Leftoverchinese

Can anyone confirm the part numbers for the calipers? It seems that one number is missing in the article for one of them (only 7 characters long). 25912477 seems to check out on GMpartsdirect, but the other doesn't.

Also, Justin, if you happen to know if the brakes would work with O E wheels deep dish C5 wheels since you tried various ones of them, I'd love to know that as well.

OKcruising

Interesting, I'd like to see if this idea is directly compatible with the C6Z... must research. the stock brakes suck.

TheBearJew

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Doubtful, the corvette spindle has the brake attachment spaced farther out to allow for the bigger rotors, the CTS-v spindle is just like the fbody spindle as far as spacing which is why all there brake setups work for us, if you were to bolt these on they would require HUGE custom rotors and probably 20" front wheels

tillery

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Any updates on brake performance on these? To those who have done it. And availability of parts.

bayer-z28

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And compatible rear upgrades with this setup?

Fbodyfan

Bayer

Are you asking about upgrading the rears to CTS-V's, if so it was discussed in the CTS-V thread stickied up top of the page. The gist of it was that the calipers would not work properly with c-clip rear ends.

Big_Bird_WS6

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I should have cts-v rears on a f-body here soon.

keep you guys up to date

tillery

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Just got these(calipers) delivered. Very nice indeed. Thanks parts taxi.

Killer_Z

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what rear rotors r u gonna use? if C6 ZO6 what about the e-brake? I know Kore 3 wants like 600 bucks for the e-brake setup. I seen that Strange has a bearing convversion for the rear. to swap out the c-clips. r u gonna do that as well?

Big_Bird_WS6

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using c6 rear (13" i think) e brake works just fine. just have to do some fine machining on the brackets.

and rear was ordered for stock brakes and it is a MWC rear.

Killer_Z

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nice can't wait to c results. props to u on takin time on workin on this stuff. Wish i had the money to do it. still havnt even put the fronts on lol. got other things to worry bout.

jahajazz

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It looks like Big_Bird_WS6 is not on this site anymore, does anyone else here have any ideas on this CTS-V Caliper, C6 Rotor/Parking Brake, Midwest Chassis Rear idea?

Killer_Z

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it takes time and patience. he does have a regular job. he works on it on his spare time.

jahajazz

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I completely understand if he is just too busy to post anything about it, its just that his account says it is banned, so I don't know how he could post the follow up to this? Just posting on this to keep the thread alive and see if anyone has any details, as it sounds like a really interesting idea!

4doortypels

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loved my v brakes... awesome factory break imo

Killer_Z

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alot of people do that. look in his profile, his last activity was a few days ago. so he's still active. shoot him a pm if u want to know theres n e more progress.

82cetuner

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even though it costs alot more I think im going to go with a big brake willwood kit front and back

Brakemotive

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This can and should be tuned via a proportioning valve or changing the master cylinder. Otherwise you will end up with heavy front bias due to the larger moment arm and greater piston surface area of the new rotor/caliper combo. Failing to tune the brake bias can actually increase your stopping distance as you wont be effectively utilizing the contact patch of your rear tires. I'd be curious to see the before/after stopping distances from this upgrade. I've got a set of the 4 pot calipers that I've been holding off on using, the main deterrent for me is the need to buy new wheels.

Fbodyfan

This is meant to be a cheaper alternative to aftermarket kits such as Brembo and Stoptech, etc and most of those companies only upgrade the fronts also. If you search around, there has been plenty of discussions about rear upgrades and the consensus seems to be that upgrading the rears is strictly cosmetic and does nothing to improve performance. From looking at my own car the rear brakes don't seem to do much. After three and a half years of almost all city driving the front pads are worn enough that I expect to have to replace them by the end of the summer, the rear pads still look brand new. If it wasn't for the rear rotors staying shiny I would not be able to tell if they were working.

Brakemotive

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brake bias <--a real good read for anyone interested in learning why the proper brake bias is important.