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Originally Posted by Pcormier66
100% agree that, generally speaking, a more competent driver uses less brakes. And 100% agree that stability and traction control contribute to heat soak if you are activating the systems. I personally like to turn all the nannies off. Nothing wrong with leaving them on. The ZL1 is an expensive car. I'm new to the ZL1 platform, and to be candid, I am working my way down the ladder from full nannies to full off. I'm taking my time learning the car. After two track events on my first set of DTC70f / DTC60r, the rears are worn more than the front. I attribute that to the nannies silently correcting my attitude.
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A slight correction and a suggestion:
TC doesnt use brakes to manage tire overslip on exits, but Stabilitrak sure does use them to manage over yaw situations to prevent excessive angles between a car's direction of travel and steering wheel.
Camaro does not benefit from running staggered pad compounds F vs R. Its braking balance is designed for the same torque F and R. If you run higher torque up front this in effect with move brake bias to the F and hence will induce more understeer on entries. There is zero benefit in doing it and it will unnecessarily over work the F brakes as R will be doing less work.
The fact the R wear faster is most likely due to Stabilitrak engaging too much, but could also be due to different pad ware rates between the two.
Zero issue running nannies to learn and enjoy the car.
Having said that, it does make a difference what mode one is running in. Id suggest PTM Sport 1 vs default at start up for example. If you havent had a chance to read it yet, take a look at the sticky above titled PTM Modes Demystifed. Read the very first post in that thread as it summarizes it all.
Cheers and enjoy your car!