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Originally Posted by axis
Is it any better or cheaper than CTSV brakes?
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Better, yes. Cheaper no.
The beauty of a CTS-V brake upgrade is that the front to rear brake bias and abs are good to go out of the box. Bolt them on, bleed them and everything works just like it should from the factory.
If you go watch the ProTouring Challenge cars you'll see many of them struggle on the road course at the end of the straights heading into turns. Because they are using unique brake applications the bias isn't always right, causing them to get sideways.
Aftermarket brake kits are supposed to be dialed in. Most of them are. Adding a Corvette carbon ceramic brake kit to the 5th Gen take more than fitting it to the car. The computer system has to be 'tuned' so the bias and ABS work with the new brakes. That is where having a factory experience, racing experience and being an engineer have given people like Mark the ability to successfully make the conversion. I don't know of anyone else that has the C6 carbon ceramic conversion 100% functional with the bias and ABS.
The CTS-V conversion is hands down to most cost effective and track friendly system available. Congratulations to GM for having developed it with Brembo.
Editorial Note: Pedders does not make any money promoting the CTS-V brake upgrade.