QUESTION, what are the best up grade brakes for a 1999 hardtop FRC, ...overall mean ..pads rotors, calipers ..etc...

brembo

Wilwood

Baer

StopTech

C6 ZO6 ...really am interested in these ...by the way ...

and if any one has any other suggestion that would be greatly appreicated !!


Thankx

 

there is no single "best answer" It depends on what you want to do with the car. Street, 1/4 mile, track days all have different requirements.

The stock system really isn't that bad, it will survive T1 races, which is worse than anything you're going to put it through on the street.

You can get a good deal on a Wilwood front brake system from LG. I'm a big fan of Wilwood pads and I've got a set of Wilwood caliper on the way.

don't forget to look at AP Racing calipers. you can get a package for DRM

 

for me, it was the C6 Z06

 

I'm partial to Sprotbrakes rotors....

 

I bought my f/r Wilwood package, including stainless lines and Polymatrix pads in the C5 parts for sale section for $800. You might be able to find another deal in there.

 

We race the car at Road Atlanta & the Dilusi/Wilwood brakes are great. Unfortunately they do not fit well under our new wheels, so we switched to stock size Wilwoods. Our Dilusi/Wilwood front calipers are at Norris Motorsports plus the rotors which have been turned down once, I can cut you a deal. If interested, send me an email.

 

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Brembo's coming off and movits going on...

 

i really like what all you had to said .... and please feel free to explain more .. i am totally leaning towards the C6 Zo6 right now ... ... and if they are meant for what .. 500bhp .. i am sure they will be able to handle anything i would put them through ! ... let me know excatly how they feel . if you have .. wiped around some country roads ... and broken them in yet BlkSS1755

Thanks

They looks absolutely .. awsome ..!!

 

it's got about 8-900 miles on them.. the pedal is nice and firm now. the car stops great . i dont do any road racing or auto crossing, so dont know how they'd hold up in those events.

 

ttt

 

If you are looking to upgrade without doing a Caliper change and the associated cost, then we have what I feel is the best combo for Show and go. Through Friday, 7 October, CAR Motorsports is offering the Complete Set of Nickel Plated Cross Drilled Slotted or Diamond Cut Slotted High Performance Brake Rotors along with Street Performance+ Carbon Graphite Metallic Pads for only $600.00 Shipped. These are Canadian Built Rotors and machined in New York using CNC with Radius Cuts and Camfer Design. We posted this sale earlier in the week as a carry over from the Carlisle Show.

Thanks, Rich
CAR Motorsports
www.carmotorsports
1-877-367-2279...toll free

 

ask a t1 vette driver what one free mod he would make to his car is?

i have the movit system on the front 993 turbo 4 pot. these brakes are awesome.

 

I totally agree, but the down side of the stock calipers is not their stopping power, it's their durability.

The typical setup recomended for track days are DRM ducts, LG or Pheonix spindle ducts, track pads (Carbotech XP8,9,10,11, PFC-01, Wilwood H, ext), good fluid (Castrol SRF, ATE Superblue) and Stock/NAPA/Raybestos rotors (DRILLED ROTORS ARE A BLING MOD ONLY AND WILL CRACK ON THE TRACK)

This is more than enough for a typical track day noob, but you wouldn't want to put any of those pads on a street car, they are loud, dust a lot, a don't work as well when they are cold.

Once you get to a point where you've got to replace your calipers, you can start looking at upgrading if you are not limited by class rules. I chose the LG Motorsports Wilwood front brake package for many reasons.

1. calipers will last much longer,
2. pads are cheaper and thicker which means they will last longer and I will save money over the long run, since I burn through several sets per year. Plus, the pads are easier to change.
3. the 6-piston setup means the pads won't taper
4. I can still use the NAPA rotors for $25 each, keeping cost down and I can afford to keep several sets of spares
5. The fluid volume is the same so I won't have to worry about brake bias issues or soft pedals and I can keep the stock rear calipers which do almost none of the braking

If Cali 17 is a hardcore drag racer, I'd suggest those titanium blade rotors and lightweight calipers that got posted several months ago to keep the weight down, but I wouldn’t want them on even a street car.

The C5-6/C6.R uses an AP Racing setup. LG uses Stoptech calipers on the front and Wilwood SL-6 Calipers on the rear for his 2 World Challenge cars

None of the setups are bad and realistically, they are overkill for 95% of drivers, just get pads that have the right temperature range and enough torque to lock up the wheels and you're good to go. The rest is just picking out something the looks good

 

Yeah .. i am definitely not a drag strip ... guy . just want a decent upgrade to the stock calipers, rotors and pads .. to wipe around town, track . .so to speak and whatever country road i find myself on .... Which is really why i like the C6 Zo6 system .. for 2G .. i think that is a steal .. when they come out of course ...anyway


Keep the advise coming . i am learing sooo much here ..

Thanks !

 

I'm running a set of Baer Eradispeeds on mine and like them. But if I were to do it again, I would seriously consider the C6 Z06 brakes.

 

with Lancer

 

If you just want the upgrade for the heck of it, and the looks, then it really doesn't matter, there all good. I found with the proper mods that the stock system worked great on the Nurburgring and the autobahn.