Callaway Le Mans GT Brake Packages
1997-2010 Corvette
the Nodular Iron OptionOur Le Mans experience has taught us about the security that comes from a brake system with a lot of headroom. The Callaway/Stop Tech package is offered for the C16 Cars and the Callaway Corvettes to make sure that the car's stopping ability matches its newfound speed. We have carefully developed the right piston (6 front, 4 rear) layout, disc material (nodular iron), disc attachment method (aluminum hats) and pad material to come up with a tireless brake package that stops the car extremely well, time and time again, with fine modulation and great pedal feel.
"Brake hard—repeatedly—and you get carrier-landing deceleration accompanied by whiff of pad, but not one iota of fade or pedal softness. "
-Doug Kott, Road & Track, May '07
Extreme performance needs extreme braking ability. In keeping with enviable acceleration and top speed, braking ability is enhanced with the same package that the Callaway cars use at Le Mans. Only the brake pad material spec differs for road use.
the Carbon Ceramic Option
Now, the latest technology in super high performance braking is available from Callaway: Carbon Ceramic.
This development reflects what has been standard in F1 for several years. The benefits are numerous and beyond just extraordinary braking performance. Each Carbon Ceramic rotor weighs 10 lbs less that the iron rotor it replaces and yet is bigger in diameter and width (380mm x 32mm fronts, requires 19" wheels, min.). This degree of unsprung weight reduction has never before been possible. The physics of this advancement mean that every move that the suspension makes is less encumbered by mass. The wheel assembly is now easier to control; damping is more effective. The wheel/brake assembly can accelerate faster rotationally, and of course decelerate faster, too. These dynamic maneuvers are very feelable. The driver gets it, right away. All this, plus a further 40 lb. weight reduction in the overall vehicle...remarkable.
"Driving the car with the carbon magnesium wheels in combination with the carbon ceramic brakes is like putting on your sneakers after a long day in business shoes."
-Reeves Callaway
*either option includes stainless steel braided brake lines.
