Good to see there are lots of enthusists around the continant. I am looking for some opinions on brakes. It has come to the time to add a package. Who has had success and with what after market stuff. Thanks for the info and keep the shiny side up.

 

Welcome to the board, got any pics of the SS?

 

If you go to the VIFbody site my car is in the member section. Richard

 

welcome to the board bud

our LS1 guru here SleeperZ has just done a BEAR upgrade .. im sure he'l chime in

ps. i call dibs on ur stock LS1 brakes when they come out

 

and you call others "Vultures"

 

I may have to fight for my own. If it works I am going to swap them onto my 89 IROC. Not sure at this point. Looking for inspiration. Drag or renew. Money oh to have more

 

I think it's spelt "Baer"

 

Welcome to the board.

 

Welcome to the Board I'm glad to see we are getting more LS1 members

 

There's no doubt to me that the Baer Eradispeeds are some of the best available. They are cross-drilled, which is great for heat dissapation, though unlike most cross-drilled rotors, the Baer's are less likely to crack under high heat Auto-X (since the holes are simply not 'drilled' after the rotor is made, which introduces stress, but are actually casted into the rotors).

PM Sleeper for more info if he doesn't respond. i think this is what he's got.

Powerslots are a cheaper, more basic option.

 

Welcome!

-SID you crack me up. Your such a vulture

 

I just bought some Power Stop cross drilled rotors with Hawk pads and I'm expecting some nice braking gains. The Power Stop rotors are WAY beefier than my stock GM rotors and are much cheaper than most others (130 per side) If I have the money I would go Baer.

Andy

 

Power stop never heard of them. Get them local or order in. I see from the mopac site they can get in Baer and Wilwood. Plus another I had not heard of. Baer would be the best but not sure if that is as far as I want to go.

 

You mean "I think it's spelled Baer".

Good to see you made your way over here, Richard.
Here is Richards car, for those who want to see it:
Member's Profile
And here is a picture of his car on the dyno:
Car on dyno


I would look into the Baer Eradispeed +1's. The kit includes a larger than stock rotor that is crossdrilled and slotted, and a bracket to move the caliper outwards. The Baer site mentioned that you may need aftermarket wheels to accomodate this system, but maybe a member of this board or a Baer employee can give you more info on that. Baer's site doesn't list a package for the 98+ fbodies, but I swear I saw a kit listed somewhere.

 

Actually, cross-drilled brake rotors do not improve heat dissipation over blanks. In fact Baer themselves say that cross-drilling by itself is nothing more then cosmetic. In fact, due to the reduced mass of the rotor, the cross-drilled units are capable of absorbing less heat then blanks. After all, brakes work by converting kinetic energy into heat, and with less mass, they can store less heat. Put another way, they actually get hotter then a blank rotor for a given braking distance, and since they "top out" quicker, they suffer from fade earlier, and are more prone to warping/cracking. This is the reason why current Trans Am and Nascar racing setups use slotted rotors.

There are some posters on this board who have cracked their Baer cross-drilled rotors... They may be thick as hell, but cross-drilled rotors are still more susceptible to cracking especially when they are being squeezed by meaty 4-piston calipers.