Anyone have any suggestion on good brake pads and rotors for a stock 1996 coupe? I just wand good basic American made brakes at a reasonable price.

 

Best, Carbotech performance brakes 100% made in the USA

You want to use the 1521 compound. A pad description is below along with pricing, if interested let me know. As far as rotors take a look at Centric premium rotors.

Carbotech™ Bobcat 1521™ The Carbotech Bobcat 1521™ is our high performance street compound that is our most successful compound. The Bobcat compound is known for its awesome release and modulation, along with unmatched rotor friendliness. Like our AX™ & XP™ line of compounds, Bobcat 1521™ is a Ceramic based friction material offering minimal rotor damage and non-corrosive dust. Bobcat 1521™ offers outstanding performance, even when cold, low dusting and low noise with an excellent initial bite. This compound’s virtually perfect linear torque production provides incredible braking force without ABS intervention. Bobcat 1521™ operating range starts out at ambient and goes up to 900°F. Bobcat 1521™ is suitable for ALL street cars, perfect for your tow vehicle, police cruiser. The Bobcat 1521™ compound has been found to last two-three times longer than OE pads you can purchase at a dealership or national retailer. That’s one of the beauties of Carbotech Ceramic brake compounds. Bobcat 1521™ is NOT recommended for any track use.

F $120 R $112

 

Adam,

I'm ordering new brakes for my '91 Z07...

Getting the Wilwood SL6R 14" front rotors and the Wilwood Pro-Matrix rear rotors.

Car will see some track time annually...but is mostly street driven.

What does CarboTech have for this application?

 

How do you feel about noise on the street and what tires do you use on track?

 

Been out of it for a while...so I'm not sure what tires I'll be using now. I was using Goodyear Eagle racing slicks...now it looks like Michelin's or some equivalent are what is available.

I've been using Performance Friction Z-rated pads on the car since 1994 or so...Pep Boys had a "Lifetime Warranty" on them, and I've stuck it to them about 6 or 7 times now.

I need something that will give me good bite when brakes are moderately cool. I want to get back into autocross again...and you know the kind of conditions you have there. I try to drive the paddock a bit dragging the brakes prior to a run, but depending on where you are in the line will determine how long the brakes have to cool.

I drove CotA a month or so back and found my J55's SERIOUSLY lacking...and am going back for another event the end of June, so I want to make sure I'm set to go. I'm seeing 125-145 MPH and the end of 3 straights, and hard braking at 120'-135'...so you can see how I was getting fluid boil after 5 or 6 laps. A 3/4 lap cooldown cruise would cure it for another 5 or 6 laps...but I'm hoping the bigger rotors and calipers will keep it in check. New DOT4 racing fluid is certainly in the cards as well.

 

I would run XP10 front and XP8 rear this will work for the Auto X as well you will just have to drag them slightly and they will perform great on track. They also, can be driven safely on the street. If you go to and R comp tire than I would go up to XP12 front and XP10 rear.

Carbotech™ XP8™

A high torque brake compound with a wide operating temperature range of 200°F-1250°F+ (93°C to 676°C+). Carbotech™ XP8™ is the first of our racing compounds. Good initial bite at race temperatures, high coefficient of friction, excellent modulation and release characteristics. Extremely high fade resistance and very rotor friendly. Perfect for track day use with any tire and can still be driven safely to and from the track. Carbotech™ does NOT recommended XP8™ as a daily driven street pad due to elevated levels of dust and noise. Carbotech™ XP8™ is a great compound on the front & rear of most open wheel and sports racers.


Carbotech™ XP10™

When Carbotech™ unleashed the XP10™ to the general public it immediately gathered multiple regional, divisional, and national championships. The XP10™ has a very strong initial bite with a coefficient of friction and rotor friendliness unmatched in the industry. Fade resistance is in excess of 1475°F (801°C). XP10™ still maintains the highly praised release, excellent modulation and rotor friendliness that have made all Carbotech™ compounds so successful. Carbotech™ XP10™ is not recommended as a daily-driven street pad due to possible elevated levels of dust and noise.


Carbotech™ XP12™

Another highly successful XP™ series compound with an excellent initial bite, torque and fade resistance over and above the XP10™ compound. XP12™ has temperature range of 250°F to 1850°F+ (121°C to 1010°C+). The XP12™ has that excellent Carbotech™ release and modulation that has made all other Carbotech™ compounds so successful. The XP12™ is more rotor aggressive than XP10™, but compared to the competition the XP12™ is still very rotor friendly. XP12™ is NOT recommended for use as a daily driven street pad due to possible elevated levels of dust and noise.

 

I will be happy to give you pricing but I need the wildwood part #'s you can look here though to get an idea of pricing.

http://ctbrakes.com/calipers.asp?Make=Wilwood_Calipers

 

(Fronts) Wilwood#950-140-9298
(Rears) Wilwood#950-140-8314

Rears are using stock J55 brakes with new rotors.

I'm leaning more towards the XP10/XP8...the tracking I'll be doing will be few & far between, and I think they will work fine for the limited amount of time I'll use them there. I still use the R-compound rubber for both...just harder compounds for tracking than autocross.

Let me know what you can do...