2014 SLP Panther Camaro Long-Term Road Test

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2014 SLP Panther Camaro Long-Term Road Test

The Brembo brakes on our long-term 2014 SLP Panther require a specific break-in procedure. Here's what that looks like.

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jasond52

Really officer, I was just seasoning the brakes...

desmolicious

Not no fade but no serious fade after 100 miles of twisty public road driving...

Sounds like this Brembo set up will still be toast after a couple of laps on a track.

p.s. Mulholland got buzz killed when they marked it at 35mph from PCH all the way to Decker.

bassrockerx

if anyone was wondering this is where expensive rotors really shine in comparison to cheaper rotors. Here is my experience i bought super Grabby BAER brake pads and got a set of semi cheap slotted and drilled rotors made by summit racing. I followed the bed-in procedure outlined in the instrucitons of the pads. and just normal street driving the rotors did not even last 2k miles before needing to be turned and then maybe another 1600 miles or so and the rotors were done and one of them chewed thru one of the pads. i know part of it had to do with the drilled rotors they never last as long as compared to solid rotors but lesson learned: don't skimp out on the rotors if you get a nice enough set of rotors they will last a VERY long time if not you are in for a bad time.

kevm14

When I bought my 05 CTS-V in mid-2010, it came with some kind of aftermarket drilled rotors (not sure if GM aftermarket or other). Now these are fairly large, being 14" front and 14.4" rear from memory. But it also had some Hawk HPS pads, which are known to be a performance street-only pad. In 2011, I planned a trip to NC where I'd try my hand at The Dragon and other mountain roads. I bought a set of stock pads (supposed to be good for some track use and actually better than the HPS), stainless braided hoses and ATE Superblue. I ended up doing the braided hoses and fluid but just left the HPS pads. Down at The Dragon, I got the brakes hot enough to turn the front Brembo calipers to a gold color. No fade. I was really surprised but perhaps the double-digit max speeds on The Dragon made that work. I doubt the HPS could handle continuously repeated stops from triple digits. The brakes are significantly oversized for daily driving though (car is only like 3850 lbs) so there is still quite a bit of meat left on the pads. New GM/Brembo pads are sitting in a box...