Well i just spent the last couple of hours reading up on brakes from this forum and i appreciate all the good advise.
Special thanks to Jon and Bob for that nice little dicusion.
Anyways, I need to upgrade my brakes, my car is my daily driver, i take the car out into the canyons at least once a month and i would like to start making some autocross and/or solo events.

The C5 brakes sound great but i can't find the kit available anywhere. It's gona be hard tryin to justify 3g's on brakes. Although if i had the money i wouldn't hesitate.

The willwood 6 pistons sound like a good deal, being 6 piston and what not, since there gona be similarly priced as the c5 brakes, could somebody run some pro's and cons by me on the willwoods.

Thanks Mike

 

Wilwoods use a much thinner rotor, even thinner than stock (only 1")...not good for getting rid of heat. Wilwoods use a much smaller area pad as compared to the C5 pads, thus not giving you as much swept area.

Only good things I can see about the Wilwood kits, are that they are a tad lighter and I believe use a 2 piece rotor, neither are enough to warrant buying them over a C5 kit.

C5 parts are going to be cheaper, replacement parts are only as far away as your local dealer and autopart store. Ther e are tons of different rotor and pad combos, they offer a larger pad area. Only thing I do not know is how well they compare to the Wilwoods as far as caliper spread, but you are going to have to put a lot of hard miles on the Corvette calipers to get them to start to spread.

 

Where would i be able to atain this fabled c5 kit, i can't find it anywhere.

Thanks 1le i appreciate your feedback.

 

I don't know if Bob is still selling his brackets or not.

If you can't get it from there, I know LG Motorsports sells a kit, but you will have to get LS1 spindles'.....no real big deal it takes about 5mins and the parts new are only $260...I'm sure you could find them used for cheaper.

 

1le i was just on lgm's site and i see nothin but the willwood and brembo kit. Btw cant i use my spindles just by cutting off the nubs or whatever they may be called?

THanks Mike

 

Call them and ask for Lou, or Louis. Trust me they have it.

And no you can't just cut the ears off as it mounts completely different than how the LT1 stuff does. Heck Louis might have a set of used spindles around down there. Give them a buzz, they'll get ya a better setup for less than the Wilwood kit.

 

I have sourced the complete C5/Z06 brake parts kit and it's available thru a GMPP dealer, and I believe Bob Bishop is real close to an announcement on his latest brackets, so if you can hold off a couple of days, we should get an answer soon.

 

The BAER GT+ kit uses Corvette C5 calipers with a 2 piece rotor (with aluminum hat) measuring 13.1"x1.25" and braided lines. They offer a huge leverage advantage over 12" or even 12.8" rotors and the thick rotors will never warp. The only downside, is the rotors weigh a couple pounds more each than comparable less durable rotors and you need to make sure that they fit 17" wheels (template download required). They fit my AFS ZR-1 Replicas and stock 1997 Camaro SS wheels fine. The kit can be had for just over $1000 with sloted rotor and painted caliper. Zinc coated or crossdrilled rotors are an option, as well as polished calipers. I bought mine from RK Sport, but I think T-Byrne or Thunder Racing sold them too.

 

Also remember that the wilwoods don't use dust seals and it is suggested that you rebuild them often when driven on the street