07/14/2026
Take a look inside Wilwood Engineering's 230,000 sq ft facility in Camarillo, California! 🏭
We were fortunate enough to tour the factory last week, and we can't thank the incredible Wilwood team enough. We watched the entire journey a brake caliper, master cylinder, or disc takes — from raw aluminum and steel forgings to beautifully machined and coated parts built for speed.
The history inside these walls is unreal. Hundreds of calipers and discs stored or on display, each with countless races and wins behind them. We even saw the original brake dyno Wilwood used for years to push its pads and discs to the limit.
Quality control isn't just a final step here — it's everywhere. Forgings are inspected BEFORE machining (no sense wasting precious machine and operator time on a forging that isn't perfect to start). Finished parts get checked again, and every master cylinder is bench-tested at multiple pressures before it's signed off and packaged.
The R&D area was something special: an entire facility offline from the main production lines, dedicated to testing and developing new products. It's even home to William Wood's original Bridgeport mill — the machine he used to build Wilwood's very first products!
Then comes the finished-goods warehouse: 25-foot walls of white Wilwood boxes in every shape and size, as far as the eye can see. Thousands of products ship out every day to keep you street- and race-ready. 🏁
Huge thanks again to the Wilwood team for the hospitality — this is why we're proud to put their brakes in your hands.
