Brake woes continue
Racer
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St. Jude Donor '09
I'm thinking the OP need to go back to the basics. The first question I ask my students is when they have changed the fluid in their brake system. Pressure bleed or reverse bleed. IF the fluid gets hot in the front calipers, your pedal will go soft. Also, check your seals in the front calipers for cracks and any leakage. Turn off all of the nannies. Did you bed in the new pads properly? You could be running with glazed over pads and rotors. JMHO! Good Luck.
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I'm thinking the OP need to go back to the basics. The first question I ask my students is when they have changed the fluid in their brake system. Pressure bleed or reverse bleed. IF the fluid gets hot in the front calipers, your pedal will go soft. Also, check your seals in the front calipers for cracks and any leakage. Turn off all of the nannies. Did you bed in the new pads properly? You could be running with glazed over pads and rotors. JMHO! Good Luck.
I think the consensus is that the stock Z51 brakes are simply not up to sustained high speed use. Every Corvette guy I know who is an instructor has told me the same thing.
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St. Jude Donor '09
Those are all good questions, all of which were answered in the original or subsequent posts. Over my 15 years of instructing, I would have asked my students the same thing.
I think the consensus is that the stock Z51 brakes are simply not up to sustained high speed use. Every Corvette guy I know who is an instructor has told me the same thing.
I think the consensus is that the stock Z51 brakes are simply not up to sustained high speed use. Every Corvette guy I know who is an instructor has told me the same thing.
I lost the brakes at the end of a track straightaway with a former vehicle equipped with a BBK. Not a good feeling. I had very strong pads and good brake fluid. After adding brake ducts and Castrol SRF I was fine. The point is that even with a BBK you can cook the brakes.
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