CT5-V Tracking 5BW Advice

[poor-sha]

I started a separate thread on the SPL rear toe links, but they worked great.

CT5-V - Must have for track alignments

I've confirmed that the SPL rear toe links for the Camaro work fine for the 5BW. Without them, you won't have enough toe adjustment to get the requisite camber. SPL part number is RTAEL CAM6 and you'll also want to get new inner toe link bolts since the factory ones are single use - they...

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[jdwk]

I got the car track aligned today and I'll put in high temp DOT4 tomorrow and replace the rear diff fluid, but I am hesitant to replace/remove the shields. Removing the rotors on a car is pretty much a full day job for me. Paying the dealer is out of the question as it takes an already ridiculous cost for a track day to totally crazy.

Obviously, the downside to leaving the street shields on would be less brake cooling and potentially overheating. This can be solved by just slowing down of course, but would certainly reduce the value of my track fee if that happens.

If I do the work though, I am even less likely to put it back the way it was. What are the downsides to running on the street with the smaller front heat shields and without the rears? I would guess faster aging of rubber component, but is there something I am not thinking about?

I can't imagine anyone is swapping back and forth every track day/weekend, so maybe by now there is some data.

 

[Carguyshu]

i've run without the shields multiple years just fine. the smaller fronts protect the balljoints still. one event i had shields on and the pads wore out faster and i got an overheat message. never gotten the overheat with the shields off. be sure to remove the front tire deflectors if you have iron brakes too. i've just left those off all the time too.

 

[jdwk]

i've run without the shields multiple years just fine. the smaller fronts protect the balljoints still. one event i had shields on and the pads wore out faster and i got an overheat message. never gotten the overheat with the shields off. be sure to remove the front tire deflectors if you have iron brakes too. i've just left those off all the time too.

Thanks for the info. I'll just leave it in track config then.
I'll look for the front tire deflectors when I get it in the air this afternoon. We weren't able to see anything that fit the description with it on the ground at the dealership yesterday and they wouldn't let me go back to the alignment bay to take a look.
I'll take some pictures for future reference.

 

[Carguyshu]

Thanks for the info. I'll just leave it in track config then.
I'll look for the front tire deflectors when I get it in the air this afternoon. We weren't able to see anything that fit the description with it on the ground at the dealership yesterday and they wouldn't let me go back to the alignment bay to take a look.
I'll take some pictures for future reference.

Tire deflectors are only there if you have the base aero.

 

[jdwk]

I felt dumb when I realized the tire deflectors are extremely visible from the front of the car. I've scraped them a number of times just leaving sloped driveways, nice to know they are so easily removed.
They do look like they block the airflow to the front control arm deflectors that channel air to the front rotors, so I am curious why removing these is not in the supplemental instructions that came with the rear control arm deflectors. I am also curious what purpose they serve under normal driving conditions. Are they there to keep debris/water from being channeled into the backside of the rotor?
Since I don't have a great place to store them, I just put them back on after my track day, but I won't be removing the rear deflectors or putting the street shields back on unless there's a very good reason to.