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Originally Posted by 71Nova
Just in case anyone does not know what calipers we are talking about here is a picture I stole from chevrolet.com and the text that was with it.
"Corvette Z06 employs monoblock six-piston front calipers and four-piston rear calipers. Each piston utilizes its own pad. The opposing pistons operate in pairs, applying brake pressure equally to each side of the rotor. The extra-large 14-inch front rotors and 13.4-inch rears are vented and cross-drilled. Brake cooling ducts are capable of moving twice the amount of cooling air compared to the previous-generation Z06.
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You mean these?
These brakes are the ultimate in bling, 6 piston caliper with 14" rotors. Too bad the front rotors weigh like 28 ilbs and one of them vents backwards since the left and right rotors are identical yet have directional venting
Second, they have bad pad wear, the multi pad setup works great on bikes, but apparantly sucks with these, the pads wear with huge taper. Plus a good set of pads (stock GM ones belong in the garbage) are like $400 front and rear. They look killer but thats about it, if you look closely there is a C5 caliper in the background which was put back on the car after taking these brand new ones off.
Also the original poster did not say anything about Z06 brakes, are you sure that is what he is talking about? If you are interested, I have more pics and more info about these, but unless you are running really big wheels, and want boat anchor rotors, and pads that dont wear right stay away from them.