I'm going to run a big brake kit in the rear of my EG, which will be primarily a track car, but I do plan on driving it occasionally on the weekends and to shows.

The big brake kit removes the parking brake.

I've looked into manual line lock kits, but I'd prefer not to leave the brakes pressurized with the pads on the rotors for days at a time. What other options do I have? Has anyone used a line lock kit for a parking brake?

 

Wilwood sells 4 piston calipers that still utilize the factory parking brake cable for our cars. From what I have been told by several that use it is that it doesn't hold the car very well. I've looked into making brackets to run a dual caliper setup one solely for the parking brake feature as unfortunately our economy cars weren't even blessed by having the parking brake as a shoe on the inner rotor surface.

 

First question: why do you need big brakes on the rear? Do you already have upgraded front brakes? If not you could be looking at a serious brake balance problem.

Second question, what's wrong with leaving the pads on the rotors? You do realize that's how the factory parking brake works, right? A cable and spring mechanism squeezes the rear calipers and pads onto the rotors.

 

#1 Yes, 12" 6 piston front, 11" 4 piston rear Ksport kits, 1" MC, 40/40 PV

#2 My main concern was the pressure, I understand that the pads are on the rotors with a manual parking brake, but they are not applied the same way a line lock kit would be.

 

Link to these? All I can find are the single piston parking brake calipers.

 

Leave it in gear with a wheel chock.

You're WELCOME.

 

What all my friends have told me too... dammit!

 

It's not directly on their website. They use the powerlight caliper and a pad spreader basically sticking out the top or back however you want to look at it. The reason it is weak by stock e brake holding comparison is that it spreads the pads with leverage at the one end and doesn't use the pistons to evenly distribute the force. From what I've been told you can't safely park on a hill but it will hold you in a parking lot.

 

Dis little guy?

 

Yessir!

 

What about a dual caliper setup like this?