C5 brakes question
C5 brakes question i want to know if i would be able to swap a set of 04 C5 rear brakes (calipers mainly possibly rotors as well) on to mine to replace to pieces of crap that are currently on there? i would use search but its down, any info helps, thanks guys
http://phantomss.com/camaro/c5calipers/index.shtml
The calipers are a direct swap. The rotors are not. I believe the fbody and c5 rotors have different spacing and different parking brakes so its not a direct swap. Also, as you'll see in the link, you have to use a c5 anti rattle clip on each of the rear calipers and it MAY require slight modification to clear the rotors. All other fbody hardware is interchangable. Im doin the swap this weekend so i'll let you know if I run into any problems
The calipers are a direct swap. The rotors are not. I believe the fbody and c5 rotors have different spacing and different parking brakes so its not a direct swap. Also, as you'll see in the link, you have to use a c5 anti rattle clip on each of the rear calipers and it MAY require slight modification to clear the rotors. All other fbody hardware is interchangable. Im doin the swap this weekend so i'll let you know if I run into any problems
Staging Lane
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94z28L, try this one also
http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/index.p...pic=4105&hl=c5
TEX02SS Let us know how the swap goes. I have the front ZO6 brakes ready to go on, but I was wanting to do the rears also.
Thanks guys
http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/index.p...pic=4105&hl=c5
TEX02SS Let us know how the swap goes. I have the front ZO6 brakes ready to go on, but I was wanting to do the rears also.
Thanks guys
thanks guys, i was at the track wednesday night and staged the car and the revs were only at 1800 and the wheels started to brake loose before i even got off the line so my 60' times were god awful
based on what ive heard from other people and my research so far, you will not notice a vast improvement from simply swapping out the rear fbody calipers with c5 calipers. The only difference between the two is cosmetic and the casting that was used to make the two (pressure vs. gravity). You will notice more of a difference with a change of pads, brake lines, and doing a flush of the brake fluid than changing the calipers. Im just doing mine so it matches the red calipers in the front 
I will get some pics up and everything after saturday night
I will get some pics up and everything after saturday night
Last edited by TEX02SS; Sep 15, 2006 at 06:14 PM.
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Originally Posted by 94z28L
the lt1 calipers are inferior tho to the ls1 calipers so im hopin to get a little more
Originally Posted by DONAIMIAN
ehh depends on what your doing. From a road race stand point, the LS1 cars have too much rear bake bias. But I have to admit yall did get the shaft on calipers.
with the stock lt1 pieces
Originally Posted by 94z28L
its mainly for drag racing for when i stage it up at the line, mine wont even hold at idle when we had the car up in the air so i need somethin better, and we bled the brakes god knows how many times so at this point im pullin one of these with the stock lt1 pieces
with the stock lt1 pieces just got em all installed. everything bolted on fine. I used rear c5 calipers with all other fbody hardware including brake pads. I still need to get the c5 anti rattle clips as the fbody ones wont fit it but for the moment they are working fine without them.
Originally Posted by TEX02SS
just got em all installed. everything bolted on fine. I used rear c5 calipers with all other fbody hardware including brake pads. I still need to get the c5 anti rattle clips as the fbody ones wont fit it but for the moment they are working fine without them.
yea i know, i should have em on by the end of the week. does anyone know if you can just go to the dealership and buy them? I guess I will just go up there when I have some time and find out.
Staging Lane
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From: Medford OR
I think this is what your looking for from NAPA part # 83213
http://www.napaonline.com/masterpage...are+Kit+-+Rear
http://www.napaonline.com/masterpage...are+Kit+-+Rear
Originally Posted by twocam99
I think this is what your looking for from NAPA part # 83213
http://www.napaonline.com/masterpage...are+Kit+-+Rear
http://www.napaonline.com/masterpage...are+Kit+-+Rear
Originally Posted by trackbird
The dealership sells them with pads only. Get them from NAPA.
Last edited by TEX02SS; Sep 18, 2006 at 12:58 PM.