Ccb’s
Thread Starter
Racer
Joined: Oct 2006
Posts: 338
Likes: 68
From: BUFFALO GROVE ILLINOIS
Ccb’s
Will fly out, pick up from MF and drive home next week after almost four years waiting for allocation. With ccb’s.
Interested on any operators that performed burnish / break in procedure.
Where did you do it?
When did you do it?
Before and after?
Thank you.
Interested on any operators that performed burnish / break in procedure.
Where did you do it?
When did you do it?
Before and after?
Thank you.
Le Mans Master
Joined: Jul 2007
Posts: 5,502
Likes: 1,818
From: Arkansas
St. Jude Donor '09 thru '17,'22 thru '26
Never burnished on 2 different cars, C6 ZR1 and C7 ZR1 and no squealing or stopping issues- I don't track so I've read it's not necessary.
Last edited by BearZ06; Jun 21, 2024 at 09:29 PM.
Racer
Joined: Jul 2019
Posts: 437
Likes: 398
The brakes are horrible when you first get the car, be warned! I had no confidence in my stopping power. After 500 miles I street burnished and it's helped a lot and eliminated squeeling I had before. I went out at 5:45am on a Sunday on some roads that don't get too much traffic and have a 60 mph speed limit. Took me about an hour to complete.
Racer
Joined: Feb 2024
Posts: 423
Likes: 374
If you can safely do so, I’d recommend tryin to get the car up to about 70mph and then braking hard (not enough to activate ABS) down to a near stop a few times.
When I got my Z06 with CCBs I went to a little seaside town called Pacifica on the first day driving. It has some very steep hills. At one of these hills is a stop sign. And tho I was only going 25mph, my car JUST. WOULD. NOT. STOP. My foot was pushing down to the floor and the car made it about half a length into the intersection. I was freaked.
After this I did a few hard braking events late at night with nobody around and since then the brakes have been incredible.
When I got my Z06 with CCBs I went to a little seaside town called Pacifica on the first day driving. It has some very steep hills. At one of these hills is a stop sign. And tho I was only going 25mph, my car JUST. WOULD. NOT. STOP. My foot was pushing down to the floor and the car made it about half a length into the intersection. I was freaked.
After this I did a few hard braking events late at night with nobody around and since then the brakes have been incredible.
Instructor
Joined: Jan 2009
Posts: 140
Likes: 65
As already noted, if you do not track car, burnishing is not necessary. If you do burnish, remember to put AC on recirculating because when you do it correctly and the gasses burn off, it will smoke and stink. It can make you nauseous.
Race Director
Joined: Nov 2017
Posts: 12,759
Likes: 10,655
From: Prosper TX/Austin TX
2020 C6 of the Year Winner - Modified
There is a street burnishing & track burnishing procedure outlined in your owners manual. Imo, burnishing them is necessary. Try to find a rural, straight road that's lightly traveled where you can get up to speed and quickly brake multiple times. The number of times is stated in the manual.
Melting Slicks
Joined: Aug 2022
Posts: 2,784
Likes: 3,566
I'm a huge proponent of at least the street burnish on these things. Takes all of about 15 minutes and gives you the confidence that the car will stop when you need it to. A Z06 on fresh CCBs with no mileage seems like it has brakes from a 1990s pickup truck the first time you drive it.
Corvette Stories
The Best of Corvette for Corvette Enthusiasts
Top 10 Most Explosive Corvettes Ever Made: Power-to-Weight Ratio Ranked!
Joe Kucinski
150 hp to 1,250 hp: Every Corvette Generation Compared by the Specs That Matter
Joe Kucinski
8 Coolest Corvette Pace Cars (and Replicas) of All Time
Verdad Gallardo
Top 10 Corvette Engines RANKED by Peak Torque (70+ Years of Muscle!)
Joe Kucinski
Corvette ZR1X Will Be Pacing the Indy 500, And Could Probably Race, Too!
Verdad Gallardo
Top 10 Corvettes Coming to Mecum Indy 2026!
Brett Foote
Top 10 C9 Corvette MUST-HAVES to Fix These C8 Generation Flaws!
Michael S. Palmer
10 Revolutionary 'Corvette Firsts' Most People Don't Know
Joe Kucinski
5 Reasons to Upgrade to an LS6-Powered Corvette; 5 Reasons to Stay LT2
Michael S. Palmer
Race Director
Joined: Feb 2011
Posts: 14,719
Likes: 5,597
From: AZ
I agree with those that had trouble stopping in the first couple hundred miles, but after some routine hard street stops, the CCBs worked fine.
Today I did the first track day with my C8Z (very experienced tracker), used the first session to burnish them as suggested at the track in the OM. I had no brake problems in the following 3 track sessions (running Castrol SRF fluid). I did not notice any major improvement in street stopping on my 120 mile drive home. 3.6 MPG for the 60 miles of track time, which included a good amount of idling.
Today I did the first track day with my C8Z (very experienced tracker), used the first session to burnish them as suggested at the track in the OM. I had no brake problems in the following 3 track sessions (running Castrol SRF fluid). I did not notice any major improvement in street stopping on my 120 mile drive home. 3.6 MPG for the 60 miles of track time, which included a good amount of idling.
Last edited by AzDave47; Jun 24, 2024 at 01:02 PM. Reason: MPH to MPG haha
Instructor
Joined: Mar 2019
Posts: 115
Likes: 76
From: Houston, TX
Moderator
Joined: Jan 2001
Posts: 17,124
Likes: 3,759
From: Charlotte NC
Cruise-In IV Veteran
Cruise-In V Veteran
St. Jude Donor '08-'25
IMO you NEED to do the burnishing regardless if you track or not. As a few others have stated already, when I first got the car I was shocked on how bad the brakes felt..almost like pushing on a brick. After hitting the 500 mile mark and doing additional research on the importance of burnishing the CCB on the C8 I broke them in properly one night following the exact guidelines in the manual. I cannot overstate the difference in feel, it was massive. Now the brakes work perfectly with great pedal feel!