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Originally Posted by Eric10905
Hey Greg, I had the same thing happen with the belt at Harris Hill earlier this year, but luckily for me it didn't take out the wiring. Hearing that this has happened to others, think I'm going to replace the belt once a season. For me, it was just driving a short distance home with no ac. LOL
Who knew that spinning it at about 5k+ engine rpms for several 20-30 min sets takes its toll. LOL
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ERIC, Well you were much luckier than me then!!! I will tell you something else that take its toll is on the brakes. I just rebuilt my ZL1 calipers on my car because the piston boots had deteriorated from all that heat to the point where the brake pistons were not moving freely back and forth. This resulted is some excessive drag of the brake pads against the rotors.
I switched out the STOCK brake pistons with the VENTED brake pistons that came with J57 option on the Z06 (part number 19207043). I used the STOCK rubber boots (part number 19207044). While I was at it, I changed out stock rotors with GIRODISC rotors. GM Part number 19207044 is VERY HARD to get BTW so be prepared for that.
I had the rotors powder coated. ON my FIRST track day after this, I noticed the brakes were running considerably cooler even though it was 105 degrees outside temperture.