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Flaring Hard Brake Lines Made Easy

Flaring Hard Brake Lines Made Easy

With Some Practice, You Can Flare Lines with Flair One of the most difficult little detail jobs in the mechanics of building a vehicle is creating custom length hard brake... Read More
Grassroots Motorsports Upgrade a 2004 Chevy Corvette Z06 Track Car With Wilwood Brakes

Grassroots Motorsports Upgrade a 2004 Chevy Corvette Z06 Track Car With Wilwood Brakes

Recently, J.G. Pasterjak at Grassroots Motorsports upgraded his 2004 Chevy Corvette Z06 track driven car to Wilwood brakes front and rear. The front is a 14” floating rotor kit with... Read More
Wilwood at the 2022 Goodguys Del Mar Nationals

Wilwood at the 2022 Goodguys Del Mar Nationals

When it come to old car events, Goodguys is the number one organizer - they aren't exaggerating when they call themselves "America's favorite car show." The Del Mar Nationals is a little... Read More
Wilwood at Formula Drift 2022 on the Long Beach Grand Prix Circuit

Wilwood at Formula Drift 2022 on the Long Beach Grand Prix Circuit

In the early hours, the roar of race engines shook the street of Long Beach. As drivers warmed their cars up for practice, the excitement in the air meant it... Read More
Employee Rides - Greg Smith - 1967 Ford Mustang Fastback

Employee Rides - Greg Smith - 1967 Ford Mustang Fastback

Greg Smith - Wilwood Technical Graphic Artist Ford 351W (stroked to 393ci) with Holley 750cfm carb, Edelbrock intake, heads and 150hp nitrous kit Performance Automatic C4 transmission with manual valve body 9-inch... Read More
2022 Wilwood Brake Bracket Challenge

2022 Wilwood Brake Bracket Challenge

Once again, it's time for the Wilwood Brake Bracket Challenge, where you vote on your favorite Wilwood brake-equipped ride. Here are 16 savory cars and trucks from nearly every style of... Read More
Chevy Hub Magazine Installs the Latest Forged Superlite Calipers on Their Z06 Corvette

Chevy Hub Magazine Installs the Latest Forged Superlite Calipers on Their Z06 Corvette

Forging Ahead: Swapping Wilwood’s Forged Superlite Radial Mount Calipers on a C5 Corvette Z06 Excepted from the winter 2021 issue of Chevy Hub Magazine Words by Wes DuenkelPhotos by Wilwood Engineering Wilwood... Read More
2022 Grand National Roadster Show AMBR Winner

Wilwood at the 2022 Grand National Roadster Show

The Grand National Roadster Show (GNRS, as many call it) in Pomona, CA, was one of the last significant events on the automotive calendar in 2020 before Covid, so the... Read More
4 Out of Top 5 at 2022 Chili Bowl with Keith Kunz Motorsports Team

4 Out of Top 5 at 2022 Chili Bowl with Keith Kunz Motorsports Team

The annual Chili Bowl in Tulsa, OK, is a week-long series of Midget races that draw in drivers from all sorts of other racing series. The temporary 1/4 mile oval... Read More