Looking at upgrading my brakes. So yes I know they're not 3 piston C6 Z06 calipers but with a Convertible I'm not looking to go racing just an upgrade. For about $ 800 I can have get Brembo factory C7 calipers front and rears

Anybody tried these?

 

Wonder if you would need a new rotor setup also.

 

Probably. My main concern is the actual C5 mount to the caliper

 

Why? You can already stop faster than soccer mom 2ft of your rear. 🤣

 

LOL!

We have alot of mountain roads here that have high elevation changes and fast corners plus short passing distances. In other words, lot's of speed change adjustments in short distances. We have very unique almost European type driving condish. Lots of water, mountains and tall trees.

I have used the brakes repeatedly hard enough to cause a soft pedal so after 20yrs of age I'd rather go for new gen C7 Brembo 4 pots.

Although, If they don't fit a 17" wheel the 6 piston Brembo's are even better

 

The 6 piston C6Z06 fits because the C5&6 basically have the same suspension components like the knuckles. I don't believe the C7 knuckle is the same.

 

asked and answered in this thread here

 

IDK Walter, Spindle looks to same. Brackets I'll look at

C5/6 spindle on top photo

 

So the C7 6 piston sits out too far on C5.
A viable alternative gift be CTS-V 04-07 calipers. It seems they fit as per C6 Z06 do
https://www.ls1.com/forums/f66/cts-v...w-pics-115446/

 

I think it can be done with some effort. For the fronts at least. There’s a thread where a guy put c7 z51 front brakes on a custom jeep that was built with c5 cradles, but I can’t recall if the rear was figured out.

 

https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums...-on-c5-c6.html

Here’s the thread. See post #55 by @hairymeister

 

I used all C7 arms, spindles and brakes, except for rear lower C5 arms. .

 

Thanks for the thread.

My budget is limited being retired. So unless there's a way of simple mounting point relocation even C7 base are out. I will do more searching.

 

Great work there. Looks like the results were worth it.

In my case, merely looking at a significant daily driven upgrade. Doing CTS-V calipers seems like a simple swap.

 

I know you mentioned the C6 Z swap. You do know that those will not fit on the 17" stock rim. Honestly, given what you have described, I think there is a MUCH simpler solution that will work really well for you. Keep your stock brakes, but install a set of Hawk HPS 5.0 brake pads. You might also consider either resurfacing or replacing your rotors at the same time as this will mate the new pads to the rotors better during pad break in. These pads have a good bit of bite, and absolutely will not get heat soaked in the conditions that you described. In other words, you'll have improved braking performance with absolutely no brake fade. Do be aware that these will almost certainly dust more than your current pads, but they will solve your issue.

 

I have 18/19 wheels so it's possible to do C6 calipers but I'd rather not.
I already have new high carbon Z06 rotors with Evolution pads so I don't think I'd notice any gain by using OE Hawk 5.0 pads.

For myself focusing on the CTS-V calipers is the choice as of now.

 

Awesome, looking to forward to seeing how easy of a swap this will be

 

If you really want to swap out for CTS-V brakes, that's your choice. I am actually interested to see the results. However, as far as your statement above, you are WRONG! I personally ran the Powerstop evolution pad on their Z23 rotors for well over a year. I was happy with them for average day to day street driving, but found that they faded to almost nothing during more spirited driving. Especially braking from triple digits down to 20-30 mph. I was going to spend thousands to upgrade to a full big brake kit, but I did some research, and I settled on the Hawk HPS(High performance street) 5.0 pads. Ceramic or carbon ceramic pads are great at being quiet with low dust. However, ANY ceramic pad is going to suffer from heat soak when put under high load. The Hawk HPS 5.0 is NOT a ceramic pad. The compound used will dust ALOT more than the Evolution pads. They are also louder than the Evolution pads (but not as loud as purely track oriented pads). When I switched pads, it was a night and day difference! The Hawk HPS 5.0 had better bite and pedal feel (which I wasn't really expecting). However, the biggest difference was the total lack of brake fade. I have 500whp, and drive my car HARD at times. I 100% guarantee you that the Hawk HPS 5.0 can handle any street driving that you might throw at them. Now if you track the car, that's a different story. However, Hawk makes track pads that can handle that too. Check out the thread below. Post #11 is what convinced me to try the Hawk pads. Because of that post, I recommend Carbotech for most normal street driven cars. However, Hawk is the way to go if you need something more.
https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums...rake-pads.html

You can also check out my review of the Hawk pads here
https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums...ad-review.html

 

FWIW; I've already used Porterfield Kevlar Carbon brake pads.

The deeper I dig into all the details I find both new and old info. I'm still compiling a lot of different things. Things can be made to work with good tech resources
For now it looks like rotors will fit (14") and weather it's worth the effort of CTS-V calipers