Anyone know if the 2015 Brembo Carbon ceramic brake kit fits the 2013 1LE?

[Lio Martinez]

I'm curious to know if this can be done with no major modifications while I still use my oem rims . And if anyone know around how much the kit will be . Thanks

[Gregss1le]

Well they fit under the 19" Z28 wheels, there shouldn't be any issue with fitment inside the 1LE wheels


edit:http://www.motortrend.com/news/on-ch...-make-the-car/

[War Damn Eagle]

Originally Posted by Gregss1le

Well they fit under the 19" Z28 wheels, there shouldn't be any issue with fitment inside the ale wheels


edit:http://www.motortrend.com/news/on-ch...-make-the-car/

Cool article. I hadn't seen that before.

[Mgizzle]

Full drop in, front and rear, no mods required. Cheapest I saw was ebay, $8,000 for all four calipers and rotors. You will however not have working pad wear sensors since our cars and brake module dont have necessary wires and board modifications.

[Dropspeed]

Originally Posted by Mgizzle

Full drop in, front and rear, no mods required. Cheapest I saw was ebay, $8,000 for all four calipers and rotors. You will however not have working pad wear sensors since our cars and brake module dont have necessary wires and board modifications.

Did YOU install these as one of the mods over the winter!

[Mgizzle]

Sweet man, now ur talking serious stopping upgrade.

[Olddudesrule]

Yikes, $8K! Anyone compared the performance of that set up vs. Stop Tech or BBK, Wilwood, etc? I'm all for awesome stopping power, but I have to balance performance vs. cost.

[Gregss1le]

found this today:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Brembo-OEM-G...dWsMo3&vxp=mtr

might be able to piece it together for cheaper, I paid 72 bucks for rear brembo CTSV calipers that I put on my 1991 camaro. Just have to look and pull the trigger when you find a good deal.

[Anthony @ LG Motorsports]

Originally Posted by Olddudesrule

Yikes, $8K! Anyone compared the performance of that set up vs. Stop Tech or BBK, Wilwood, etc? I'm all for awesome stopping power, but I have to balance performance vs. cost.

If you are going to track the car you would get more performance for your dollar both short and long term with a good StopTech or Brembo iron setup. Initial cost is lower, pads are lower priced and so are rotors.

These Carbon Ceramic setups are ok for street and some track use but a good race pad/iron setup will still be them. Remember these are not carbon-carbon brakes like you see on the F1/ALMS/LMP1 cars.

[Olddudesrule]

That's what I was thinking. I've had great results with StopTech on a Viper and a Z06. Just not too familiar with the GM carbon option.

[Mgizzle]

I am fairly certain there is no better brake option for a 1LE than the z/28 carbon brakes. Even if you upgrade to a stoptech system with two pc calipers (not good) the rotors are stupid expensive in 6 piston sizes. Plus the mass savings with the CCMs is an enhancement too. Dont get me wrong, there is iron set ups that could perform as good but wilwood, racing brake etc shouldnt even be mentioned in track applications. Stoptechs would cost close to this money too in 6 piston sizes and as one of our friends found out AP racing front only was 4000 bucks in cast iron.... smaller output system.

Well, that is outside of the CTS-V/ZL1 6 piston front system for the money.

[X25]

Originally Posted by Mgizzle

I am fairly certain there is no better brake option for a 1LE than the z/28 carbon brakes. Even if you upgrade to a stoptech system with two pc calipers (not good) the rotors are stupid expensive in 6 piston sizes. Plus the mass savings with the CCMs is an enhancement too. Dont get me wrong, there is iron set ups that could perform as good but wilwood, racing brake etc shouldnt even be mentioned in track applications. Stoptechs would cost close to this money too in 6 piston sizes and as one of our friends found out AP racing front only was 4000 bucks in cast iron.... smaller output system.

Well, that is outside of the CTS-V/ZL1 6 piston front system for the money.

StopTech's 15" aerorotor ring for its 6-piston kit is $220? It's not even a search result; I have 4 of them in stock as spares.

FYI, the front StopTech system cost $2600 shipped, and you don't really need the rears.

CC rotors only last ~3x more than steel (per what I know from C6 Z06/Z07), and the rotors' surface will also become abrasive past mid-life, and will start eating brake pads at twice the pace, which are also $600. Besides the weight advantage, there is seriously no other advantage, and that advantage is also not as high as you think when you switch to narrow annulus StopTech or similar BBKs.

[summit1le]

Mgizzle, I have no idea where you are getting your information. People who consistently track Porsches corvettes etc on a consistent basis find that switching to steel rotors is the way to go due to the crazy cost of replacement in carbon ceramics. In addition, you keep bringing up the size of the AP racing for 4K and state that they won't have as much thermal capacity because the size of the caliper is slightly smaller then the ctsv setup. These seems only like a personal opinion and not a fact. The AP racing system is a race system with a fully forged caliper stainless vented Pistons anti knock back springs and that's before we even get into the rotor. I see you work for GM, unless you have a business card with the word engineer on it, please state things as opinions and not facts

[X25]

By the way, here is one of my posts regarding weights. From my build thread:

Originally Posted by X25

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Yeah, 15" is huge, especially considering these are iron! The StopTech pads are also smaller, in turn allowing the ring to be narrower, further saving weight. 21.2lbs for 15" rotors vs. 27.5 lbs for 14.6" ZL1 rotors or 25.1 lbs for stock 14" SS rotors look pretty good. Considering Z/28 suspension was tuned with lower unsprung weight than SS, every bit counts.

So far compared to SS and Z/28:

• Front brakes: -3lbs over SS, +2lbs over Z/28(?)
  • StopTech: 21.2lbs rotors + 13 lbs calipers
  • SS: 25.1lbs rotors + 12 lbs calipers
  • Z/28: 17lbs(?) rotors + 15lbs(?) calipers
• Wheels: -3lbs fronts / -4lbs rears over SS 1LE, -2lbs fronts / -3lbs rears over Z/28.
  • Forgestar: 24lbs front and rear(?)
  • APEX: 23lbs front and rear
  • SS 1LE: ~27lbs front and ~28lbs rear(?)
  • Z/28: ~26lbs front and ~27lbs rear(?) EDIT: I later measured both front/rear at 26.2 lbs.
• Tires: -4lbs over SS 1LE, -1lbs over Z/28 (if I choose to go with R7s).
  • Hoosier R7 315/30/19: 27lbs
  • Hankook RS3 305/30/19: 32lbs
  • SS 1LE G:2 285/35/20: 31lbs
  • Z/28 Trofeo R 305/30/19: 28lbs