JimbeauZ06

Just curious.

When I was helping a buddy strip his 944 for PCA SP2 we removed all of the parking brake hardware from the rear wheels. Of course we avoid using the parking brake at the track and he wanted to shave off every possible pound anyway.

I was thinking about this while trying to get that damn piece of "coat hanger" Chevy calls a spring back in and just about pulled it all off in a fit of frustration anyway.

So I'm probably one more event away from new rear rotors and was thinking about pulling it all off and adding to the junk pile.

Thoughts?

Jason

add it to the pile

Aardwolf

Mine has been gone quite awhile.

sperkins

Pick up some light weight 2pc rear rotors while you're at it.

brkntrxn

No parking brake here. And I know of LOTS more the same way.

RX-Ben

gone. Didn't work anyway. 2 piece rotors do work.
remember that you cannot leave your car while it is running while on a incline. Who would ever do such a thing?

Bills Z06

Mine is gone also. Thought about putting it back in one day then came to my senses!

racerwannabe

took mine all off,the day we put the front brakes ,on the rear

Johnny

dbratten

Yes, same here.

--Dan

AU N EGL

parking brake ?

Locke

Back when Florida still had state inspection I removed the parking brake and all related hardware from my '69 and insalled a line lock in the rear brake line using the little switch on the parking brake handle for the line lock.
Put the brakes on, pull up the handle, release the foot brake just like the inspector wants to see looking in the window and let the clutch out (in third gear instead of first if you can get away with it), engine stalls and the inspector is happy
We no longer have state inspections, so my 'new' '69 has no parking brakes and the handle may disappear from the inside too. I just can't decide how much I want to mess with a custom interior.

Locke

geerookie

Are you drifting or road racing?

JimbeauZ06

Road racing mostly with the occasional drift thrown in for fun!

Ok, so junk it is.

drivinhard

e-brake delete and 2 pc rear rotors is 7-8 lbs of weight savings EACH corner, that's huge. ~16 lbs of unsprung gone for $600 and rotors that will last way longer than OEM or Chinese pot metal ones, hard to beat it.

ScaryFast

You will need a parking brake, they sell custom racing ones at some specialty stores.

I got mine at a specialty racing shop called Home Depot. Look in the "construction and contractor" area. There will be a bin labelled "scrap pile", it's full of a really nice selection of parking brakes. I chose a treated 2x4, about 6 inches long.

It's tough to set it from in the cockpit, though.

0Vector Vette

Once you decide to remove the parking brake, we make 2 piece rear rotors without the parking brake provision. We use Coleman Racing rotors and machine the aluminum hats ourselves. They are direct bolt in replacements, directional, correctly vented, no holes, 100% made in the USA, and are very lite. The C5 rears weigh less then 10 pounds! We have them for the C5/C6 base, C6 Z51, and C6 Z06.

Give us a call if interested or have any questions.
Robert Finlayson
Performance AFX Motorsports
815-254-2631

Everett Ogilvie

THIS. Save a bunch of rotating and unsprung weight by going to hats that are aluminum in place of the steel e-brake style of hat.