04-20-2018, 09:20 AM | #1 |
Drives: 17 SS 1LE, 14 Yukon Denali Join Date: May 2015
Location: Austin, TX
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Homemade brake cooling kit and Brembo Racing brakes
Since nothing exists for our cars I decided to make my own.
I’m definitely not a professional, but know how to wrench and do mild fab work. All you need is a grinder, welder, 2 1/2” exhaust tubing and 16 gauge sheet metal. If you make them be sure you are routing the air into the hub area so the hot air gets pushed out the vanes in the rotor. Do not route to the rotor itself. I just removed the factory ducts and attached my plate to the factory inlet in the grill. Aluminum would be better, but my welder doesn’t do aluminum and the weight saving is ounces for how small these pieces are. Really needed cooling ducts for COTA, that place eats up pads. I took off the ceramics and put in storage and replaced with a Brembo race kit off an old Continental series 5th gen Camaro. Running costs are now less than half of ceramics and my pads last way longer, but then look how thick they are! And now I can run 18” wheels with so many more tire choices. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
04-20-2018, 09:39 AM | #2 |
Drives: 2015 Z/28, 2007 HHR Join Date: Jan 2014
Location: Republic of Texas
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By chance have the Part# for this brake kit?
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04-20-2018, 09:52 AM | #3 |
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Nice work, that looks awesome and super functional!
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04-20-2018, 10:07 AM | #4 |
Drives: 2015 Z/28 #1251 Join Date: Sep 2015
Location: AR
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yeah, nice work! 25mm pads? Did you by any chance weigh any thing to see net gain/loss?
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04-20-2018, 05:13 PM | #5 |
Drives: 17 SS 1LE, 14 Yukon Denali Join Date: May 2015
Location: Austin, TX
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There isn't a part# for the brake kit, it's put together by the race teams.
I didn't, but the weight difference between the calipers was massive, half I'd guess to OEM. I'll have to weigh the rotors next time I have them off. |
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