It's a good functional solution except there is a slight problem being that the new GT350 rotors don't have slots or holes.
Plus potentially new wheels to clear the GT350 brakes. Many 19" won't.
Man, that setup looks great! Hope you have some wheels that allow you to see those. You know you are getting older when you can appreciate brake/suspension upgrades, lol. When I was younger, if it didn't make the car faster in a straight line I wasn't interested.Here's what I ended up doing.
From a performance stand point, you DO NOT need upgraded calipers in the rear. You'll just throw off the brake bias and ultimately make the car worse. If you feel you do not have enough braking performance, then upgrade your pads and tires. Your tires are what actually slow the car down so if you were to upgrade the calipers with the same tires, then you will be in literally the exact same situation.
Pretty sure that the drilled rotors cracking more often is a myth, if you search google images for cracked rotors youlll find more plain and slotted rotors cracked actually. Also drilled and slotted rotors do help performance more by reducing rotating mass a bit more than plain or slotted and allowing more pad offgassing to escape reducing fade. The only applicable performance increase from rotors for most people who just drive on the street and drag strip is reducing the weight of the rotors, which drilled and slotted are best at. I do agree that tires do make a bigger difference in most circumstances.
This. If you actually USE the brakes, drilled ferrous rotors are going to crack. Carbon ceramic are a different beast.
I'll humbly disagree. These heavy cars want a ton more rear brake. There's a reason the GT350's have a 4 piston caliper in the rear. Mine are 6 piston on all 4 corners including the rears for aesthetics, however the rear piston diameters are greatly reduced to get the correct bias. When you grab a bunch of brake in my car, it feels like it squats instead of a slight nose over. The confidence and ability to stop without effort is amazing and in my opinion much more impressive than big power. The factory PP1 calipers and stock rears on my car performed nothing like the Baer system. Also keep in mind I'm running their least aggressive pads to keep the dust and noise at an OEM level. I know they are crazy expensive, but the result is crazy amazing.
If you ever browse the GT350 forum area you will see a number of photos of rotors with cracks propogating from the drilled holes. The second gen brake rotors no longer have the holes. AFAIK the engineers never wanted the holes and they finally were allowed to have their way.Pretty sure that the drilled rotors cracking more often is a myth, if you search google images for cracked rotors youlll find more plain and slotted rotors cracked actually. Also drilled and slotted rotors do help performance more by reducing rotating mass a bit more than plain or slotted and allowing more pad offgassing to escape reducing fade. The only applicable performance increase from rotors for most people who just drive on the street and drag strip is reducing the weight of the rotors, which drilled and slotted are best at. I do agree that tires do make a bigger difference in most circumstances.
My front baer's have 6 holes in their drill line instead of 3 like that prior posters, not sure why. Saved 24 lbs of rotating mass though over stock plain rotors, have had no problems with them even breaking them in harder than I would ever normally drive. I do get a slight pad squeak at times though. Kept the OEM pads and calipers.
I agree. In hindsight I would have never ordered my setup with the drilled rotors.
