[wfot]

If I might chime in,

This is a personal choice/preference type of thing. I would recommend taking a ride in a car that is set up with a brake set up you are considering. That way you have a first hand experience for yourself. What might be impressive to you might be hoo-hum to another.

There are a lot of options. from higher coefficient pads on stock hardware, to Grand sport calipers. then newer c5 brakes or wilwood calipers/rotors.

I have found that the brake pad compound coefficient has trade offs. the lower coefficient, the less brake grip when hot and the higher coefficients have more grip when the brakes are warm/hot, but are not as effective when cold. And as mentioned earlier, there are pads that need to be run HOT and those are the ones swapped out when at the track and then the lower coefficient pads are swapped back in for the ride home. When some of these higher coefficient pads are used outside the operating temp range (almost all suppliers have temp ranges on there pads compounds) the pad will really beat up the rotors.

Again, all personal choices. So try to find a car that is set up that looks like it would work for you and go for a ride if you can.

I have been on this road and done some research and R & D on the limited parts that we have to choose from. I was very lucky and found an old BEAR kit that was made by ALCON, this was the same kit that linginfelter put on his upgrades. I tried different pads in stock rotors and then grand sport calipers (they are nice) and then went with the thicker wider rotor in front and a wilwood kit in the back. this required a proportioning valve (also Wilwood) the limiting factor in the car is now the grip of the tires....

John