best brakes and rotors for an LS1.

[Bones]

I need to change the pads and rotors. Just wondering what everyone runs on their LS1s? I've heard Hawks pads are crappy, that they make a lot dust. What do you guys run, or have run in the past? Was thinking of getting slotted rotors as well.

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[andcbii]

http://www.duralastparts.com/

 

[skeezer]

I just picked up brand new rear calipers for 60 bucks. I plan on using Hawk HPS pads.

 

[PANDA]

I run these...
http://www.speedinc.com/cont.cfm?cid=C0000301

 

[skeezer]

What LS1 car do you own PANDA

 

[Eagle]

GTP can run LS1 (fbody) brakes

 

[skeezer]

Does PANDA run (fbody) brakes?

 

[EmersonHart13]

Love Hawks, even LS1 hawks...

 

[Bones]

Hmmm for some reason the guy I know just had a bad experience with them, he has an LT1 though, I didn't think it would make a difference, but who knows.

 

[sickmint79]

slots are just for looks. i have slotted right now although i don't plan on deviating from good blanks in the future.

http://www.ctbrakes.com/brake-compounds.html

if you take your car to road tracks i would consider the xp8 from this list. if you don't then i think the ax6 will be more than good enough.

 

[ktraver97ss]

I have been very happy with my powerslots and hawks on my silverado. SS still has original rotors and factory replacement pads the dealer put on before I bought it in 01 and they suck. Needs brake uprgrade badly.

Mr Bones: Whoever you knew with the LT1 that was unhappy with the dust from the Hawks probably got the wrong compound pad. The severe duty ones create a shitton of dust.

 

[syP]

I run the duralast on mine... they are good enough

 

[CamaroSS]

i just run some drilled and slotted rotors from ws6store.com with raybestos ceramics. has been good enough for me.

 

[Bones]

slots are just for looks. i have slotted right now although i don't plan on deviating from good blanks in the future.

http://www.ctbrakes.com/brake-compounds.html

if you take your car to road tracks i would consider the xp8 from this list. if you don't then i think the ax6 will be more than good enough.

Yeah I plan to get the SS into some road course racing/autoxing, nothing competitive yet, but that is the route I want to go. Thanks for the link, I'm interested in the xp8s.

I have been very happy with my powerslots and hawks on my silverado. SS still has original rotors and factory replacement pads the dealer put on before I bought it in 01 and they suck. Needs brake uprgrade badly.

Mr Bones: Whoever you knew with the LT1 that was unhappy with the dust from the Hawks probably got the wrong compound pad. The severe duty ones create a shitton of dust.

Haha yeah Idk, obviously he did something wrong, cause everyone seems happy with Hawk pads. That's good news to me lol.

Thanks for the feedback fellas, I think hawk pads will work fine.

 

[EmersonHart13]

I have never known anyone that didn't like them. Enjoy your new brakes!

 

[sickmint79]

Yeah I plan to get the SS into some road course racing/autoxing, nothing competitive yet, but that is the route I want to go. Thanks for the link, I'm interested in the xp8s.

anything should be fine fo autox. if you want to take it to road courses, xp8 is the way to go. i would also advise some super blue racing brake fluid or the motul version (rf600 or 650 is the name i forgot) and i would probably highly consider some titanium shims as well. (just got mine, not installed/haven't used yet; current shims are shit though (worse than OEMs)) - if you were experiencing brake fade with this setup (probably not) it would very likely be more due to newb braking techniques rather than exceeding what they are capable of.

 

[Bob Kazamakis]

Ate super blue is good stuff. It's cheap compared to similar fluids.