Brembo Caliper from Cobalt SS
11-03-2008, 11:09 AM
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Brembo Caliper from Cobalt SS I just happened to stop and look at a new G8 GT yesterday and on the way back to the car notice the front calipers on a Cobalt SS Brembo. I thought to myself what a waste of a four piston caliper. Upon returning to the house I researched a little bit to discover the Cobalt runs a 12.4 front rotor compared to an F-bodies 12 inch. I was just wondering if anyone had thought about or tried to install a set on one of our cars. I may be the first if not.
11-03-2008, 11:26 AM
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I am just not a tiny sports car kinda guy I guess, to each his own...Thought it was really funny that a Cobalt SS had a sticker of $25??? and a new G8 was $31??? I think I would buckle down and spend the extra $6000 and get a real car. Anyways I am not posting this to argue about whether the little ricer wannabe needs the brakes but rather if they can be installed on a F-body. Seeing that they are a fixed design I think so I just wanted some opinions on the issue.
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They are 38mm four piston calipers, I am sure that if the master cylinder in our cars can make the front caliper off of a C5 work with no problems that the fluid to operate them won't be a problem by any means. I am planning on doing the BMR or Burkhart manual brake conversion on my car anyways. I figuired there really wouldn't be much more to it than making some mounting plates seeing as how the rotor size is so close to our stock rotors. I am constantly making parts to operate everything in the world inside of power plants and steel mills how bad could it be. Two flat plates with offset mounting holes or threaded dowels. Could be all the new rage when I get done. Hell you can buy the calipers used at junkyards all day long for like $40 bucks around here just because no one has any use for them. Yet that is.
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dude dont under estimate those cobalts now, they will probably beat some of us on the forum stock. they dyno a little over 300 wheel torque and like 285whp stock! and as for as getting those brembos, its a new car so its hard to get either new or aftermarket parts or factory parts even.
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11-04-2008, 07:02 AM
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Having said that, I have run 4 piston Brembos from a 996 and a stock MC on an F-Car without an issue.
This is an ingriguing scenario.
11-04-2008, 07:16 AM
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dude dont under estimate those cobalts now, they will probably beat some of us on the forum stock. they dyno a little over 300 wheel torque and like 285whp stock! and as for as getting those brembos, its a new car so its hard to get either new or aftermarket parts or factory parts even.
I'd blow it up to keep from losing to a STOCK Cobalt...
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dude dont under estimate those cobalts now, they will probably beat some of us on the forum stock. they dyno a little over 300 wheel torque and like 285whp stock! and as for as getting those brembos, its a new car so its hard to get either new or aftermarket parts or factory parts even.
https://ls1tech.com/forums/dynamomet...alt-ss-tc.html
With a tune.. perhaps..
I'd like to see a budget Brembo kit as from brembo they are very expensive.
You can get the last gen CTS-V calipers...
