C6 Z06 brake upgrade
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I need to buy calipers either way, and I'd like to fill the wheels (CCW 505a 18") so I'm not really doing this for any added benefit over the C5 brakes other than looks. I do believe that they will work better than c5 brakes simply because there is more surface area and so many pads (bite must be great) but maybe not enough to warrant an upgrade from c5 brakes if you already have them on your car. I'm not really worried about getting better brakes, as this car will be 2300 pounds with a full 18 gallon tank so the saved weight should make the brakes work great, c6 z06 or c5.
Mind pointing me in the right direction?
Yes, I have, as I said earlier. Plus I have drawn info from other racers and members with them. It is NOT a good bang for buck unless you mean for looks only. A good bang for buck is staying with stock calipers, there are a lot of good low cost mods out there if you know what to buy
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If you want to go with a big brake kit that doesn't cost an arm and a leg go with LG Motorsports 6 Piston Wilwood kit. It uses the stock rotors fits under the C5 Z06 17 inch wheel and costs about $1400. You can get the calipers in black or red. It is less sensitive to pad taper thus gets around the weakness of the C5 calipers. I put them on my Z two years ago and have been delighted with them.
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Sure, first what do you plan to do with the car? There are a lot of options out there. If you just want to fill up the wheel C6Z51s are a cheap way out. Any C5/C6 caliper, cheap brackets, and choice of rotors from a few places(determined by useage). A lot will depend on how hard you are going to be on them and of course budget(keep consumables in mind if you plan to track often). Let me know your plans and I will give you my reccomendations.
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Most of the info I got was from real people, not someone trying to sell me something. Mostly C6Z guys who took their new car to the track and were very dissapointed. I know guys who had pad taper so bad one padlett was gone while others on the same side of the same caliper were ony half used. Others have had wrecks becasue they boiled fluid from rotors having incorrect vanes or the aluminum pistons transfer too much heat through the thin, fast wearing pads. You don't have to believe the claims, just look at a set up close compared to a real BBK. Sure, most of this stuff is track related, but there are plenty of drawbacks on the street too.
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Sure, first what do you plan to do with the car? There are a lot of options out there. If you just want to fill up the wheel C6Z51s are a cheap way out. Any C5/C6 caliper, cheap brackets, and choice of rotors from a few places(determined by useage). A lot will depend on how hard you are going to be on them and of course budget(keep consumables in mind if you plan to track often). Let me know your plans and I will give you my reccomendations.
Most of the info I got was from real people, not someone trying to sell me something. Mostly C6Z guys who took their new car to the track and were very dissapointed. I know guys who had pad taper so bad one padlett was gone while others on the same side of the same caliper were ony half used. Others have had wrecks becasue they boiled fluid from rotors having incorrect vanes or the aluminum pistons transfer too much heat through the thin, fast wearing pads. You don't have to believe the claims, just look at a set up close compared to a real BBK. Sure, most of this stuff is track related, but there are plenty of drawbacks on the street too.
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For the same kind of money you can get LGs Wilwood kit or use the larger C6Z51 setup on the cheap. It is hard to get BBK looks AND performance without BBK prices. You can check out JasonBlueBoost's ad in the parts section, he has a pretty good Wilwood package, aside from the drilled rotors(which you can use till they crack then replace with non drilled)