to ensure that the kit will work on the 10-12 cars as well (requires 2013+ knuckle and strut assembly).

Essentially, we both went to work last year trying to design a better braking system for the SHO for customers who like to track the car or enjoy more spirited driving without brake fade. I tried to utilize a set of S550 Mustang Brembo brakes that I had from my last car while he tried to utilize a set of CTS-V Brembo calipers. Neither of us were successful in our designs, as the clearances needed for the both the wheel backspacing and the current caliper fit up just weren't playing nice.

We reached out to Wilwood, Brembo, and a few others with our ideas and finally decided to work with Wilwood on a side mount option that they have. Surprisingly they already had one sized for a 14" rotor and our 13.92" rotors fit perfectly with the adapter plates that Aaron designed.

This will be an Ortiz Performance exclusive, and will be released once we get some more testing, 60-0 and 100-0 braking times via Dragy compared to a stock PP braking system.

Kit is tentatively priced at $1600 SHIPPED and is designed to work with the factory rotors or any of the numerous upgrades currently available for the Taurus SHO (EBC, Wilwood, Power Stop, R1 Concepts, etc.)

Kit Includes:
- Wilwood 6-Piston Brake Calipers in Black or Red (Available in Gray Anodized for an additional $150 kit cost)
- Adapter Bracket (billet machined) and needed hardware
- Wilwood SS braided brake lines
- Wilwood BP-20 Brake Pads

We can factor in aftermarket brake rotors for an added fee and likely save you the cost of getting them yourselves.

To my knowledge, the only other commercially available Brake upgrade kit is the TCE kit, which utilizes 4-*** Wilwoods and retails for $2300 plus shipping.

If you have any questions, please feel free to post and I'll answer what I can or relay to Aaron if there is a question on the brackets themselves.

Pics attached are of the mock-up on Aaron's car, my setup will utilize R1 Concepts slotted rotors.

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I have a 2015 PP SHO, so I would assume this kit would be all I need to upgrade to your Wildwood package.

 

[4sfed]

Awesome! That is excellent to hear... Thanks! Looking forward to this being available.

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[FiveLeeter918]

I have a 2015 PP SHO, so I would assume this kit would be all I need to upgrade to your Wildwood package.

correct, it will be plug n play and 100% reversible.

 

[fordfanstan]

Looking forward to that list, as some of the brands of pads/rotors mentioned earlier I have yet to find a part number for our application. Also I've only seen one off the shelf part for SS lines to date?

Interested in this kit, but pricing for me is the biggest factor. Hoping it's affordable.

 

[FiveLeeter918]

Looking forward to that list, as some of the brands of pads/rotors mentioned earlier I have yet to find a part number for our application. Also I've only seen one off the shelf part for SS lines to date?

Interested in this kit, but pricing for me is the biggest factor. Hoping it's affordable.

I don't see it going much from the price quoted originally, we are hoping that with an initial buy in we can drop pricing with a bulk purchase.