i have a 2000 civic si with wilwood front 12" big brake kit and fastbrakes 11" rear..
it seems that the fronts are doing 80% of the work and the rest on the rear.
the front brakes start to squel after 5 min of street driving..
wilwood also included a proprtioning valve..
does anyone know how it hooks up?
will that solve my problem?
any help is greatly appreciated...thanks

 

 

anybody?
did i post in the wrong forum?

 

Well, I have the Wilwoods on my DA, and the squeeling has nothing to do with the brake balance and everything to do the pads. The pads that come with the kit are Polymatrix "D" compound, which are pretty much metallic semi race pads.

I notice that mine only squeak when the brakes are warm. Never when they are cold or very hot. Guess that's what happens when you put race car parts on a Honda. You can try the "Q" compund when these pads wear out. I've heard they are a bit more streetable. It's HIGHLY unlikely that you will ever reach the limits of the Wilwoods. Hell, I never really reached the limits of the stock brakes...

As for the proportioning valve (I didn't get one ), forget about it. I imagine it's a universal piece, like most of Wilwoods products, and would be an absolute bitch to install. Not worth it. The Civic Si valve is 40/40 if I'm not mistaken, and can take anything you throw at it. Sell it to a Mustang guy.

 

apologies about highjacking the thread, but what size wheels are you guys using with that kit?
will 16" fit on average?
thanks in advance
stan

 

16's fit on the Wilwoods, Fastbrakes makes a version of it so you can use 15s if you want but it is a little extra.

 

currently using 17" volk GTP's, i'm going to see if some ssr 16" competiton would fit

 

that is good news about 16", what wheels are those?
specs
Stan