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Old May 10, 2020 | 06:43 PM
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I do not race my corvette. Do you actually still need the brake ducts?
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No. You would be fine without them.
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Thank you
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mine have been out for years, no issues at all and if you are just street driving you will never get the brakes that hot anyway
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Old May 11, 2020 | 08:24 AM
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Don't need them, but I must say that they do sort of look cool.....
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Old May 11, 2020 | 09:50 AM
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I'm wondering if the rear ducts on the Z06's actually did anything useful. I have an '00 FRC and like the fact I don't have them...
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Originally Posted by jjc508520
I'm wondering if the rear ducts on the Z06's actually did anything useful. I have an '00 FRC and like the fact I don't have them...
I'm sure they do otherwise GM would have never spent the extra $ on them. They try and build each car as cheap as they can.
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Mine are removed and replaced with trans and oil coolers.
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Just curious why you would want to remove them (I assume you are talking about the front brake ducts)?

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If you don't track the car, no need for them. I also don't see a need to remove them if you already have them. Unless one got damaged and you don't care to replace it.
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