2000 camaro needs new brakes
 

My 2000 camaro needs new brakes, I was going to go with some slotted Potoes and some nice hawk pads. Any one else have a good setup that I will not spend my entire pay check?

Just buy zinc coated blanks and forget slots and drilled holes, some rotors even come with a lifetime warranty and give free replacements when no longer machineable if you can believe that (Bosch). Hawk HPS work fine for the street, but you might also want to look into StopTech Street Performance pads which I hear are even better and I may try them next.

ws6store has good prices...

Hawk brake pads are crazy expensive. Are they really that good? I'm in need of some new brake pads for sure, I have serious brake fade.

Also thinking about the C-5 Conversion kit.

^ One of the lower priced sources out there, and they have both pads I mentioned...

http://www.ws6project.com/user_stor/catalog/pads/

When you say serious brake fade -- what application? Track? Street? Have you flushed your brake fluid recently?

Drilled rotors are not the best choice for a DD.

Drilled rotors tend to develop cracks between the holes and they chew up pads faster than regular rotors.

Racers use drilled rotors for weight reduction not a performance improvement.

I did Hawk HPS with Brembo blank rotors and I was very happy with how it stopped. So happy I bought the same setup for my second fbody.

What factors are important to you?

1. Price
2. Use on street, track or both.
3. Dust
4. Noise

If you're just looking for a budget setup with better than stock stopping power, I'd go with basic blank rotors (NAPA Premium, Centric or Best Brand) and run Hawk HPS on front and cheap ceramics on the rear. That should be everything you need on the street.

Where are you experiencing brake fade? I presume this is on the track?

If it's just a street car a set of Hawk HPS for the front should do the trick and they'll run you roughly $80-$90 shipped.