1LE or ZL1 front brake kit
 

Hi guys,
I came to the point that my standard 4 pots is holding me back on the track. It's not the stopping power, but the overheating and pad glazing/rotor hot spots.
I talked to my favorite Online GM parts vendor and he suggested the 1LE kit for $1500 or ZL1 kit for $1700. Both do not includ pads.
Which kit should I go with?

What pads are you currently using?


Norm

Where can you get the full front 1LE front kit for $1,500? That’s a steal.

Id like to know too.

ST-43 pads with RE71R tires

Www.generalmotorspartsonline.com
Great guy named Kenneth. Always takes care of me.
Pic below show the quote. I think the bolts are not the correct part.

While you certainly know your driving style and limits better than anyone on the forum, I would question if you have really reached the limit of the braking.

The ST-43 is not a great pad.

I would try the Hawk DTC-60 or the G-Loc/Carbotech R16/XP16, before I went to a new caliper/rotor setup.

Nice. Does the rotor include the hat and mounting hardware?

EDIT: just looked it up by part number and it is the entire assembly. That’s a great price! I might have to use your guy in the future.

I quite like the ST-43.

I might be doing something wrong or it might be the pads, but the pads are getting tapered, rotor start juddering after a day or two in the track. No brake fade at all.
I was asking people around, and some were saying that the small pad/rotor cannot handle the heat

Probably because you haven’t used a good pad. :D

http://www.camaro6.com/forums/showthread.php?t=506208

Have you actually read the whole thread? :)
It's explained many times in that thread why his experience was different than other people who had fantastic results with them (due to driving style).

I did use many "good" pads and I find the ST series much better than the others for track use, all things considered.

Try another pad before you get new everything.

When I raced my 2000 Trans Am, I used stock C5 calipers and rotors. But I put Carbotech XP12 pads in them. I raced against an almost identical 2000 Camaro with 6-piston Wilwoods. And I could outbrake him in every corner, all race long.

Now, the only drawback was that the pads lasted exactly 2.5 races. But, that's about 3 hours of pure racing.

I did try XP12 in the past. Braking power was great, but as you mentioned they died after 8X20 min on the track. Not the best value for money.
But again....spending $2000 on a BBK is not cheap either...