NON SRT8 Jeep WK with Jeep SRT8 Brembo calipers and rotors

[Scottina06]

These are just some quick pics I snapped a few minutes ago. Please pay no attention to the dirty truck. I promised pics today and these are the best I can do.

It can be done on a non-SRT WK with a few simple parts-
SRT8 front spindles and hubs
SRT8 Brembo calipers-loaded
SRT8 brake lines-all 4 w/copper washers
SRT8 adapter plates-rear
SRT8 caliper bolts

My 2006 Jeep Grand Cherokee Laredo---with SRT8 Brembos custom painted Brembo gold with red accent lettering-----
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a74/scottina/scottina2/brembos023.jpg
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a74/scottina/scottina2/brembos021.jpg
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a74/scottina/scottina2/brembos020.jpg
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a74/scottina/scottina2/brembos018.jpg
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a74/scottina/scottina2/brembos022.jpg

[NHWK05]

Thats sweet but thats about $2000 in parts, unless you've got the hook up.

[SoCalMoparWK]

Scottt,
give me some money, lol. Help your inferno brother out

[tman4024]

Wow Scott, I didn't realize you had the SRT Brembo's on there. You have the brake squeal like all the other SRTs?

[Marlin]

Brake squel is pad related

[mon_21]

this is Scott's excuse to post up his awesome whether its dirty or clean truck.....

[Dylans3960ccs]

by my (not being able to buff my car) standards that's clean except for the front wheels. lol

[Scottina06]

Wow Scott, I didn't realize you had the SRT Brembo's on there. You have the brake squeal like all the other SRTs?

no...I used the Caddy CTs-V pads on the rear

[Scottina06]

thats sweet but thats about $2000 in parts, unless you've got the hook up.

lol.........

[Scottina06]

by my not being able to buff my car standards that's clean except for the front wheels. lol


LOL....what? Is english your third language?

[tman4024]

LOL....what? Is english your third language?



:lol::lol::lol::lol::lol:

[Dylans3960ccs]

is it better now?

[Scottina06]

these pics where taken last winter...so it was just a spray off at the car wash before the pics

[Dylans3960ccs]

I meant my tanto english but yeah its still good.

[mon_21]

^^^^ and you worry about Literature? hehehehe

[NHWK05]

these pics where taken last winter...so it was just a spray off at the car wash before the pics

So far i like your winters.

This is last winter.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v293/xtremejeeper/DSCN3043.jpg

[Scottina06]

yeah....we never get that..

[NHWK05]

yeah....we never get that..

Lucky bastard. :D

[Scottina06]

anyway guys....you can find all these parts on car-part.com, ebay, justforjeeps.com and cherokeesrt8.com. The hardest parts to find may be the SRT8 Jeep spindles. They retail new for over $400 each. I bought one new(lucky find) and the other I had the purchase the whole knee assembly. That may work out good since you can use the SRT8 Bilsteins or springs as well.

[hawkman996]

Where did you buy the gold paint? I dislike the black calipers on my inferno and red just would not match. The gold looks stellar as I've said before. I've also thought about doing silver but that might be too plain.

I have the gold Brembo's on my RC51 and I love em'.

[S.O.T.I.]

Haxkman, he had his calipers polymer-coated. I am guessing it's similar to Pattern-Tek's system.

[Scottina06]

I had to have my calipers rebuilt....so i had goldlinebrakes rebuild them and then send them to fastforwardwheels.com for the coating

[Scottina06]

Where did you buy the gold paint? I dislike the black calipers on my inferno and red just would not match. The gold looks stellar as I've said before. I've also thought about doing silver but that might be too plain.

I have the gold Brembo's on my RC51 and I love em'.

I sent these off to be painted.... www.fastforwardwheels.com talk to Eli!

[pjs1965]

Looks good. Now be sure to keep the SRT8 name in tact. No losing to TBSSs or you're out! hehe.

[Scottina06]

yuo dont have to worry about that Peter....I dont race at all.

[Anatoly106]

nice one :)

[Scottina06]

one of my top ten mods....

bump for an interested member

[Escape]

Scott,

Do you have the part #'s for a complete setup? Is the adapter plate on the rear stock for the SRT8's?

Got any pics from the install?

Thanks man,
Escape

[Scottina06]

sorry bro...I dont online. The calipers are the brembos from any SRT8. The rotors are Jeep SRt specific. The spindles are also Jeep SRT specific. The backing plates for the rear are easily found new. I have a lost at home in paper form I will try to find Monday for ya if youre serious

[Escape]

sorry bro...I dont online. The calipers are the brembos from any SRT8. The rotors are Jeep SRt specific. The spindles are also Jeep SRT specific. The backing plates for the rear are easily found new. I have a lost at home in paper form I will try to find Monday for ya if youre serious

LOL...me serious about mods, nah...lol :lol:

I have located 2 totaled SRT8's and I plan on stripping these puppies for whatever I can get suspension wise...and then buying whatever else is needed (complete swap). The other day while I was going out to a friends wedding I drove right buy the Brembo Factory...So I'm going to swing in there and see about a Big brake setup from them, so I can seriously stop this thing!

