Camaro Brembo brakes
08-19-2009, 09:33 AM
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Camaro Brembo brakes
This really gets me going, why does a $37K Camaro have nice Brembo 4 pot brakes, and Corvettes have the PBR slide rail crap (or worse on the C6ZO6)?
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08-19-2009, 10:06 AM
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Probably somebody woke up and realized they can buy off the shelf in quantity and it'll get to be a low enough price. That and their target demographic knows what a brembo caliper is.
Most corvette people don't care to know their brakes suck, and besides GM has to pay for the R&D costs of their crap somehow.
Most corvette people don't care to know their brakes suck, and besides GM has to pay for the R&D costs of their crap somehow.
08-19-2009, 10:11 AM
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And besides, even the waxers would rather have these, slide rail brakes are as cool as raised white letter tires, and are fugly anyway.
08-19-2009, 11:02 AM
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IT's based on lowest cost bidder at time of development.Supplier contracts are multi year with a yearly cost reduction per unit.Brembo is just like all the other suppliers,they do not manufacture ALL their own parts.
08-19-2009, 11:37 AM
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08-19-2009, 11:54 AM
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Hold the phone here people.
Looks like they didn't quite finish the install quite right on those Camaros!
http://jalopnik.com/5222908/2010-che...-brake-weights
Looks like they didn't quite finish the install quite right on those Camaros!
http://jalopnik.com/5222908/2010-che...-brake-weights
2010 Chevy Camaro Gets Mysterious Brake Weights
By Ben Wojdyla, 12:30 PM on Wed Apr 22 2009, 34,383 views (Edit, to draft, Slurp)
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Forumites at Camaro5 have been collectively scratching their heads for a couple days, wondering why there appear to be two layers of lead wheel weights stuck onto their brake calipers. It's a mystery Charlie Brown!
The confusion started when a poster uploaded an image of his new Camaro's Brembo calipers, on which were riding two rows of lead weights, normally affixed to the inside of a wheel rim to balance the tire. This led everyone with a Camaro to run outside to see it their mullet machine's also had the weights, which they do, at least on among the folks on the forum. GM has not answered to the confusion yet, but the leading theory is they were place on the caliper as a quick and dirty fix to alleviate brake squeal. From a physics perspective, this explanation is plausible, as resonant frequency is in large part determined by mass, and by changing the vibrating mass of the caliper with the weights, a troublesome squeal would be eliminated for a particular driving condition.
The trouble is if they're using normal brake weights, the heat cycling of the caliper will eventually cause the adhesive to fail and, if things get too serious on the track, the lead could actually melt. Though it's an odd issue and not really a big deal, we'll be keeping you in on the loop during Camaro brake-gate, though we recommend Camaro owners visit their local dealer and have their muffler bearings, blinker fluid, and piston-return springs checked out, just in case. Click here for the high-resolution image. Thanks for the tip Ethan!
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Forumites at Camaro5 have been collectively scratching their heads for a couple days, wondering why there appear to be two layers of lead wheel weights stuck onto their brake calipers. It's a mystery Charlie Brown!
The confusion started when a poster uploaded an image of his new Camaro's Brembo calipers, on which were riding two rows of lead weights, normally affixed to the inside of a wheel rim to balance the tire. This led everyone with a Camaro to run outside to see it their mullet machine's also had the weights, which they do, at least on among the folks on the forum. GM has not answered to the confusion yet, but the leading theory is they were place on the caliper as a quick and dirty fix to alleviate brake squeal. From a physics perspective, this explanation is plausible, as resonant frequency is in large part determined by mass, and by changing the vibrating mass of the caliper with the weights, a troublesome squeal would be eliminated for a particular driving condition.
The trouble is if they're using normal brake weights, the heat cycling of the caliper will eventually cause the adhesive to fail and, if things get too serious on the track, the lead could actually melt. Though it's an odd issue and not really a big deal, we'll be keeping you in on the loop during Camaro brake-gate, though we recommend Camaro owners visit their local dealer and have their muffler bearings, blinker fluid, and piston-return springs checked out, just in case. Click here for the high-resolution image. Thanks for the tip Ethan!
08-19-2009, 12:24 PM
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Next time I hear a noise Im going to start sticking lead weights to things!
08-19-2009, 12:33 PM
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I know, i think it's kind of funny having stick on wheels weights on the side of calipers
I always wondered the same, why the ctvs got brembos and the c5z06 didn't. But then i realized that the c5 was designed in 97 and that mid way through development it wasn't worth all the testing when in the next 2 years the c6 would be coming out. But even still the c6 base models not having brembos? hell cobalt ss's have brembos!
Hell my 92 z28 even has brembos...oh wait it didn't come that way i forgot
CTS-V 4 pot brembos are pretty cheap assembled new from GM.
I always wondered the same, why the ctvs got brembos and the c5z06 didn't. But then i realized that the c5 was designed in 97 and that mid way through development it wasn't worth all the testing when in the next 2 years the c6 would be coming out. But even still the c6 base models not having brembos? hell cobalt ss's have brembos!
Hell my 92 z28 even has brembos...oh wait it didn't come that way i forgot
CTS-V 4 pot brembos are pretty cheap assembled new from GM.
08-19-2009, 12:46 PM
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progress and dateline with dollars mixed in. I would say they are locked in a contract for the vette brakes a long time ago.