Recent content by Champale

I have a 5BW and now also a 4BW, both with manuals. I can 100% say the Tremec was a YUGE factor in me buying both and its unlikely i would have bought either with an automatic, no matter how great the A10 is. The TR6060 is such a excellent feeling gearbox and it really helps the BWs...

New calipers aren't nearly as expensive as I would have thought. I believe this is for conventional iron rotors: https://www.gmpartsgiant.com/parts/gm-caliper-asm-frt-brk-w-o-brk-pads-brkt-edge-red-t-84894431.html And the ones for CCBs are even cheaper...

Interesting. I don't remember them NOT having the attachments but I have several cars and sometimes forget. When I get a chance, I'll try to verify.

The sensor clips in on the new pads just like the factory ones if I recall.

Like everything else, brake pads have gone up in price dramatically over the last few years. I would ask Ken at KNS Brakes what he would recommend for your use case.

I would be very surprised if your 4BW needed new rotors at this point unless you have been doing trackdays or lots of extremely hard braking from huge speeds (well north of 100mph). And the tire shop said your pads were worn down? A lot of newer sporty cars with the electronic...

Bobby Korom at Sewell San Antonio might be able to take up the slack. I've bought both of my BWs from him and he's The Blackwing Guy at that location.

The OE PS4S tires say TPC on the sidewall.

When I wrote this the other day, something in the back of my head told me to include the question mark because I wasn't 100% convinced it was fixed. And I was right - there is definitely something not right with the steering. On sweeping freeway curves at say 70ish mph, it does this weird...

That's pretty funny. I actually test fit the 5BW wheels and tires on my 4BW this weekend and I can confirm the 4BW wheels were in their correct front and rear positions! And yeah if a front wheel can also be used on the back, then that means buying an extra front wheel/tire will work as a...

Final(?) update: the front toe was waaaay out of whack and uneven side-to-side. Had them put track alignment on the car and it seems to be pretty much perfect. Had my friend who has a 2025 4BW drive it and he agreed that it seems pretty much perfect now. Whew. Hopefully that is the end of that.

Update: received my filters from Summit and installed one tonight. Thank you again, rubberduck!

I took it to service dept this afternoon and the tech noticed the steering issue immediately. They are going to start with checking the alignment and then going from there.

Hello guys - I recently picked up a new 2026 4BW to sit next to my 5BW. I really am enjoying the 4BW but I have noticed that the steering seems to have a slight delay right off center when turning the wheel. In longer sweepers, it results in me having to make a correction right after the...

I went ahead and ordered 2 from Summit. That's my way of telling the car that she's staying around for a while.