Brake parts upgrades
 

Has anyone found brake part upgrades. I'm talking about upgrades like slotted/drilled rotors, or brake pads etc. has anyone done any braking upgrades to their V6 Camaro? Would love some pictures and suggestions.


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Brake upgrades can be had pretty cheap using SS parts.

In fact GM sells the 4-pot brembo's as a really good front upgrade on v6 models that are straight up SS brakes 13.6" & if thats not enough they have the 6-pot 14.6"

My plans is to upgrade to a full set

But the GM brakes are $2k-$3k that's not cheap


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Keep an eye out on the Brakes Classified section, SS guys are selling their front setups. That's your best and most direct upgrade.

FYI, the SS rear brakes are not a direct bolt on. It appears the dust shield needs alterations and the electronic parking brake does not swap over. Until someone figures out a way to make that work we are kind of stuck.

But if I wanted to buy the current SS front brakes and install on my front wheels. I can do it without any alterations. It'll simply be a bolt on?


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Has anyone swamped out their current rotors with the slotted/drilled ones?


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See if you can grab the instructions from the official GM kit, it'll give you a part list and you can go from there. The 50th v6's come with them from factory and GM has an official kit so it can't be that hard.

I did on my last car and they were fine. I don't think the cracking issues occur except with the hardest track use. They do add a noise especially approaching a stop. I'd probably do it again if I needed rotors but not simply to replace good rotors. Be sure you buy the high carbon.

I plan on going Slotted rotors only not drilled. Drilled can cause a crack in the rotor during hard track use.

When do you plan on doing it and do you know which ones?


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Check with EBC. for those of you that like the drilled look, they have slotted and dimpled rotors.

The cracking prone to drilled rotors are usually due to stress cracks, and or overheating.

For better results if you abuse rotors, go for the thickest rotor you can find. A rotor is like a heatsink. It's job is to absorb the heat build up from friction. The pads are the friction material that grab.

Sometimes when a rotor overheats quickly due to being thinner or cheaper, or if you "turn" your rotors on a lathe, pad material is deposited on the rotor, especially when you apply brakes without em cooling a bit.. This is what people refer to as warped rotors. Rotors rarely warp on street cars. And even track cars. They can get to a few hundred degrees and glow, but as long as they are cooled right, and no water splashes em, you should be good.

http://www.stoptech.com/technical-su...nd-other-myths

You can upgrade the fronts easily with the GM stuff.

The rears however are a bit harder. There's a post in the suspension forum that's recent about the ebrake difference.

Any suggestions on some good brake low dust brake pads?

I tried checking websites(power stop) but they dont give any specific fitting info for non-brembo LT brakes. Thanks!

Edit: low dust

Dust free is virtually impossible. A pad is a friction material that wears as it's used. The particles and fibers are the by product of that. There's low dust pads, usually in ceramic or Kevlar. But no dust is like asking for performance, but no engine heat...

http://www.gmpartsdirect.com/oe-gm/23399516

Guys I need some help. I really wanna upgrade my front brakes and I'm thinking about these but idk anything about them so I had some questions. So if you can't then let me know please

1. Are these brembo brakes?
2. If I were to install these what else would I need for them to work and perform on my car. Or is this all I need?



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