Outlaw Calipers

[Guest Anonymous]

I was interested in your guy's opinions on the Outlaw calipers. They look pretty good, but I am concerned about their longevity on the street. They use a thin half sections connected by those alloy tubes that have little or no protection. Anyone else have that concern?

 

Mike

[74_5.0L_Z]

I am using the Outlaw 2800 series calipers on all four wheels. The fronts have four 1.75" pistons, and the rear have four 1.375" pistons. The two sections of the 2800 series are attached by 4 cross bolts, and have two internal crossover passages.

 

I have been using the calipers for about a year, and have had no problems. I bought my set-up through Mike Gibson (scca).

 

The fronts were bought as a complete kit(Stage II).

 

For the rear, I bought the calipers from Mike and used 1985 Maxima front calipers, and custom brackets to mount the caliper. This setup works well on the rear. If I had to do it again, I would use an aftermarket rotor, and custom hat.

 

If you decide to use these calipers, specify the Hawk HP-Plus pads. I tried the HPS pads and did not like them. Make sure the pads are 0.625 inches thick. One set I received was only 0.49" thick. The thinner pads allow the pistons to protrude more than I like.

 

Mike(scca) was good to deal with. I recommend the Outlaw Calipers and Mike's business as the source.

 

Dan McGrath

[Guest scca]

those thin half sections? do you mean the actual caliper housing or the bridge bolts?

 

the smaller 2800 series only has one bridge bolt for pad retention. the larger 3000-4000 series use 2 bolts for stiffness and pads. the 3000/4000 also use stainless steel separators for spreading the housing for the rotor thickness while the 2800 uses a piece of billet alum.

 

as far as longetivity...

 

after 2 years of daily driving i would put a full set of seals in as eventually the dust will wear the inner piston seals. if its a summer only car (for Dan summer is all year ) it will last quite a long time before they wear out. if it sits a lot just spray brake clean on the pistons once a year to dislodge any dirt/dust and thats it..

i go 2 seasons on set before i do seals on the race car.. on the street it will be more road conditions than anything that determines when to freshen.....

 

but petep has wilwoods that are ?? 5+ years old and i imagine have never had seals put in them yet? have they Pete?

[pparaska]

I've had the Wilwoods for a few years, but they haven't gotten much use past bleeding, loading on and off the trailer to go to the paint shop (twice now!) and a quick ride up and down the street. They don't seem to hang or anything, as recent as this past Friday. I haven't put seals in them, and I don't think Jim Biondo did either when he had them.