I have emailed Peter and await his reply. Those rego standards look pretty tough. I would think that whatever brakes you had that had to stand up to that test would suffice for whatever was needed. When I started this build I was set for the corvette setup, but only marginally. I had read somewhere that the Corvette brakes were marginal for track use. Not so much from the test you had to endure but from the constant heating and cycling that goes on with almost any tracking of the cars. Their were fade issues which basicly is a heat dissapation issue.
When I finally got the car the brakes and suspension pieces were less than I had hoped for. All, and I mean all the bushings were dried out and cracking, which means that were the original and had never been changed since installed in the factory!! And that's 20+ years ago. No telling how long they sat in the bone yard as well. The front A arms were pretty well worn with a few divots in them. ALL of the calipers were in such bad shape they had to be thrown away. More than one had the cooling fins groiund off so as to fit the 15" wheels it came with. Since I didn't heed my own advice in the negotiation of the car(Article on buying a used or unfinished kit), and didn't go to see the car before hand, I decided that the car would have to be drastically rebuilt, and if I was going to do all that, then I would build a show and go automobile. That would require a somewhat better brake system. So I have for the longest been hoping to find something that I could get a matching set for the car, rather than mixing and matching, or settling for the stock setup. Since it has taken almost 4 years to finish(hope to be on the road by the end of the year), my patience may have paid off. I am on the trail to a cure for all the hub issues. Will post what I find soon. Thanks for the imput as it clears up some of myquestions.
In my searches I found that there were plenty of brake setups for the C5, just not much other than Corvette for the C4. From a show stand point I wanted a little more. Since my wife told me to finish the car, I don't want to compromise my dreams and ideas unless I have no other option. It's only money. Since I have to put out for new brakes, I had just as well spend the little extra and get what I want. True I won't be on the track that often, but I want that extra in the performance and looks category just the same.
It has been a while since I have updated the build and hopefully I should have something in the next week or two owrth showing. I have done a lot on the car, but most is in the category of background stuff like the wiring etc. I had to redo the wiring at least 3 times. There were some things that I have added to the basic wiring of the car, and then found out some wouldn''t work. Other issues were with the routing of the wires. In the middle of it all, I had to remove most of the wiring as some hose routing issues arose and some additional welding had to be done, most of the wire routing was close so it was easier to remove the wiring and reinstall it. It all takes time and makes ou feel that you aren't accomplishing much. At least not much that could be shown. But when you step back and look at what you have done, then you see the progress. You just can't believe it has taken so long to get there.
Bill
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