[jim]

Front pad from a hellcat. Versus a 98 viper gts.

 

[F6F-3]

The viper has brake pad envy

 

[hellcat1]

Ummm,, that's pretty small..Is the viper in the bottom

 

[Dragon]

size does matter

 

[jim]

Yes viper is the bottom

 

[7777.775]

Wow. We got the Uber pads to stop our heavy beasts!

 

[Carnage]

Dam!!! We got big pads

 

[Hattrick]

Need big pads when you got big paws!

 

[CubeMan]

This is shows how technology has changed and also the fact we have 6 piston brakes.

 

[Puffy]

Have you guys seen the caliper and rotor with the wheel off? It's huge! I knew they were big, but damn!

 

[Puffy]

And I did clean everything while the wheel was off.

 

[630]

View attachment 10320 Have you guys seen the caliper and rotor with the wheel off? It's huge! I knew they were big, but damn!

You can tell it is big, but having it off like that really shows you how much braking power we really have! Very cool!

 

[april77]

Well, it is said that size does matter!

April

 

[hellcat1]

Did you have any issues getting the pins out

 

[dodgeboy]

Did you have any issues getting the pins out

Not OP, but I just recently swapped my pads for Powerstop Z23s. I had no issues getting the pins out/in. The process is nearly identical to previous Brembos I've owned, except this is the first one I've had with the bolt in the front caliper. I just use a punch, hammer and some gentle taps to move them. Just be careful not to slip and chip the paint. If you can get the wheels off and on without scratching them, you can definitely do the brakes without chipping a caliper.

 

[hellcat1]

Are you doing it cause of all the brake dust

 

[dodgeboy]

Are you doing it cause of all the brake dust

Yes. That, and I felt like the stock pads were too grabby for street driving. It was actually hard to stop the car smoothly, because it seemed like 1/8" of pedal travel was the difference between stopping and rolling. My previous experience with brembos on chrysler products has led to deeply scored rotors after a few thousand miles, because the pads were too aggressive. These (front) rotors are likely going to be a lot more expensive than my previous ones. I kept my stock pads so that I can use them when I take it to a road course (which will be once or twice a year). I'm generally not a fan of swapping pads back and forth, but it worked for me on my 300C SRT8.

 

[SRT_HC_707]

Front pad from a hellcat. Versus a 98 viper gts. View attachment 10161

A picture is worth a thousand words!

 

[hellcat1]

About how long did it take to replace the pads,,, saying the car is in that air, wheels off,, like in the photo,,, just front.

 

[SRT_HC_707]

Fellow member @sublime cat went to the trouble of documenting the swap... I captured the post into a WIKI entry.

If anyone has access to the proper torque specs for the caliper bolt let me know and I'll update the document.

http://www.hellcat.org/wiki/?title=How-To:Brake-Pad-Replacement