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Pro Build - Pullman Fabrications Ford Pinto Cruising Wagon

Pro Build - Pullman Fabrications Ford Pinto Cruising Wagon

Every year it gets harder and harder to stand out among the cars and trucks displayed at the annual SEMA show. This year it seems like 25% of all the... Read More
SEMA Show 2022 Photo Gallery

SEMA Show 2022 Photo Gallery

Every year a large contingent of people from the Wilwood offices go to the SEMA show to demonstrate our latest and greatest brake innovations to the automotive aftermarket. We are... Read More
SEMA Show 2022 - New Wilwood Product Debuts

SEMA Show 2022 - New Wilwood Product Debuts

Wilwood is an engineering company, first and foremost. We manufacture and ship countless parts each year, but we are always hard at work engineering innovative and better products. If you... Read More
SEMA Businesswomen's Network 2013 Mustang Build Powered by Women

SEMA Businesswomen's Network 2013 Mustang Build Powered by Women

Back in 2012, the SEMA Businesswomen's Network sponsored a build to showcase the abilities of women mechanics, fabricators, customizers, and technicians. Their first project was a 2013 Ford Mustang GT... Read More
Racing Brake Kit Selection By Calculation & Experience

Racing Brake Kit Selection By Calculation & Experience

Originally Published in the Performance Racing Industry Education Series Brake selection goes beyond just effective stopping power, as it can fix common problems racers encounter and ultimately prevent damage that could... Read More
What Are Staggered Rear Brakes?

What Are Staggered Rear Brakes?

Staggered brakes have nothing to do with tire stagger or staggered wheels. Tire stagger puts smaller diameter tires on the left side of the car in circle track racing to make it... Read More
Gigglepin Racing's New Ultra4 4400 Off-Road Racer from the UK

Gigglepin Racing's New Ultra4 4400 Off-Road Racer from the UK

Wilwood has worked with Jim Marsden from Gigglepin Racing for years on their off-road program. They recently debuted their new Ultra4 4400 Miller Motorsports Pro Chassis race car, dubbed "Mistress",... Read More
Customer Rides - David Hagy - 1966 Ford Mustang Fastback

Customer Rides - David Hagy - 1966 Ford Mustang Fastback

David Hagy - Newbury Park, CA Family owned since early 1980s Factory 289ci Ford V8 K-code 289 Hi-Po motor Toploader 4-speed manual transmission Factory GT option package Shelby style upgrades: Monte Carlo... Read More
How To Adjust the Wilwood Drum Internal Parking Brake

How To Adjust the Wilwood Drum Internal Parking Brake

On occasion our tech line gets calls from people installing rear disc brakes with the internal parking brake who find, on initial installation, that the brake shoes drag. The Wilwood... Read More