For an LS1.

Who makes/sells them? How are they for the street? Track? (road course)

Basically I'm tired of brake dust, and currently running Hawk HPS pads ... they're brutal for dusting .

So far, the factory pads were the best (cleanest, and no squeaking) IMO .

Opinions/advice/suggestions??? Thx!!

 

I don't have an LS1 but I do have ceramic pads on my '96. I got them from NAPA, they work great and absolutely no dust that I can see.

 

autozone has morse ceramic which work great, minimal dusting, they also have duralast gold ceramic, dont know how good those are

 

Have them (forget name) from Advance. Work Great! No dusting on the chrome rims.

 

capt pete, aside form dust, how did the hawks perform and squeak? i have a set waiting to be installed with new rotors. i knew going in they would dust more, but no big deal to me. im more concerned about stopping. was there a noticable differance in stopping between the hawks and stock? thanx in advance.

 

I have the Morse pads from Auto Zone. No dust, no squeaks, and they seem to work as goor as the Performance Friction pads I had.

 

As far as their performance, they seem to work great . I did the brakes early last summer ... Powerslot rotors on all 4 corners, and the Hawk pads. After a couple months on the road, and a track day , the rears started to squeal more often than not, when slowing down almost to a stop at intersections, etc. .

But like I said, I took the car out on the track a couple times last year (once on Mosport's small (DDT) track, once on their big track) and the brakes seemed to hold up to my (slow) driving . Obviously they're not the full "race" pads, so if I really pushed the car to its limit, I'm sure these pads would start to fade?

For how I drive, I don't think I need extreme/race pads, I just want something that's not going to squeal all the time, and not make a damn mess of my (new Z06) wheels .

Thanks for the suggestions on the ceramics so far! I'll have to check out who carries what up here (Canadian suppliers, eh? ) ... I'll check with NAPA though. Anyone know if GM supplies ceramic pads for our cars?? I still say my favourite pads were the factory ones (whatever they were?!?!)

 

Last summer I did the LS1 front brake upgrade and chose the Autozone Duralast Gold Ceramic pads up front and the Morse Ceramic pads for my stock LT1 rears... I don't race, but the brake performance is very good in my daily driver and I no longer have to wash brake dust off the wheels...

All told, I think the LS1 upgrade plus new pads turning the rotors, new brake fluid, cleaner, synthetic brake lube, etc... It probably cost me about 300 total... New pads were about $100 of that...