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2013-14 Shelby GT500
2013 Shelby GT500 brakes, are they bad?
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<blockquote data-quote="Wildman113" data-source="post: 12838232" data-attributes="member: 125426"><p>It has nothing to do with being a solid axle. The rear single piston cast iron calipers are the same ones Ford has been using since 1994, they only upgraded the rotor size. The problem is that the rear axle is a c-clip design, which means SVT couldn't use a fixed Brembo caliper, like the ZL1 uses. </p><p></p><p>This prevents the rear brakes from being able to contribute as much stopping power and heat dissipation as the 4 piston Brembos that the ZL1 uses out back. Therefore, the front brakes have to do the majority of the stopping and heat dissipation. On a vehicle that weighs almost 4,000lbs and has 662HP, thats put a lot of stress on the front brakes, which is why the GT500 has brake fade issues, while the Camaro does not, even though both use massive rotors with 6 piston Brembos up front.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Wildman113, post: 12838232, member: 125426"] It has nothing to do with being a solid axle. The rear single piston cast iron calipers are the same ones Ford has been using since 1994, they only upgraded the rotor size. The problem is that the rear axle is a c-clip design, which means SVT couldn't use a fixed Brembo caliper, like the ZL1 uses. This prevents the rear brakes from being able to contribute as much stopping power and heat dissipation as the 4 piston Brembos that the ZL1 uses out back. Therefore, the front brakes have to do the majority of the stopping and heat dissipation. On a vehicle that weighs almost 4,000lbs and has 662HP, thats put a lot of stress on the front brakes, which is why the GT500 has brake fade issues, while the Camaro does not, even though both use massive rotors with 6 piston Brembos up front. [/QUOTE]
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