C5 brakes on a Camaro

[Hugger Z]

I have a set of those trackbird brackets (with hardware) that I was going to use with the C6 Z06 brakes on my car. Now may be changing direction there. The brackets and hardware are a great set-up. I mocked them up on a spare knuckle I had. That's as close as they ever got to going on my car though. And John pretty much answered everything above. 17" wheels are a must and once you cut the knuckle you can't go back to the stock brakes.

[CableGuy]

1) The Trackbrackets bracket installed with the lower nub shaved on the spindle. Stock caliper in the background.

2) all the stuff laid out

3) complete with GM C6 rotor. I now run the cheap $20 C5 rotors

So let me get this right......


You have both a Corvette Motor AND Corvette Brakes on your car??? WOW!!!

[moneypit]

typhoon has c5 front ls1 rear I love them

[QUASAR]

So let me get this right......


You have both a Corvette Motor AND Corvette Brakes on your car??? WOW!!!

Yup all the perks of a Vette.............


























.....without the small penis.





jk

[1BADAIR]

Yup all the perks of a Vette.............


























.....without the small penis.





jk

thats not what frankie said

[GrandmaLS]

Yup all the perks of a Vette.............


























.....without the small penis.





jk

I'm still really debating it. My plans for the car are for a H/C/I street car. Right now I have C5 17's but eventually I want some 18's of some sort. Still trying to figure out if I want D/S LS1 rotors or spend the extra $$$ on C5 brakes.

[OnyxSSS]

The truck guys are starting to use the C6 Zo6 Caliper. 15 rotor. I like using GM parts and the 6 piston calipers are nice. Any suspension upgrade is going to cost but be worth it.

my budget will only allow me stainless lines and better pads...

[Sean]

I put a set of the NAPA Slotted rotors and their Ceramic saftey Stop sevre duty pads on whitehawks car. It stops every bit as good if not better then a c5 with stock brakes. Not Ideal for a road race car becuase of the slots but the street performance is stellar and they don;t make noise and minimal brake dust.

If your just looking for more stopping power ask Whitehawk about his setup. You should be able to get a set of slotted factory rotors pretty cheap and the NAPA pads work great on those rotors.

I have run the same combo on a very very hard driven C5 and have heard reports back from the driver that the brakes are far superior to stock. While not Hawk pads performance the Ceramic pads are a good blend of noise,Stopping,wear and dust.

Thats what I would upgrade to if I had a 4th gen. Cheap easy and very driveable.

[moneypit]

The truck guys are starting to use the C6 Zo6 Caliper. 15 rotor. I like using GM parts and the 6 piston calipers are nice. Any suspension upgrade is going to cost but be worth it.

my budget will only allow me stainless lines and better pads...

price the pads for those calipers before you decide to do it,

[OnyxSSS]

price the pads for those calipers before you decide to do it,

yea...the 15" rotors are big $$$
EBC I think makes the pads a bit cheaper...I think yoiu get 12. The truck guys dont have many options without going crazy on Brembo/willwood/Baer. They are priced about 1/2.

If you find a Zo6 owner who has upgraded then you might score with the calipers...