Z06 BRAKE ROTORS

[EVIL TWIN]

Anyone have any idea why GM decided to put regular rotors on such a great car ? Mine is a 2004 LE Mans. Plain jane rotors. One would think that they would have put on drilled or slotted rotors on such a machine.......?

What has any one replace them with and what where your costs and results ? I'm looking to upgrade my brakes.

 

[WB6HRO]

Because drilled and sloted rotors tend to crack under severe use.

Plus when you need replacements, they are under $30 at Napa!

Compare that to a C-6 stock rotor cost!

 

[Vettepirate]

From what i've read the stock brakes stop you from 60mph in about 105 feet and i dont know why you would need something that is more prone to damage for a negligible performance increase.

The drilled rotors do look good but thats about all.

 

[TAC]

Anyone have any idea why GM decided to put regular rotors on such a great car ? Mine is a 2004 LE Mans. Plain jane rotors. One would think that they would have put on drilled or slotted rotors on such a machine.......?

What has any one replace them with and what where your costs and results ? I'm looking to upgrade my brakes.

We had a session with a Corvette Z06 engineer one day and he said all their research pointed to no performance benefits for getting drilled or slotted rotors. They put them on the C6 for aesthetics only.

 

[TODD L GRIFFITH]

I bought cross drilled rotors from Ecklers fairly cheap. http://www.ecklers.com/product.asp?pf_id=41595&dept_id=1087 I never had a problem with them. The only thing I recommend is spraying the hubs with VHT 900 degree black paint. My stock GM rotors had heat cracks, so I replaced them at 40k miles.