i know wilwood is one of the top of the line companies for brake components. but has anyone heard of outlaw brakes?
my automotive club went to a dealerships race facility where we got to drool over their cars... one of the mechanics was telling us that wilwood brakes were sh!+ and i was like
... he took us to one car and had us examine the brakes and they looked well worn... then he showed us the 2nd car and the rotors looked almost brand new...
he told us that the first car had wilwoods and had been used for a couple races.. the second car had outlaws and had been used... for over a year!
now the next thing he said was shocking... he was telling us how the (dont quote me on this i cant remember exactly) owners (of wilwood) son didnt like how his father was doing business and left the company... started his own and is now called outlaw...
ive been looking and it seems as though they are only for race applications... i wouldnt mind getting ahold of some if i knew they worked... i was impressed...
opinions?
I sent them an email. we'll see what they send back.
Desert Tuners
“When you come across a big kettle of crazy, it’s best not to stir it.”
ive been extermly happy with my wilwoods
hmmm I never heard of outlaw. I plan on keeping an eye on what develops
I've been extremely happy with Wilwoods too. I just want a full setup front and rear that's going to be lighter than the Baers, and that matches.
plus, seeing "OUTLAW" through my Black Racing rims would be bad ass.
Desert Tuners
“When you come across a big kettle of crazy, it’s best not to stir it.”
Sunb1rd wrote:i know wilwood is one of the top of the line companies for brake components. but has anyone heard of outlaw brakes?
my automotive club went to a dealerships race facility where we got to drool over their cars... one of the mechanics was telling us that wilwood brakes were sh!+ and i was like ... he took us to one car and had us examine the brakes and they looked well worn... then he showed us the 2nd car and the rotors looked almost brand new...
he told us that the first car had wilwoods and had been used for a couple races.. the second car had outlaws and had been used... for over a year!
My only issue with this.
1.) Were the brakepads the same?
2.) Were both cars driven by the same driver?
3.) Were either set cryotreated?
4.) How were the rotors broken in?
There are a lot of factors that would contribute to rotor wear.
Brake components should wear.
-Chris
ok, has anybody actually looked at their website?
outlaw's stuff, including size, dimensions, bore sizes, and just EVERYTHING are IDENTICAL, and i mean
IDENTICAL to the wilwoods. my guess is that outlaws are just repainted wilwoods, kinda like what precision brakes does.
that mechanic is uber cool.
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also, i dont trust someone who lists kinetic energy as
Kinetic Energy = Mass(weight) x Velocity(Speed) x Velocity(Speed)
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^^ they might just be identical because thats what works best, and fits best?
FOR SALE: (5) '95-'99 Z24 Rims
^ tell that to brembo and any other hi performance braking company out there.
come on, they even use the same 7 digit style numbering system wilwood uses 123-4567.
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IamRascal wrote:Sunb1rd wrote:i know wilwood is one of the top of the line companies for brake components. but has anyone heard of outlaw brakes?
my automotive club went to a dealerships race facility where we got to drool over their cars... one of the mechanics was telling us that wilwood brakes were sh!+ and i was like ... he took us to one car and had us examine the brakes and they looked well worn... then he showed us the 2nd car and the rotors looked almost brand new...
he told us that the first car had wilwoods and had been used for a couple races.. the second car had outlaws and had been used... for over a year!
My only issue with this.
1.) Were the brakepads the same?
2.) Were both cars driven by the same driver?
3.) Were either set cryotreated?
4.) How were the rotors broken in?
There are a lot of factors that would contribute to rotor wear.
Brake components should wear.
good questions... that i cant get the answer to... this was all last year and i dont have a car right now...
im sure the brakepads were probably the same... and yes it was the same driver... if they werent broken in then neither would have been but if they were they probably would have been done in the same fashion
eh, I haven't gotten an email from them yet. so it appears to be a dead end.
Desert Tuners
“When you come across a big kettle of crazy, it’s best not to stir it.”
its a different bolt setup, so it doesn't.
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Ok... never mind then.
IDK. Best I could find googling is that darn near every forum that has wilwood and outlaw in the same sentence is listed as "wilwood/outlaw" -- so I'm going with the repainted/rebadged theory.
