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Part 6
So with the first scheduled Track Day coming up this year at Hallett Raceway and a car that has seen better days (these Oklahoma dirt roads) it’s time for some upgrades and replacement parts for things that jiggle, that shouldn’t jiggle.
First order of business: Brakes.
About a year ago I was going to do this upgrade but due to life changes (my son was born 7 weeks early) I had to back out of a smoking deal of Brembos off 2008 GT500. How good of a deal? $250 for rotors (used) and calipers. Fast forward almost a whole year to now, and what do you know. That whole set up was still packaged ready to go out the door from when I originally was going to purchase it.
After reconnecting with the fella who had these and deciding that I actually didn’t need the rotors I bought these for $200. I feel like I won the lottery.
They were at my door just a few days later.
I don’t know if these necessarily needed a rebuild but I wasn’t going to chance it. Hopped on RockAuto and bought everything I needed to rebuild both front calipers and rear calipers.
Like I said, my car is pretty rough underneath and after 130,000 miles on stock pads and rotors It’s in need of a whole makeover with the brakes. Especially if I want to make it out of this track day. Or make it to the track day I should say.
These are the rotors I’ll be going with: Raybestos R-300. 14” in front
At the same time I’m going to be upgrading the rears. I’ve mulled over this for hours going back and forth on different forums and reading about the actually usability of upgrading the rears to the GT500 13.8” rotors. And I’ve decided that this is going to be done more for cosmetic reasons and the fact that I already need to buy new rear rotors. So why not kill two birds with one stone. I love the look when rotors fill the empty space in your wheels. These will be matched for the rears.
Last order of business are these old worn brake lines. Looking at upgrading to these Stainless Steel Teflon Lines from J&M.
To top everything off, I will be flushing my brake system with Motul 600.
I’m excited to get started on this brake makeover. I just need to make a few more orders for the rest of the parts. I’ll post updates as parts come in and when they’re all here, looks like I’ll have a fun weekend ahead of me.
*Recommendations are appreciated and let me know if there’s something I’m missing that should be done!
So with the first scheduled Track Day coming up this year at Hallett Raceway and a car that has seen better days (these Oklahoma dirt roads) it’s time for some upgrades and replacement parts for things that jiggle, that shouldn’t jiggle.
First order of business: Brakes.
About a year ago I was going to do this upgrade but due to life changes (my son was born 7 weeks early) I had to back out of a smoking deal of Brembos off 2008 GT500. How good of a deal? $250 for rotors (used) and calipers. Fast forward almost a whole year to now, and what do you know. That whole set up was still packaged ready to go out the door from when I originally was going to purchase it.
After reconnecting with the fella who had these and deciding that I actually didn’t need the rotors I bought these for $200. I feel like I won the lottery.
They were at my door just a few days later.
I don’t know if these necessarily needed a rebuild but I wasn’t going to chance it. Hopped on RockAuto and bought everything I needed to rebuild both front calipers and rear calipers.
Like I said, my car is pretty rough underneath and after 130,000 miles on stock pads and rotors It’s in need of a whole makeover with the brakes. Especially if I want to make it out of this track day. Or make it to the track day I should say.
These are the rotors I’ll be going with: Raybestos R-300. 14” in front
At the same time I’m going to be upgrading the rears. I’ve mulled over this for hours going back and forth on different forums and reading about the actually usability of upgrading the rears to the GT500 13.8” rotors. And I’ve decided that this is going to be done more for cosmetic reasons and the fact that I already need to buy new rear rotors. So why not kill two birds with one stone. I love the look when rotors fill the empty space in your wheels. These will be matched for the rears.
Last order of business are these old worn brake lines. Looking at upgrading to these Stainless Steel Teflon Lines from J&M.
To top everything off, I will be flushing my brake system with Motul 600.
I’m excited to get started on this brake makeover. I just need to make a few more orders for the rest of the parts. I’ll post updates as parts come in and when they’re all here, looks like I’ll have a fun weekend ahead of me.
*Recommendations are appreciated and let me know if there’s something I’m missing that should be done!