C5 brake conversion for 85
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Looks great. I modified my bracket design so I could retain the heat shields. Supposedly these keep the rotors from cooking the ball joints and everything else.
Either that or they keep water off that side of the rotor, but the gap is much bigger than with the stock brakes.
Either that or they keep water off that side of the rotor, but the gap is much bigger than with the stock brakes.
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Looks great. I modified my bracket design so I could retain the heat shields. Supposedly these keep the rotors from cooking the ball joints and everything else.
Either that or they keep water off that side of the rotor, but the gap is much bigger than with the stock brakes.
Either that or they keep water off that side of the rotor, but the gap is much bigger than with the stock brakes.
Is there interference with the heat shield on the 85?
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From: San Diego , CA Double Yellow DirtBags 1985..Z51..6-speed
The heat shields bolt to the knuckles, but your brackets are going to hog all the real estate. Probably not worth messing with unless you've got a bandsaw in the garage. Or maybe you could modify the heat shield itself. Some use them to attach a brake duct hose to.
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The new C5 pads came with the non-indicator pad,,, having a nice black matte finish on it and the pad with the indicator had palin steel,, I assumed that the matter finish was to point outward,,,, so it is. 
Thanks for your help, they are on and loooooking goood!
Thanks for your help, they are on and loooooking goood!
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Yup that's right. I've also seen someone post rotor temps from their C6 Z51 (with factory backwards rotor on one side) and the correct one did cool better.
Interesting though, that I spun it by hand both directions and it seemed to move more air when installed backwards. Maybe I wasn't spinning fast enough. Most centrifugal fans use forward curved blades though. Go figure.
Interesting though, that I spun it by hand both directions and it seemed to move more air when installed backwards. Maybe I wasn't spinning fast enough. Most centrifugal fans use forward curved blades though. Go figure.
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Yup that's right. I've also seen someone post rotor temps from their C6 Z51 (with factory backwards rotor on one side) and the correct one did cool better.
Interesting though, that I spun it by hand both directions and it seemed to move more air when installed backwards. Maybe I wasn't spinning fast enough. Most centrifugal fans use forward curved blades though. Go figure.
Interesting though, that I spun it by hand both directions and it seemed to move more air when installed backwards. Maybe I wasn't spinning fast enough. Most centrifugal fans use forward curved blades though. Go figure.
