I've heard of some folks retrofitting it to work with the newer style, but I don't have the details of how.
C5 caliper bracket adapter for C4
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Melting Slicks
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C5 caliper bracket adapter for C4
Who makes a caliper bracket adapter to put C5 brakes on a C4. I ended up with some 2002 C5 brakes, and I heard they are a upgrade for our cars. The calipers look like they have bigger pistons, and say Corvette on the calipers. I will be posting the brakes for sale soon. I have everything front and rear... calipers, rotors, pads with 75% of the pad left, and even the hoses. Thanks.
Le Mans Master
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Jim, make sure they will fit under your wheels. Its my understanding that they wont fit under sawblade 17in wheels, much less a 15in wheel. I dont know what wheels you are running, but being your avitar shows 9sec. I doubt your wheels are stock!!
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PnwZr1 (Jeff) Sells a very nice kit at a good price for this swap.
The C5 calipers are a great improvement over even the 13" C4 setup, and the c5 rotors are about 1/2 the cost. I made a DXF file for the brkts and cut some out on our waterjet for my swap.
If you are only drag racing your car I would stick with the 12"c4 setup, there is about a 15lb diff, and with a good pad, they will do the job just fine.
Oh and the C5 calipers will fit with 9.5" sawblades and a 5mm spacer.
The C5 calipers are a great improvement over even the 13" C4 setup, and the c5 rotors are about 1/2 the cost. I made a DXF file for the brkts and cut some out on our waterjet for my swap.
If you are only drag racing your car I would stick with the 12"c4 setup, there is about a 15lb diff, and with a good pad, they will do the job just fine.
Oh and the C5 calipers will fit with 9.5" sawblades and a 5mm spacer.
Last edited by 87Z-ya; Aug 12, 2009 at 10:03 AM. Reason: Wheels
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Melting Slicks
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I wasn't going to put them on my car, I was going to put them up for sale. I just wanted to let whoever buys them where they can get the things to make them work on a C4. I have J55 13" rotors on my car now. If anything, I would like to put some light weight drag brakes on my car.
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