question....
Team Owner
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St. Jude Donor '21-'22-'23-'24
They might be the same. Here's what the order book says about them.
Magnetic Selective Ride Control, for
ultimate driver control and comfort through the
use of driver-selected Tour or Sport modes.
NEW! Includes larger brakes with cross-drilled
rotors
ultimate driver control and comfort through the
use of driver-selected Tour or Sport modes.
NEW! Includes larger brakes with cross-drilled
rotors
Le Mans Master
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St. Jude '03-'04-'05-'06
Originally Posted by JimTN
They might be the same. Here's what the order book says about them.
We don't need more posts about squeaking brakes and brake dust. 
Frank
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Appreciate if you could use more descriptive thread titles. IF everyone who had a question used the title, "Question..." this board would be awfully difficult to search.
For example: Difference between 07 f55 rotors & z51's
For example: Difference between 07 f55 rotors & z51's
Le Mans Master
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please-let the rotors be the same size-
Heaven help us if the Z51 drilled rotors are even a tiny bit larger than the F55. In the manual transmission Z51 the slight gear difference gets you a .1 second advantage in the quarter mile over the base car. This tiny difference translates , however, into major performance in the mind of many Z51 owners. I am certain that if the Z51 rotors prove to be so much as a mm greater in diameter some Z51ophile will announce that this means extraordinarily superior braking performance for the Z51 over the F55.
I hope the rotors are the same size.
Z51: A legend in your mind.
Z06: A legend in everyone elses' mind.
IMO all of course.
I hope the rotors are the same size.
Z51: A legend in your mind.
Z06: A legend in everyone elses' mind.
IMO all of course.
Team Owner
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St. Jude Donor '21-'22-'23-'24
Originally Posted by Another Yellow
Jim, I would think they are the same but the pads are different. We don't need more posts about squeaking brakes and brake dust.
Frank
We don't need more posts about squeaking brakes and brake dust. Frank
Le Mans Master
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From: North Western Connecticut
Originally Posted by OregonC6
Heaven help us if the Z51 drilled rotors are even a tiny bit larger than the F55. In the manual transmission Z51 the slight gear difference gets you a .1 second advantage in the quarter mile over the base car. This tiny difference translates , however, into major performance in the mind of many Z51 owners. I am certain that if the Z51 rotors prove to be so much as a mm greater in diameter some Z51ophile will announce that this means extraordinarily superior braking performance for the Z51 over the F55.
I hope the rotors are the same size.
Z51: A legend in your mind.
Z06: A legend in everyone elses' mind.
IMO all of course.
I hope the rotors are the same size.
Z51: A legend in your mind.
Z06: A legend in everyone elses' mind.
IMO all of course.
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sorry to cause everyone such ulcer inducing worry with the z51/f55 debate and increased hardship with the search button, but i saw a post with pic.'s of the new f55 brakes and they were hard to judge the size of the from the pic.'s...
nothing but love guy's...
nothing but love guy's...
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Originally Posted by Atomic Punk
sorry to cause everyone such ulcer inducing worry with the z51/f55 debate and increased hardship with the search button, but i saw a post with pic.'s of the new f55 brakes and they were hard to judge the size of the from the pic.'s...
nothing but love guy's...
nothing but love guy's...
(the thread "subject" is a pet peve of mine though...)
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I don't think we're supposed to mention or talk about our Z51 on the CF. I've noticed it causes everyone a lot of grief. What's up with this? The ones that didn't opt for Z51 keep implying that we that did think we're superior or soemthing. Like I've said in another previous post, if they wanted it they could have easily ordered it and it would have made about a $5 a month difference in their payment. It wasn't that big of a deal! Geez!!!!
Team Owner
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St. Jude Donor '21-'22-'23-'24
Someone (GM, car mag. ?) once documented the stopping distance from 60 mph. Supposedly the Z51-equipped vettes would stop 9 feet sooner than a non-Z51-equipped car - 116 feet instead of 125 feet. Is that a function of the pads?
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Originally Posted by JimTN
Someone (GM, car mag. ?) once documented the stopping distance from 60 mph. Supposedly the Z51-equipped vettes would stop 9 feet sooner than a non-Z51-equipped car - 116 feet instead of 125 feet. Is that a function of the pads?
how many more posts do you think before ther moderators close it?
Melting Slicks
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From: Fernandina Beach
Originally Posted by JDB2006BlkC6Z51
Why would they close it? It's technically a new discussion based on the changes for '07.
Racer
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Chevy says on their web site the following.
----------------Standard-------Z51--------Z06
Rotor dia
front - ---------12.8" -------- 13.4" ------- 14"
Rotor dia
rear -----------12.0"-------- 13.0"------- 13.4"
total swept area
front ----------- 274.4sq in----289.2sq in.----309sp in.
total swept area
rear ---------- 200sq in.----- 218.4sq in.-----268.8sq in.
----------------Standard-------Z51--------Z06
Rotor dia
front - ---------12.8" -------- 13.4" ------- 14"
Rotor dia
rear -----------12.0"-------- 13.0"------- 13.4"
total swept area
front ----------- 274.4sq in----289.2sq in.----309sp in.
total swept area
rear ---------- 200sq in.----- 218.4sq in.-----268.8sq in.
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Originally Posted by Old Coot
Chevy says on their web site the following.
----------------Standard-------Z51--------Z06
Rotor dia
front - ---------12.8" -------- 13.4" ------- 14"
Rotor dia
rear -----------12.0"-------- 13.0"------- 13.4"
total swept area
front ----------- 274.4sq in----289.2sq in.----309sp in.
total swept area
rear ---------- 200sq in.----- 218.4sq in.-----268.8sq in.
----------------Standard-------Z51--------Z06
Rotor dia
front - ---------12.8" -------- 13.4" ------- 14"
Rotor dia
rear -----------12.0"-------- 13.0"------- 13.4"
total swept area
front ----------- 274.4sq in----289.2sq in.----309sp in.
total swept area
rear ---------- 200sq in.----- 218.4sq in.-----268.8sq in.
You have the standard, Z51 and Z06. Don't see anything for the F55. I've seen the new F55 brakes and they are definitly not the same size as the standard this year.
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Originally Posted by Corvette Junkie
You have the standard, Z51 and Z06. Don't see anything for the F55. I've seen the new F55 brakes and they are definitly not the same size as the standard this year.
http://www.chevrolet.com/corvette/specifications/[/URL]
Night Race Blue 427
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Originally Posted by Old Coot
Those are the numbers for 2007 so I would quess the F55 is the same as standard. Those are the only numbers they have listed.
http://www.chevrolet.com/corvette/specifications/[/URL]
http://www.chevrolet.com/corvette/specifications/[/URL]
Last edited by Corvette Junkie; Jul 25, 2006 at 09:06 PM.