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Originally Posted by bmatt777
I see... I was wondering mainly because I just want as much stopping power as possible even if the fronts take the brunt of it. I figured having more in the rear might help slightly enough to offset some of the stress the front is getting. I didn’t have those cooling deflectors on, however. I have them sitting in my garage so those will most certainly be going on. As far as the pads go, I’ve heard a lot of people “upgraded” to the HP+ pads with the better fluid and never had to deal with fade again. Track layout isn’t necessarily high speed, it’s more of a beginner/technical track, if that makes sense and I’m stock as far as engine power goes (for now).
I’ll just have to see for myself what the HP+ pads do for me. I’m keeping the stock pads that will come with the upgrade kit and they’ll be brand new because I’m just going to go straight into using the hawk pads when I install the new kit.
Thank you for your input btw!
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Larger front brakes necessarily will not add to the braking power. They will add heat sink capacity, which helps with heat management.
Your SS has an excellent system from the factory. GM did the homework on the front to rear brake bias. No need to re-engineer. Installing the larger 6 piston fronts makes it even better. This essentially gives you the SS 1LE system except possibly the ABS calibration differences, which will not be of any worry to you. Install the 6 pistons, SRF, good pads and those cooling ducts, learn about track braking and the maintenance required to keep things working. Working every single time you press the pedal on track.
The fact that you didn't install the large deflectors will clearly point to the problem. A lack of cooling is going to stress everything beyond the designed limitations. First of which was the OE pads. If you had the deflectors on you may never had a problem. You are lucky to not have had a fluid boiling issue. Did you have the SRF during that track day or is this a recent upgrade?
Read your owners manual and take note of the directions concerning the brakes and track use.
Here is a great library of brake info to get you started:
https://centricparts.com/resources/r...ry=Whitepapers