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Originally Posted by sr71bb
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.
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I just switched over to some lightly used ZL1 1LE brakes and rotors. I am SLOW so I am not as hard on them as you are, lol. Saw your new pics and they look good, and will likely work better. I was following/tagged your notes on the rebuild and vented pistons. Will do that once I see they need it.