Click on the picture of the front brake for a photo history of Wilwood installation.
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E-type/Wilwood Disc Brake system.
One of the most often scorned aspects of the XK Jaguar was its drum brakes. For my 140 something a little different was needed. It already had E-type stock Dunlop 2 1/8" calipers up front with the 1 1/4" in the rear. The entire setup needed a rebuild, and I decided that instead of rebuid, why not upgrade. Enter the Classic Jaguar Wilwood kit. The Wilwoods are billet dynalite 4 piston calipers. I also replaced the stock front rotors with the Classic Jaguar/Powerstop cross drilled units. After some discussion on the E-type Jag-lovers.org mailing list, and with Dan at CJ, I decided also to swap the 2 1/8" into the rear. I had my front calipers rebuilt in SS by CJ. That greatly improved braking. More recently, I had my Dunlop bellows booster rebuilt by Booster Dewy in Portland Oregon. As you see in the pictures I decided to go with something a little different for the colour scheme. With the booster system hooked up, I'm now declaring the brake system complete (for now anyway!). It feels GREAT! Thanks CJ, and Booster Dewy! Click on the picture of the front brake for a photo history of Wilwood installation.
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Rebuilt booster
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E-type/Wilwood brake system
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