Hybrid C6 Z51 and Wilwood Brakes

[jprewitt]

I have a 68 Camaro that I have upgraded the engine, transmission and suspension to work great, but my brakes are mostly stock (72 Z71 disc front, drum rear) and suck!

My engine has a really high lift cam that doesn't provide much vacuum, so I recently switched to manual brakes with Wilwood 7/8 master, which improved the feel, consistency and stopping distance some, but not as much as I would have liked.

I have reviewed several threads on the different brake options like this one.

https://www.pro-touring.com/threads/...=wilwood+aero6

I was originally planning to just switch over to a C6 Z51 setup from Kore3, but after reading the thread above they may not improve things as much as I would have hoped.

I also looked at Wilwoods AERO6 Big Brake kit, but the 14" rotors won't clear my 18" Fiske wheels.

My plan it to do a hybrid, but I wanted to double check to see if there are any flaws in my plan before pulling the trigger.

Front

• Kore3
  
  • GM SHORT-SPINDLE, ø340mm C6 Z51, HP+, DBA 4000 D&S rotors
  • http://www.kore3.com/proddetail.php?prod=10103-02
  • less caliper or pads
  • $1,023.00
  
  
• Wilwood
  
  • AERO6 Front Caliper and Bracket Upgrade Kit for Corvette C5-C6
  • https://wilwood.com/BrakeKits/BrakeK...te&option=Base
  • $1,041.59

Rear

• Kore3
  
  • GM 10/12-BOLT, ø330mm C6 Z51, PARKING BRAKE
  • http://kore3.com/proddetail.php?prod=10277-02
  • less caliper and pads
  • $1,253
  
  
• Wilwood
  
  • Forged Narrow Superlite 4R Caliper and Bracket Upgrade Kit for Corvette C5-C6
  • https://wilwood.com/BrakeKits/BrakeK...te&option=Base
  • $959.00

Thoughts?

[jprewitt]

After emailing back and forth with Tobin, I'm going to go with the C6 Z51 340/330 setup. I'm not using the car for any kind of hard core racing and it seems like this setup should work fine for the occasional auto-x and HPDE. Not to mention it will save me a lot of money in the short-term.

If this doesn't work out I'll probably later try to upgrade to a full floater (https://millerbuiltusa.com/chevy-1012-bolt-base-kit/) and Wilwood calipers, but my guess is that it will be just fine. I'll let you guys know how it works out.

[c4racer2]

Did you get this installed ? How did it work out ?