Hawk Talon Rotors
Thread Starter
Burning Brakes
Joined: Jan 2009
Posts: 1,218
Likes: 70
Hawk Talon Rotors
I am thinking about trying the Hawk Talon rotors with 5.0 pads. Does anyone have any experience with these? Trying to not spend the Baer Eradispeed cost, but it’s an option. Car/goals below:
2002 Z06
800rwhp
Street Driven Only, No Track
Goals: Improved braking over stock rotors/pads without going to a full big brake system.
Car is not driven hard, but car has a lot of power and needs to stop from high speeds on occasion.
2002 Z06
800rwhp
Street Driven Only, No Track
Goals: Improved braking over stock rotors/pads without going to a full big brake system.
Car is not driven hard, but car has a lot of power and needs to stop from high speeds on occasion.
Le Mans Master
Joined: Dec 2017
Posts: 5,602
Likes: 3,322
From: Virginia
2021 C5 of the Year Finalist - Modified
St. Jude Donor '21-'22
I am thinking about trying the Hawk Talon rotors with 5.0 pads. Does anyone have any experience with these? Trying to not spend the Baer Eradispeed cost, but it’s an option. Car/goals below:
2002 Z06
800rwhp
Street Driven Only, No Track
Goals: Improved braking over stock rotors/pads without going to a full big brake system.
Car is not driven hard, but car has a lot of power and needs to stop from high speeds on occasion.
2002 Z06
800rwhp
Street Driven Only, No Track
Goals: Improved braking over stock rotors/pads without going to a full big brake system.
Car is not driven hard, but car has a lot of power and needs to stop from high speeds on occasion.
Safety Car
Joined: Mar 2015
Posts: 3,638
Likes: 245
Honestly, with 800RWHP, you really should just go with a big brake setup. The big brakes are a bit expensive, but to get to that kind of power on a C5, you've clearly put way more money than that in it already. Especially on a high HP car, brakes are NOT the thing to cheap out on.
How fast can you go?
Oh yeah, how fast can you stop?
Supporting Vendor
Joined: Oct 2002
Posts: 50,281
Likes: 518
From: Cleveland OH
St. Jude Donor '11,'13
May I suggest Carbotech AX6 pads along with Centric premium plain face rotors this will take care of your street needs,
The AX6™ is specifically engineered for Autocross applications. A high torque brake compound delivering reliable and consistent performance over a very wide operating temperature range of 50°F to 1000°F + (10°C to 537°C+). The advanced compound matrix provides an excellent initial bite, high coefficient of friction at lower temperatures along with very progressive brake modulation and release characteristics. Many drivers use the AX6™ for street driving as well, even though Carbotech™ doesn’t recommend street driving with AX6™ due to possible elevated levels of dust and noise. AX6™ is NOT recommended as a race compound in most applications.
The AX6™ is specifically engineered for Autocross applications. A high torque brake compound delivering reliable and consistent performance over a very wide operating temperature range of 50°F to 1000°F + (10°C to 537°C+). The advanced compound matrix provides an excellent initial bite, high coefficient of friction at lower temperatures along with very progressive brake modulation and release characteristics. Many drivers use the AX6™ for street driving as well, even though Carbotech™ doesn’t recommend street driving with AX6™ due to possible elevated levels of dust and noise. AX6™ is NOT recommended as a race compound in most applications.
Melting Slicks
Joined: Nov 2016
Posts: 2,307
Likes: 1,582
From: East Metro (Twin Cities) Minnesota
St. Jude Donor '21
I am going to respectfully somewhat disagree.
If you are just stopping once from 120, stock brakes are more than fine. If you want to road race on a private course, repeated stops and starts over and over require big brakes to shed the heat. For what most of us do - C5 brakes are plenty good.
If you are just stopping once from 120, stock brakes are more than fine. If you want to road race on a private course, repeated stops and starts over and over require big brakes to shed the heat. For what most of us do - C5 brakes are plenty good.
