Thread: Brake upgrade

there's only like 2 people with baer brakes. Both on clubGP.

dont think anybody has brembos or wilwoods or the SSBC

they are so expensive an unnecessary...

with fbody brakes, or even the GM 12" upgrade, the car stops just fine. to spend $1000+ on brakes is idiotic.

That's more realistic than a big brake kit. Big brake kit is more or less a bling thing unless your track racing the piss out of your grand prix which most ppl don't do. Just do what everyone else do except since most gps come with a spongy brake pedal feel as well upgrade to stainless lines your car will like you for it.

Originally Posted by rocket69GTP

The only reason I was asking is because I seen a guy with a Monte Carlo SS that was able to bolt up the new 4 piston brembos used on the 2010 Camaro. I was trying to determine if they use the same spindles that are used on the Grand Prix GXP and in turn, used on our cars. From the research I have been doing, the calipers are relatively inexpensive and would be no more than about $500 for the upgrade.

where, info? pics, links?

those a 14" rotors on the new camaro SS..

the monte SS is a w-body and has the same stuff we have. He much have used a custom bracket...

Originally Posted by Thinkmoto

so autox and track racers are idiots? everyone mods there cars to go like hell,but no one ever thinks about making them stop better.

even for the occaisional auto-x outing i think they are a waste. if you need them for auto-x'ing your gp then go for it, but if youre mainly using your car on the street then its a giant waste. its also a waste to have drilled/slotted rotors on the street, but yeah.

Originally Posted by rocket69GTP

Z06 front brake conversion on GXP - Page 4 - LS1TECH

I am still waiting for him to post up the finished product but you get the idea.

interesting.. Looks nice

I could seem them working, but I know for sure he's going to need a custom bracket and like he said brake lines might not work.

any recommendations on pads? My brakes are squeaking like a ***** lately and i got all new pads and rotors 6 months ago.

Originally Posted by matt5112

Drilled rotors help with ridding of heat but guess what helps even more... ducts that deliver cold air to the rotors. I posted a link a while ago to a mini cooper forum where they would take out their fog lights then run piping to the rotor from the back of the foglight opening. THAT seemed to enable them to be able to autocross their mini's with stock brakes more-so than anything else.

Personally for the the street, try better pads, then the 12" rotors then LS1/ C5 calipers. (preferably C5's since they're smaller in piston displacement hence better brake feel), smaller brake booster (from the impala) and then maybe venting your brakes as mentioned above.

Just get some raybestos or centric rotors since they wont rust and are US made so they shouldn't warp.

When people think they have warping, they should try rebedding their pads first before getting new rotors or getting them turned... most of the time its just you exceeding the heat range of your pads.

So the c5 will bolt up to what bracket? Because I will just run those if this is the case.

Originally Posted by Gafford44

any recommendations on pads? My brakes are squeaking like a ***** lately and i got all new pads and rotors 6 months ago.

I like wagner thermo quiets

Originally Posted by ls6velless454

So the c5 will bolt up to what bracket? Because I will just run those if this is the case.

C5 brackets with work or f-body. Doesnt matter