I'm holding out my final impressions until I get my new brake pads installed. Removing the brake booster and changing the BMC out completely changes the dynamics of the brakes and, as a total package, I THINK to be fair I need to include the right set of pads for this configuration. In that vein I've ordered some Carbotech AX6s. I like Carbotech over the Hawks because they're non-corrosive. I've run them on the Camaro at the track and love the initial bite and modulation.
Having said that I am happy with the set up, it just isn't 100% what I envision but I think the pads are going to take care of that for me.
On to the pics. So it cleaned up the engine bay a TON and, with the placement of my EBC on this manifold, I'm able to clock it around a little better for clearance of my dump away from the steering rack. I did the lines while I was at it and it is night and day IMHO. I'm still dialing in the bias but I took a break from that until the pads are installed and bedded in. I need to come up with a solution for my wideband but, I THINK, I'll just take care of all of that in 1 fell swoop when I convert over to Haltech and rewire/clean the engine bay one last time.
Not a great angle but there's a good 1" of clearance between the back of the heat shield and the rear brake line.
The only thing that was close to tight was the EBC to front-driver's brake line. I was able to route it clear and I installed some thermal sleeve to keep it safe.
You can see looking down just how tight it was before with the OEM booster. I've softened up the mounts, replacing the P2M poly bushings with GKTech rubber ones and the NVH is greatly reduced. I just need to replace those rear subframe collars this spring with my energy suspension bushings and the NVH should be tolerable for my drive down to tail of the dragon this fall.
I'll loop back around in a few weeks once I've got the pads installed and bedded in and leave a detailed impression/opinion of how they turned out. I can definitely lock the brakes up if I want to, as expected it just requires a bit more effort. Once I get that initial bite-in that I want I think this set up will be perfect for what I want. I really don't think this is for everyone though but I'm excited to try this out on the track (hopefully) later this year.
