To BBK Or Not To BBK
 

Hello all,

New S2K owner here. Been searching/browsing the forums for awhile now trying to compile as much knowledge as possible but am finding a lot of conflicting/non-helpful information in regard to brakes on these cars. I purchased the car to fill the role of cheap track car and am just trying to nail down what I need to do to get solid performance while minimizing consumable costs. Coming from a ZL1 1LE, so I was very pleased to see now only how cheap tires are but how infrequently they need to be replaced (I only get 4 or so days out of the SC3Rs that come on the ZL1 and they're by far the best tire for the car) but am wondering about brakes. I've heard from a lot of people and read that brake rotors are replaced on tracked S2Ks pretty frequently. I purchased the car three weeks ago and have already cracked a front rotor (not sure how many days were on it before, but I personally put five track days on the car). Each day I do 3 or 4 15-minute sessions. The front rotors were slotted Stoptech rotors.

I've read a whole range of opinions saying that heavily tracked S2Ks–which mine certainly is; typically every Saturday, sometimes Fridays too–benefit greatly from a BBK (in terms of both performance and consumable longevity). But I have also read a lot of people who just leave the stock brakes on it and only upgrade the pads and just deal with the rotors being destroyed every few track days. Obviously, replacing rotors once every month or so doesn't sound that fun to me and I'd like to avoid it if possible, but am also open to just destroying $50 rotors every few weeks if that is the most reasonable solution.

Thus, at risk of being told to simply continue reading the forums and searching more, I'm just wondering what you guys have seen/done that was effective for prolonging rotor life and whether the BBK is worth the upfront investment? Any BBK in particular that holds up well to track use?

The last session on my late rotors for fun b/c why the hell not?–

I follow Samed Rizvi on his you tube channel.He has a video that talks about bbk.

Hope this helps you gain the info your looking for.

That was actually really helpful! Thanks for posting that!

$5,000 worth of Stop Tech brakes? I'll stick to OEM and the street although they do look wonderful. ;)

-- Chuck

lol sticking to the street would definitely make ownership of this thing less expensive although it could be worse. My old man also has this terrible track car disease and just spent $12k on rotors for the GT3 RS lmao

I understand the disease but have managed to inoculate myself against it after several years of buying new sails for my J/24 every year at (current prices) $10,000 for a set of 5. A main, 2 100% jibs, a 150% genoa, and a spinnaker. And new lines, bottom paint, etc. etc. Even racing one of the world's slowest means of transportation gets expensive. :)

Sailing: the fine art of getting wet and becoming ill while slowly going nowhere at great expense.

https://www.quantumsails.com/Quantum...r.jpg?ext=.jpg

-- Chuck

So what you're saying is that if I want to cut down on my brake expenses, I should look into sailing?


https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.s2k...3d2b921fc0.jpg

I think we need to go back to $500 limit race cars and race boats! ;)

Great picture. Did you make it?

-- Chuck

Seems like a good idea to me! :thumbup:

Sure did!

It really comes down to the value of your time (spent replacing rotors) and the value of a wasted track day (if you crack your rotors).. If you can afford it then a front bbk is worth it, your pads will last A LOT longer also

another thing to consider is you'll probably need different wheels