JasonD
07-24-2005, 12:36 AM
Okay, here is at least one possible answer to the question if C5 brakes will fit on the rear of a 4th gen f-body.
In my experience, they will bolt right on using f-body hardware except for the rear anti-rattle spring. You need to use a C5 rear anti-rattle spring with a rear C5 caliper, and a slight modification might need to be performed on them. Read on...
I did a little writeup here:
http://www.phantomss.com/camaro/c5calipers
NOTE: I may have had to do this only because I am using an aftermarket f-body rotor which may be slightly larger in diameter than stock. I do not know if this needs to be done with a stock rear f-body rotor. If someone puts rear C5 calipers on their 4th gen f-car using stock rotors, please let me know.
I will say, having C5 brakes on all four corners is pretty cool. :)
Z28barnett
07-24-2005, 11:03 AM
If you did this with an LT1, you would loose the parking brake function?
Am I right that this would work best with the LS1 style rear drum parking brake?
Z28
JasonD
07-24-2005, 11:33 AM
If you did this with an LT1, you would loose the parking brake function?
Am I right that this would work best with the LS1 style rear drum parking brake?
Z28
I don't know the exact differences between the LT1 and LS1 brakes. Someone is gonna have to chime in here. I can ask a buddy of mine who did it, but he is away for work so I am not sure how long that will take.
96speed
07-24-2005, 01:32 PM
The LT1 and LS1 rear brakes have a completely different Ebrake (parking, emergency brake, etc) "mount". LS1 use a bracket that uses the LCA bolts and has a "tab that the Ebrake slides into. The LT1 brakets have a bracket that bolts to the caliper which lands the ebrake line. You can convert to the LS1 style rear brakes and keep the parking brake, but you will need that bracket. I've got a part number somehwere, but good luck. The left rear bracket is on backorder. I'm going to have to build my own :(.
I have no earthly idea how a corvette rear brake works.
Ryan
Highlander
10-26-2005, 12:31 AM
jason... what do you think about adapting the new z06 c6 rear calipers?
JasonD
10-26-2005, 04:34 PM
Nope, never thought about it. It might, but it would be expensive to find out.
Highlander
10-27-2005, 03:29 PM
why expensive??? for the kind of upgrade.. i don't think they are expesive.
JasonD
10-27-2005, 03:36 PM
why expensive??? for the kind of upgrade.. i don't think they are expesive.
Actually, that is what I was getting for assuming. How much are they? I assumed they would be expensive, since the car just came out.
Highlander
10-28-2005, 03:52 AM
from what i have gathered.. front calipers are 535... so rear ones should be around the same if not cheaper...
a complete set of oem discs are 400 and pads are 500 a set for front and rear.. so for a complete set of 6pot front and 4pot rear... its not expensive.
I will try them out and see how it goes :)
96PTKZ28
10-28-2005, 03:07 PM
Not expensive?? If you are gonna spend that kinda cash why waste it on some C6 garbage. Get some real brakes, BREMBO. They will not only WAY outperform the C6 stuff, but they look better and are made for your car.
Highlander
10-29-2005, 12:29 AM
can you please enlighten us why are the c6 z06 brakes crap?
As far as i know .... the new z06 is one of the best stopping cars out there....
Look better???
Define way outperform.
5.0THIS
10-29-2005, 05:09 AM
Not expensive?? If you are gonna spend that kinda cash why waste it on some C6 garbage. Get some real brakes, BREMBO. They will not only WAY outperform the C6 stuff, but they look better and are made for your car.
Not quite bud ;) The C6 is stopping from 60 mph in 100ft... The brakes on those cars are outstanding. Only the best brembo kits (the 3-5K$ kits) would outperform the vette brakes, and only slightly at that. This is just considering the caliper size, number of pistons, total swept area, and disc size. And if I wanted aftermarket stuff, I'd get Baer, with the Alcon calipers :p
On a side note, if I had 18 inch wheels, I might consider putting on the ZO6 C6 front calipers. Apparently they will bolt right up to Bob Bishop's F-body/C5 adapter brackets with no modifications, and with no pad abutment bracket. The only thing is somebody needs to run those calculations on Bob's brackets to make sure they'll handle the larger load as the caliper would now sit further out, and have more force acting on it. I bet they would handle it :think: :D