Front Calipers on Rear
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Melting Slicks
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Front Calipers on Rear
This is probably a stupid question, but here goes:
I have a spare set of powder coated brake calipers for my car. I got thinking - "Wouldn't it look a lot better to have a set of front calipers on the rear as well?"
Is this possible? I am guessing that I may have to change the rear rotors if it is.
PS - I did a search and could not find an answer so pardon me if I'm
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I have a spare set of powder coated brake calipers for my car. I got thinking - "Wouldn't it look a lot better to have a set of front calipers on the rear as well?"
Is this possible? I am guessing that I may have to change the rear rotors if it is.
PS - I did a search and could not find an answer so pardon me if I'm
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Racer
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From: Miami Florida
This is possible and many have already done it with great success. There is a long thread on this already.
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c5-t...r-in-rear.html
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c5-t...r-in-rear.html
Last edited by Caesar68; Apr 24, 2012 at 05:38 PM.
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Melting Slicks
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This is possible and many have already done it with great success. There is a long thread on this already.
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c5-t...r-in-rear.html
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c5-t...r-in-rear.html
Safety Car
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From: Portland OR
The uprights (spindle mounts) are the same front and rear. So it would make sense that with the front abutments, calipers and rotors it would work.
No E Brake is probably less of an issue on an auto trans car, but still is nice to have.
The question is, what would the bigger brakes do to the proportioning? I would think the rears would want to lock (activate the ABS) much easier?
Ron
No E Brake is probably less of an issue on an auto trans car, but still is nice to have.
The question is, what would the bigger brakes do to the proportioning? I would think the rears would want to lock (activate the ABS) much easier?
Ron
Safety Car
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From: SoCal CA
The uprights (spindle mounts) are the same front and rear. So it would make sense that with the front abutments, calipers and rotors it would work.
No E Brake is probably less of an issue on an auto trans car, but still is nice to have.
The question is, what would the bigger brakes do to the proportioning? I would think the rears would want to lock (activate the ABS) much easier?
Ron
No E Brake is probably less of an issue on an auto trans car, but still is nice to have.
The question is, what would the bigger brakes do to the proportioning? I would think the rears would want to lock (activate the ABS) much easier?
Ron
Melting Slicks
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I have been running this mod for the past month with no issues. Have tried hard braking, and while it activates the ABS on an extreme hard stop no sooner than normally and the rears are not locking up. Performance is at least if not slightly better than stock, but that is a very subjective opinion without before and after actual stopping tests. Just a SOTP judgement. I am looking into an adjustable brake master cylinder to provide some more rear brake to level out the dive on hard stops. I used the C6 Z51 rear rotor in order to keep the E-brake on my 6 speed manual. Also the brackets have to be modified when using the rotor with E-brake.
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http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c5-t...r-in-rear.html
Pictures and a description of what was done are provided...
Pictures and a description of what was done are provided...
Ron
