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Originally Posted by cdb95z28
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 |
Oh ok wow thank you for the feedback so far! I really do appreciate everything you’re saying. The SRF is a recent upgrade I didn’t have it while I was tracking the car. I think I did run into fluid boiling because, as I’ve read, the brake pedal will go straight down to the floor when this happens. And there will be little to no grab from the caliper. This is exactly what happened on that straight away. There was barely a pinch coming from the calipers and the brake pedal was as far down as it could go.
With that said, I have the entire brake kit coming in soon, so this will all be upgraded including pads. As I said, the fluid is already in, so we’re good there. I’m definitely going to add the deflectors so they’re there for next time and I’ll check my owners manual for more info that I might be able to grab. Thank you again! I appreciate the advice and the link too I’ll be looking into that as well.