c5 rotor kit with drag wheels
10-27-2010, 11:49 PM
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c5 rotor kit with drag wheels i'm going to be doing an 8.8 swap with a mini-laddar bar suspension set-up and will be deleting the abs. i'd like to upgrade to the c5 rotors for better stopping power on the street since i won't have abs. i'd like to run skinny's on the front for when i'm racing and just want to know if the c5 rotor conversion will clear standard size skinny's. i don't mind running small spacers in the front if i need to, but i don't want to end up having to run large front wheels all the time with the new rotors. does anyone what size drag wheels i could run in the front and what spacers(if i'd need them) in the front? thanks!
the car will never be road raced, just a street-strip car. i'd just like better stopping power for street use, especially since i'll be deleting my abs.
the car will never be road raced, just a street-strip car. i'd just like better stopping power for street use, especially since i'll be deleting my abs.
10-30-2010, 11:23 PM
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The C5 brake kit adds 30lbs, that wont help in the drag department and defeats the purpose of adding the skinnies. You need 17" wheels to fit the C5 kit, width of the wheels wont matter.
I stopped reading after this.
11-03-2010, 02:34 PM
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i didn't know they added that much rotational weight. but just for future reference, as long as they are 17'' wheels, they'll fit the c5 kit if they'll fit regular camaro brakes? and if i would have to add spacers or grind the calipers with stock brakes, i'd have to do the same with these? 
11-05-2010, 10:00 AM
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30lbs from what..drag brakes to c5 brakes? they're prety much the same as f-body brakes just able to take a bigger rotor.
there are 17x4 wheels and tires out there but cost a lil more then the 15' set ups
there are 17x4 wheels and tires out there but cost a lil more then the 15' set ups
11-05-2010, 10:04 AM
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i haven't really checked the price difference for 17x4'' wheels as opposed to the 15x4''. has anybody actually weighed the conversion kit with c5 rotors and compared it to 2 f-body rotors? 30 lbs does seem way high.
