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Originally Posted by NVmyZL1
Again, why? If there is no benefit to having matching Brembos on the rear, and adding them only increases weight, what's the point other than aesthetics?
I road raced both my ZL1 and my GT509 and never felt unconfident in either from a braking standpoint.
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Aesthetics aside (it does look cheesy as hell though) there is no way that that caliper can match the repeatability of a FULL set of Brembos. I know you are unique in having real world experience with both cars but obviously someone like Randy Probst who commented on the superior braking in the ZL1 (I believe it was head to head between the ZL1/GT500 or was it the 1LE/GT Track Pack? I've been looking for the video) vs. the GT500. There might be something to it.
Listen everyone knows that the majority of the braking is from the front. If you can get a car to stop "flatter" by getting the rears to do more work you disrupt the cars balance less and therefore go through a turn better.
You never did say which car you were faster in. There's a reason why professional drivers get better course times out of the ZL1 more often than not. There is more to going fast around a track than Horse Power. It's a total package. Now down the 1/4 mile HP/TQ is way more pertinent.
That might be why they stick to those little rear brakes to facilitate Drag Radials.