Quote:
Originally Posted by Springbok
Is there a reason you didn't go with Wilwood all the way around as well as slotted/vented rotors?
|
Reasons? None, it was entirely arbitrary...
On to the reasons.
On the question of Wilwoods all around:
- the front brakes do most of the heavy lifting and the rears very little, so didn't feel I needed more stopping power than the GM calipers
- Wilwood uses an internal drum for their parking brakes, my kit uses the same piston and pads as the brakes. My wife and I have internal drum parking brakes on our daily drivers and I'm not a big fan.
- Wilwoods with integral parking brakes are significantly more $$ than brake kits using the GM calipers. [Note: there are kits with GM 'metric' calipers and others with the so-called 'large' calipers - mine are the latter and the ones I'd recommend]
As to the issue of solid surface vs drilled and/or slotted rotors, I did a lot of reading and research before making the decision. My first inclination was drilled and/or slotted rotors, but the more I read, the more I became convinced drilled and slotted rotors were more for the 'cool look' than for actually providing improved performance. Tire Rack even states "Slotted, drilled or dimpled rotors offered as OEM replacements should not be considered appropriate for high-speed track use."
For purposes of clarity, my rotors are vented, but the brake surfaces are smooth.
Some references: