[PolynesianPowerhouse]

Anyone have the part numbers for the two duct pieces... and possibly the smaller brake shields?

[LibertyHill]

Originally Posted by mjk3888

I wouldn't! Literally the thread directly under this one is about a guy who suffered brake issues after he overheated the brakes in a very short period of time. He's not the first to describe the issue either. Evanescent complained about poor brake performance his first outing as well. Do exactly as the owners manual describes unless you want to have braking issues!

Trust me I think its silly to have to install all this stuff then remove it too, but until I find a better solution, I will do exactly as the manual states. I plan to try an design a setup with dedicated brake ducts with flex hose instead of just deflectors. I will also find a way to block off the duct to avoid debris collection when I'm daily driving the car.

Any luck with this?

[Akura]

Anyone is using the ducts for his DD use?

[mjk3888]

Originally Posted by LibertyHill

Any luck with this?

I'm waiting for the 1LE so I don't have a car to work with yet.

[Flashpoint135]

Originally Posted by mbar

Next weekend is my first time on the track with my SS. Already switched to Carbotech pads, Motul 600 and Dexos2 oil. I was wondering if installing the brake ducts worth the 2 hours of garage work?
Did anybody try with and without the ducts to see the difference ?
Thanks

Did you really mean Dexos2?

dexos1™ is designed for use with gasoline engines and replaces GM-LL-A-025, GM6094M and GM4718M.
dexos2™ is designed for use with light-duty diesel engines and replaces GM-LL-B-025 and GM-LL-A-025.

http://www.centerforqa.com/dexos-about/

[mbar]

Originally Posted by Flashpoint135

Did you really mean Dexos2?

dexos1™ is designed for use with gasoline engines and replaces GM-LL-A-025, GM6094M and GM4718M.
dexos2™ is designed for use with light-duty diesel engines and replaces GM-LL-B-025 and GM-LL-A-025.

http://www.centerforqa.com/dexos-about/

Yes, I did mean Dexos2. The owners manual direct you to use it for track events. It can handle higher oil temperature. I have no problem using it as a daily driver as well. Will change to Dexos1 once track season is over.

[Hooves]

I had the ducts put on for DD use as well. In TX the track season should be ~10 months per year.

Will let y'all know if I run into any issues.

[wnta1ss]

Originally Posted by PolynesianPowerhouse

Anyone have the part numbers for the two duct pieces... and possibly the smaller brake shields?

I opened up the kit that came with my SS and the following will be the numbers that are printed on the parts:

Instruction sheet Part No. 23385148
small splash shield (side??) 23385146
small splash shield (side??) 23385147
tall deflector (RH) 23508023
tall deflector (LH) 23508022

These are all of the items that were in the kit. The 'small splash shield' is a metal piece that seems to replace the backing plate, and the 'tall deflector' is plastic and seems to mount to the lower control arm. There were no fasteners in this kit, so it appears that either you just reuse the stock ones, or they fell out of the hole in the bag.

[mbar]

Reuse the stock fasteners

[Arex]

Originally Posted by mbar

Update: installed the brake deflectors today. Took 1:45 min next time will take around 1:20.
The biggest pain is to torque the caliper bolt to ~150 ft/lb.

are the gen6 control arms mcphersons or double wishbone? it looks like double wishbone, but I could be wrong

[Norm Peterson]

Front is struts, rear is multi-link (which is sort of like double wishbone without being one, exactly).


Norm

[jaymsu]

Originally Posted by Akura

Anyone is using the ducts for his DD use?

I left the brake ducts on for DD. It's fine - I think I'm getting little worse mileage without front deflector and with track brake ducts but didn't want to swap out every single time I go to track and then put it back in again.

I'll take the brake ducts off and put normal stuffs back on when my track season ends.

[mbar]

Originally Posted by jaymsu

I left the brake ducts on for DD. It's fine - I think I'm getting little worse mileage without front deflector and with track brake ducts but didn't want to swap out every single time I go to track and then put it back in again.

I'll take the brake ducts off and put normal stuffs back on when my track season ends.

I'm going to adopt your way. Got sick of switching them back and forth.

[Arex]

Originally Posted by Norm Peterson

Front is struts, rear is multi-link (which is sort of like double wishbone without being one, exactly).


Norm

Hey, thanks for the reply.

So is that why people are getting tower braces? I read that double wishbone is a better design for performance since mcphersons causes tires to have less surface contact? How do tower braces affect daily drivability though? Does it make bumps more harsh?