C5 Brakes
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C5 Brakes
I Am Going To A 2 Mile Road Course With My C5 Of 9/30/05. Have 44,000 Miles On Brakes. Have Ordered Hawk Hp Plus Pads, Hi-temp. Brake Fluid, And New Front Rotors To Install This Weekend. I Am Getting Mixed Feed Back On This Plan. Some People Say Cross Drilled Rotors Are Bad Because They Eat Pads. Then They Say Don't Put Hawk Pads On New Rotors. Can I Get Some Feed Back?
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Originally Posted by connecticut
get the NAPA or GM rotors w/out holes, bed the pads as suggested by Hawk; I've used these on my car, throw a lot dust but stop like nothing else
I've used this set-up at Willow Springs, Laguna Seca, and Sears Point (Infinion) and find it is an EXCELLENT set-up
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St. Jude Donor '05-'08
order your rotors from Rockauto. They are $17 each and delivered to your house quickly. I have used those with normal brake pads all the way up to the Hawk DTC-70s that I run now.
The Hawk HP+ will be good for your first time out with stock tires. I used them for 2 or 3 HPDE events. When I moved to race slicks I moved up to the DTC-70s because the tires had better stopping power and thus I could take advantage of the DTC-70s.
glad to see you are changing fluid. Many people forget this step. You can order the Motive Pressure Bleeder and then it becaomes a one person job.
The Hawk HP+ will be good for your first time out with stock tires. I used them for 2 or 3 HPDE events. When I moved to race slicks I moved up to the DTC-70s because the tires had better stopping power and thus I could take advantage of the DTC-70s.
glad to see you are changing fluid. Many people forget this step. You can order the Motive Pressure Bleeder and then it becaomes a one person job.
