Are sliding or fixed calipers better for rear brakes on a 9" Ford with stock style axles (in other words not a floater)? Looking for something lightweight, hopefully inexpensive that will fit inside a 15" wheel. The car will probably weigh around 2600lbs.
Any advise/suggestions?
Check places like Speedway Motors, both the circle track and street rod brakes, they have quite a few options for the Ford 9". For the rear sliding is probably good enough and usually less costly.
I have aluminum Lucas calipers from a 4th gen VW (Golf/Jetta/New Beetle) on my 9". I have the "Big Torino" housing ends and while I do eat axle bearings at a depressing rate, I have never noticed pad knockback issues. Having only 35mm or so pistons probably helps. Pad selection is probably great because VWAG used this pad on everything from base Golfs to A8Ls.
It was easy to get the calipers on the housing because they are almost the same bolt spacing as a common Wilwood caliper and brackets are readily available. I had to trim them down to fit my 10" rotors.
Rotors will be your biggest hurdle, I'd decide what you want for a rotor. I have axles made for 4 on 4.5" and am using Volvo rotors and built the rearend around that.
Wilwood makes gm metric calipers in aluminum, and half the 9" brake kits use those. Weld on brackets are going to be lighter than bolt on with stacked spacers ones, plus you can add more lightness with speed holes.
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