im looking to upgrade my stock brakes to a big brake kit. i have 18 in wheels and would like a big rotor. im looking for all 4 rotors to be close if not the same in diameter, the car is not a daily driver. i would like the whole kit not just the rotors thanks for the inputs

 

Type of vehicle???????????? Rear brakes generally are smaller than front......

 

1994 pontiac firebird formula i know the rears are generally smaller, i know they can be the same size

 

I would think an LS1 brake conversion on the rear would be more than sufficient Just a thought

 

i want the rotors slotted and drilled, does the ls1 come with those? i know most of the stopping power is in the front anyway

 

The car doesn't have to come with butchered rotors to get them. You can easily buy x-drilled and slotted LS1 rotors.
Keep in mind they're an appearance mod only.
I'd go C5 front and LS1 rear personally.

google KORE3

 

so when i look at wilwood and bear, am i just buying there name? i looked at those other ones and there much cheaper, how are the ls1 compared to the bear set ups?

 

Baer is an upgrade. Even their stock sized rotors are heavier. But keep in mind, Baer isn't an upgrade because they put holes in the rotors.

Wilwood, I wouldn't run unless it was a drag car and wanted lightened rotors.

The C5 swap will be more than enough if you choose your pads well. I know guys running the C5 front kit in their track cars. Actually, I know a couple who are running LS1 brakes. They all run blanks and not the slotted & x-drilled rotors. The only guy I know that does (and actually races...not drags either) is running a Porche set up on his f-body and thats just the way they come. On his Camaro Mustang Challenge car he had a LS1 set up.

 

i looked up that kore 3 they seem to have what im looking for. i want an upgrade in stopping power but also the look to go with it. those kits on there website were cheaper than the baer kit. what am i getting with the bear kit that makes it so much more money? is it worth it?

 

Aftermarket is going to be more expensive than upgraded stock components. You have to pay for their advertising.

IMO, it isn't worth the extra cost. If the C5 or C6 kit isn't enough brake for you the Baer kit won't be either. You can get a very noticable upgrade in stopping power by going with a "LS1" brake set up with some performance pads too. It all depends on you budget and desire to have 1" larger front rotors.

 

i looked in to the c5/c6 set up and it has a 13.4 inch rotor which is what im looking for. i wanted matching rotors for the rear and the one kit without the parking brake is 600 cheaper than the one with the parking brake. do i need a parking brake? is it worth the extra money? the rear kit has 13 in rotors so it would be close.
thanks

 

You can run LS1 rears and have 11.9" rotors out back for less money.

Again, this is the rear rotors the guys I know who run at the track use.

 

do i need to get the kit with the parking park? its 600 dollars more.
worth it?