Originally Posted By: KenO
Originally Posted By: dailydriver
Originally Posted By: Corvette Owner
Hawk Pads are great, have them on my Corvette also.
Same here, HP+es on the front, HPS on the back.
I LOVE HP+'s, but why the HPS's in the back? The 'Vette's brakes should be well balanced from the factory, you're making it very front-biased that way, since HPS's don't have 1/4 the bite of the HP+.
This is NOT a Vette, it is a 4th gen f body (Camaro/Firebird), with much more front weight bias than a y body (Vette).
These cars tend to get rear wheel hop under hard braking on a road course to the point that many, even with FULL race compound (Hawk, Raybestos, Carbotech, etc.) pads on the front, will actually use an even weaker than an HPS street compound pad on the rear, just to attempt to lessen said wheel hop.
This is even those who have manual brake bias adjusters, such is the problem.
It can be almost eliminated with very expensive, aftermarket, racing only, decoupled torque arms to replace the factory style arm, but the $$$ IS the problem.
The Vettes, with their much better weight distribution, independent rear suspension, and NO torque arm to worry about, do NOT have this problem above.