Found these for the front upgrade:

15" Gran Turismo Brake System 8 piston, 380x34 2-Piece Floating Slotted or Drilled rotor
http://www.brembo.com/NR/rdonlyres/73A2F525-8083-41A9-879B-7EEDF58D62E9/4390/GTb.jpg
http://www.brembo.com/NR/rdonlyres/12D6A5FF-504F-47E7-B776-DB141C2ADD82/11490/brembopic4.png
Getting the Jeep moving is no problem at all...once I'm all done in the performance area I'm thinking stopping from speeds might become an issue.

No hurry on the info man, will do this before next spring as I still have quite a list left of mods to do. I'm just researching for this one.

Thanks man,
Escape

[Marlin]

I'd like to see you go for a really serious upgrade, something much more serious than the SRT brembos :)
I reckon 400mm slotted front rotors with floating alloy hats, with six piston front and four piston rear monobloc calipers would be just the ticket ;)
Get those SRT boys drooling!

** i know folks will come on and say put 12 piston calipers or whatever on, but before you do, more pistons don't neccessarily equal more power ;)

[Scottina06]

even if you buy that Brembo upgrade...your still gonna need the SRT spindles and rear plates.......

I think the SRt Brembos would stop you just fine instead of paying $4k for that package

[Scottina06]

^^^the reason I say this is because that kit isnt available for the WK as far as I know.

[Marlin]

There's a guy that ran one in targa Newfoundland a couple of years ago, from memory that SRT had a monster upgrade, so it can be done, but yes, might not be 'off the shelf".
And yes, the stock SRT package is probably quite good, but if you really want to lean on them, they won't be up to it. Not many factory packages are, heck, we cracked the rotors and even the pads on the R35 GTR's first track day, and they're 8 spot Brembo with 380mm rotors and alloy hats!
I'm just saying going an step or two further than just SRT Brembos would get several + rep from me! lol :)

[Escape]

I'd like to see you go for a really serious upgrade, something much more serious than the SRT brembos :)
I reckon 400mm slotted front rotors with floating alloy hats, with six piston front and four piston rear monobloc calipers would be just the ticket ;)
Get those SRT boys drooling!

** i know folks will come on and say put 12 piston calipers or whatever on, but before you do, more pistons don't neccessarily equal more power ;)

Any info on this 400mm setup Ben?

even if you buy that Brembo upgrade...your still gonna need the SRT spindles and rear plates.......

I think the SRt Brembos would stop you just fine instead of paying $4k for that package

True on the spindles/hubs for the front and I will need the whole rear setup aswell from the SRT8 along with upgraded sways and springs...everything!

The issue isn't stopping once as I'm sure they would just fine...it's fade that is my concern.

^^^the reason I say this is because that kit isnt available for the WK as far as I know.

True it's only available for the SRT8 Fronts found here:
http://www.buybrakes.com/brembo/gt-apps-Jeep.html

Nothing for the Rear in the GT line...probably due to our Top-hat rear rotor/brake design (parking brake)

I'm going to go talk to them and see if they have any plans for the WK as their factory is just down the road a bit. They make a set for the silverado/tahoe, Ram 1500, the full line of Chargers/Challengers/300/Magnums...just nada for the WK...:(

There's a guy that ran one in targa Newfoundland a couple of years ago, from memory that SRT had a monster upgrade, so it can be done, but yes, might not be 'off the shelf".
And yes, the stock SRT package is probably quite good, but if you really want to lean on them, they won't be up to it. Not many factory packages are, heck, we cracked the rotors and even the pads on the R35 GTR's first track day, and they're 8 spot Brembo with 380mm rotors and alloy hats!
I'm just saying going an step or two further than just SRT Brembos would get several + rep from me! lol :)

:thumbsup:
Escape

[Marlin]

I don't believe there is a kit available, but I would suggest Brembo would be interested in developing an SRT8 upgrade kit as it could be a developing market with so many going so fast now.
If Brembo wasn't, the parts can be manufactured by any competent machine shop, ie, make a hat and caliper adaptor block to allow fitment of an off the shelf *any brand* caliper and 400mm rotor.

