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Old Jul 12, 2005 | 09:23 PM
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Has anybody used the force 10 kit with 4 piston calipers from stainles steel brake co.

their part number for the front kit on a 98-02 fbody is A123-9. I talked to them and the rotors are C5 corvette and they say that the calipers bolt to the stock mounting points.

http://www.ssbrakes.com/products/det...camaro&year=1998

If anybody has any experience with these guys please let me know.
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Old Jul 13, 2005 | 11:55 AM
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come on guys I need a bit of help here
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Old Jul 13, 2005 | 12:43 PM
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looks like a good buy especialy for the price
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Old Jul 14, 2005 | 10:21 PM
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Old Jul 14, 2005 | 10:48 PM
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those look like 300zx Z32 calipers, i have some at home, maybe i can get them to work?
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Old Jul 15, 2005 | 10:49 AM
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Originally Posted by hpjunky98
looks like a good buy especialy for the price
I agree, someone should take one for the team and see if it's any good. This would be a good alternate for the LG C5 brake kit.
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Old Jul 15, 2005 | 01:16 PM
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If this is a decent alternative to a C5 conversion, then will it accept OEM blank rotors like a C5 kit?
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Old Jul 24, 2005 | 12:45 AM
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from the discussions I have had with them it is a stock c5 rotor from any auto parts store. It is for the ease of getting pads, rotors and caliper rebuild kits is why I am looking at these.
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Old Jul 24, 2005 | 02:42 AM
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Tomarro im gona send them an e-mail to see if I can get any technical info out of em.
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Old Jul 24, 2005 | 03:48 AM
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Sounds good, D. If you can, get all the caliper/piston dimensions, that way we can calculate fluid volume differences and how it would shift the brake bias.
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Old Jul 24, 2005 | 09:21 PM
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I am not sure of the fluid volume but the pistons are 43 mm each x4
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Old Jul 24, 2005 | 11:42 PM
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Awww man, now we need trackbird to supply the other dimensions as I don't have them on me :-D, He's done this with other brake calipers... I need a bigger tech databse on my computer!
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about to write the e-mail, anything you guys want me to add in there?
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Old Jul 25, 2005 | 12:47 AM
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Oh if they know anything about the fluid volume requirements compared to stock, it would save us the math.
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Old Jul 25, 2005 | 07:23 AM
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Originally Posted by pimpmaro
Awww man, now we need trackbird to supply the other dimensions as I don't have them on me :-D, He's done this with other brake calipers... I need a bigger tech databse on my computer!
The bias will shift slightly forward. Without running the numbers I can say that the stock fronts on an LS1 are 44mm (floating calipers are calculated by considering that as 4 pistons at 44mm each). The stock Corvette (C5) are 40mm pistons, but they have the mechanical advantage of the larger rotor, so it's roughly equivalent to the LS1 setup as far as bias is concerned. This is the C5 rotor with just slightly less piston area than the LS1 caliper. So, the bias will be similar to using the LG C5 conversion with the LS1 calipers. That should pull things slightly forward (I'm too lazy to break out the calculator right now).

So, you'll shift the bias to the front with that kit (somewhat).
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Old Jul 25, 2005 | 12:09 PM
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FWIW, I talked to them a while back about their 3-piston vs. 4 piston kit. I don't recall why, but they recommended the 3-piston kit over the 4-piston kit. I talked to one of their guys on Power Tour and, again, he recommended the 3-piston kit. He mentioned that the 3-piston kit uses Corvette pads. I'm kinda leaning that way right now.
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Old Jul 25, 2005 | 01:20 PM
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What do they mean "will not fit stock wheels"? Do they mean the factory 16"s or factory SS or WS6 17"s?
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Old Jul 25, 2005 | 01:32 PM
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Those have dist/weather seals too yes?
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Old Jul 25, 2005 | 03:48 PM
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I was told that either kit would clear my CCW 17" wheels. They sent me a drawing of the 4-piston caliper that I forwarded to CCW when I ordered the wheels just to make sure.
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Old Jul 26, 2005 | 12:16 PM
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Originally Posted by b55baron
I was told that either kit would clear my CCW 17" wheels. They sent me a drawing of the 4-piston caliper that I forwarded to CCW when I ordered the wheels just to make sure.


Cool, still leaves the dust (now that I spell it right) and weather seals Q to be answered. Anyone?
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