U Jelly ? (VT Accalim with 330mm rotors & Corvette C5 Calipers)

Tips for new users - when mounting PBR2 C5 Corvette rotors, mount them with the Bleed nipple on the top.

Failure to do so will result in aching arms, legs and much swearing, losss of sleep and brake fluid everywhere.

What happens is with the blled nipple facing downwards, a pocket of air is trapped in the back of the top Piston, giving you a totally wallabyted brake pedal.

Thankfully they are a quick relase calliper - one bolt removes and then I could swap sides. And re bleed. and test and check again. Bloody jacks and hand removing wheels..

Sexah stuff you can't see - Kit comes with Braideds Steel brake lines and new ZP line brackets. Also polyurethane hose bushes and new line bracket clamp clips.

Result: brake pedal is high and firm. Response is very strongly linear, making it very easy to adjust brake pedal input to braking requirements. The absolute stopping power is Huge. My eyeballs left indents on the dashboard behind the steering wheel, and it will take a hydraulic jack to pull all the teeth out of my steering wheel.

And they look absolute horn.

The wheels are 17" CSA Gladiators, so they kit will fit any 17" or larger wheel.

Yes - the rotors are powdercoated Red and Marked PBR2 - but with a different logo they are sold to GM USA for the corvette.

The rotors are RDA Gold Series. And that's paint, not gold passivating.

 

I thought the VE calipers were 2 spot.

(goes and checks)

Yep 2 spot, and the rotors aren't drilled, just dimpled. Also the PBR caliper surface area is much larger, and it's sexah red powercoated. ALso comes with super sexah braided steel lines. Greg charged me like a wounded Ted Bullpit though

Actually I reckon it's good value. Dearer than the VE but looks horn, and performs better (thats my guess coz i haven't driven a VT with VE kit, but I have driven a VE and the brakes aren't bad, but they are not spectacular either).

 

In answer to a couple of PM's -

The standard brake package on the car is also a 2 piston, but the relationship between the quickfill master cylinder and the standard caliper emant that brake pedal respons was non linear. When you pushed the brake pesal, and held it still, the rate at which the car de-celerated would vary.

The pedal response with the PBR2 caliper is linear. So you can modulate your braking more smoothly, accuratley and with greater confidence.

The performance is awesome, no doubt. And they will be fine for the occasional track day as well.

Unlike many people, I firmly believe in replacing ordinary stuff, with the best I can afford, when it comes time to replace. I had worn the previous slotted rotors out - a hard spot in the pads had grooved the rotor quote badly, and was up for 900 odd dollars to fit the new VE kit. This seemed better again, certainly better looking. So I stumped up.