To fit a 400mm setup, you would need an alloy hat to suit a WK stud pattern. Like I say above, if not available, they can be modified or milled to suit.
It would look something like one of these; (the versions here that have more of a "drum" shape are used on the rear to allow the use of the standard internal drum style handbrake on most cars.
http://us.st12.yimg.com/us.st.yimg.com/I/yhst-44391461728451_2035_61934845

This is the 400mm rotor we fitted to the front of the R35;
http://www.gtrblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/minesrotors.jpg

And remembner, no need to buy new. true high performance calipers of many brands are available ex US for quite reasonable prices. The benefit of this style of MONOBLOCK caliper pictured is the performance really IS much stronger than Brembo's OE supplied calipers to most manufacturers. Truthfully, calipers are not all created equal, many people who aren't into racing simply aren't aware of this.
Ex Indycar calipers are very readily available, and are very commonly used on serious track cars.

http://www.300zx.com.au/pricelists/General/Brakes/997_gt3_brakes_used.jpg

[5.7Unlimited]

Pardon my ignorance but to Escape: why dont you sell your limited and get an SRT8 and do it up instead, I 100% mean no offense im just curious of your perspective :werd:

[Scottina06]

^^^^^whats the fun in that?

[Escape]

Pardon my ignorance but to Escape: why dont you sell your limited and get an SRT8 and do it up instead, I 100% mean no offense im just curious of your perspective :werd:

Then I would have to take the SRT8 all apart and redo it with limited parts!

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e244/twgquick/Laughing_RoflSmileyLJ.gif

There are high points and low points to each model. Long story short...cheaper my way with better end results!

Both have cast pieces in the engine...mine no longer does...so the engine didn't matter in that aspect. It was going to be built for a purpose (Turbo)! The 5.7 heads and intake manifold have proven to be better at producing hp/tq so I retained those parts (rebuilt the heads though, springs, ect). The 6.1 oil pump was bored out and enlarged, 6.1 stock Forged Cam, 6.1 Forged Crank custom ground, 6.1 Forged push rods. The 5.7 block has thicker piston walls (even after being bored out) = good for boost. Rods and Pistons in both are junk and have been replaced (Eagle H beams and custom made Diamond Pistons 9:1 compression).

More options and less problems with the Limited 545RFE Trans (stock and the soon to be installed SharaDon Stage 3) vs the 580. Stock Torque converter replaced.

NV245 Transfercase in the Limited is bulletproof and runs full-time 4WD (48% front/52% rear) vs the SRT8's T case which is know to be weak and full of issues and is an on demand all-wheel drive 90% rear/10% front.

ELS Diffs 7.9 front/8.3 rear we will see but so far they are holding up well and lock up instantly.

Fuel systems on both would have to be replaced so not an issue.

Braking on both replaced...lol most everything replaced.

Paid 16,500 for fully loaded 05 with 39,000 miles. SRT8's were going for 33K at that time, so for roughly the cost of a stock SRT8 I now have a Insane turbocharged Limited.

Escape

[Escape]

I don't believe there is a kit available, but I would suggest Brembo would be interested in developing an SRT8 upgrade kit as it could be a developing market with so many going so fast now.
If Brembo wasn't, the parts can be manufactured by any competent machine shop, ie, make a hat and caliper adaptor block to allow fitment of an off the shelf *any brand* caliper and 400mm rotor.

To fit a 400mm setup, you would need an alloy hat to suit a WK stud pattern. Like I say above, if not available, they can be modified or milled to suit.
It would look something like one of these; (the versions here that have more of a "drum" shape are used on the rear to allow the use of the standard internal drum style handbrake on most cars.
http://us.st12.yimg.com/us.st.yimg.com/I/yhst-44391461728451_2035_61934845

This is the 400mm rotor we fitted to the front of the R35;
http://www.gtrblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/minesrotors.jpg

And remembner, no need to buy new. true high performance calipers of many brands are available ex US for quite reasonable prices. The benefit of this style of MONOBLOCK caliper pictured is the performance really IS much stronger than Brembo's OE supplied calipers to most manufacturers. Truthfully, calipers are not all created equal, many people who aren't into racing simply aren't aware of this.
Ex Indycar calipers are very readily available, and are very commonly used on serious track cars.

http://www.300zx.com.au/pricelists/General/Brakes/997_gt3_brakes_used.jpg

Excellent Info Ben!

I'm loving those 6 piston MonoBlocks...got any pics on the adapters to hook those up to the spindle?

I'm thinking I can keep my 5.7 spindle and just get some custom made adapters as the SRT8 has to have adapters for the MonoBlocks aswell.

Good info, thanks again!

Escape

[Escape]

^^^^^whats the fun in that?

lol!

On another note, I think I'm going to have to move this to it's own thread...

Didn't mean to jack your thread Scott!

I will start a new thread here:

http://www.jeepgarage.org/showthread.php?p=81585#post81585

Escape