Corvette Big Brake

Installed the C5 (13") front brake upgrade on Kira and oh-boy is it an improvement!
To give you an idea of how big of an improvement is simple. I was running ZR1 wheels with 285 kuhmo excsta's, (no clue how to spell it) treadwear is 180 so basically a sticky tire. With this wheel setup the stock brakes couldn't lock up the fronts at all. Now with about 60% peddle effort they lock up.

Now if your saying wow 60% peddle effort to-lock is bad, then Congratulations your not an idiot! I knew it wasn't good but I figured like an F1 pro I'll manage it fine. Sooooooo, three weeks later I flat spotted the fack* out of them in one quick stop on the highway. Blah blah blah this post is to long so the rest in bullets
-put rear tires on the front. 295's
-did a burnout with the fronts on the back. improved the condition of the tires a bit
-bought a new brake bias spring that applies more pressure to the rear
-will install over winter and report
-vette is put away for winter. = Winter projects begin and cooler updates

Winter Time!

Well I parked Megan (silvia) in its corner for the winter yesterday and today it officially snowed! 

---Winter is Here!

I'm super excited for winter because some of you may know I'm a nerd at heart and I take great joy in designing and building then I do after the fact.

The plan for gangsta wheels is still a go. Figure the sizes I'm going for are 18x10 fronts and 18x12 rears. Not sure on the offset but "low." So over the winter fender flares need to be mounted. I've been getting quotes and they have been pretty ridiculous so I'll do it myself. As of now the search is on for silvia fenders to use as a mock and hon my skills.

Similar look below but with gnarly wheels and more low. I'm going for a more gangster look as Kira (corvette) has taken over as the functional performance vehicle. 

I'll save the Kira build for another post and an update is due as well