Necroing this thread...
I'm in the middle of this conversion because I wanted to reduce the 5/16" extra track per side added by the TCE brakes since I'm lowering my truck. I'm already going with narrower tires to tuck in further, and I want to keep the stock wheels for now.
Yesterday I put the two setups (TCE and E150) on the scale and was astounded at the difference. 25 lbs per side. The E150 brakes add 50% (from 50 lbs to 75 lbs for assembled spindle/rotor/caliper) per side over the TCE. Man, that van hardware is heavy compared to the Wilwood pieces!
Anyone have a stock caliper handy? Mine are in storage somewhere. It would be interesting to see the difference in weight between the van hardware and the stock.
The change in unsprung weight, some of it rotational in the rotors, is enough to make me consider changing wheels, but I want to live with the conversion a bit first before changing course. I fretted about it yesterday afternoon, but then got to thinking about the unsprung weight the rear springs have to contend with and decided maybe I was overthinking it. Plus, I haven't done any performance driving that included turns (other than the one onto the return road) since I left California in 2004.
I'm in the middle of this conversion because I wanted to reduce the 5/16" extra track per side added by the TCE brakes since I'm lowering my truck. I'm already going with narrower tires to tuck in further, and I want to keep the stock wheels for now.
Yesterday I put the two setups (TCE and E150) on the scale and was astounded at the difference. 25 lbs per side. The E150 brakes add 50% (from 50 lbs to 75 lbs for assembled spindle/rotor/caliper) per side over the TCE. Man, that van hardware is heavy compared to the Wilwood pieces!
Anyone have a stock caliper handy? Mine are in storage somewhere. It would be interesting to see the difference in weight between the van hardware and the stock.
The change in unsprung weight, some of it rotational in the rotors, is enough to make me consider changing wheels, but I want to live with the conversion a bit first before changing course. I fretted about it yesterday afternoon, but then got to thinking about the unsprung weight the rear springs have to contend with and decided maybe I was overthinking it. Plus, I haven't done any performance driving that included turns (other than the one onto the return road) since I left California in 2004.