Brake caliper question
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Brake question, can z51 front calipers bolt up and work on the rear of the car
I have an 08 Z51 coupe. I have an extra set of front calipers and brakets. Are the front and rear brackets the same? and would the front calipers and brackets fit on the rear of the car?
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reason i ask is im going to be buying ccw sp500 wheels in the next month or so. I really wanted Z06 calipers but ccw told me that a 19x11 rear wheel would not clear the big 4 piston caliper. I was wondering if i could put a 4 piston caliper and bracket from the front of a z51 car on the rear of a z51 car, what would keep it from working, rotor size?
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You mean like this?
I'm using base size (12.81") rotors F&R with XP10 pads.
Base rotors and calipers fit inside 17" wheels as shown. Z51 size will need 18" wheels.
You'll also need to plumb in an adjustable bias valve as the rear will have too much braking but can be dialed down to work very well --
--Dan
I'm using base size (12.81") rotors F&R with XP10 pads.
Base rotors and calipers fit inside 17" wheels as shown. Z51 size will need 18" wheels.
You'll also need to plumb in an adjustable bias valve as the rear will have too much braking but can be dialed down to work very well --
--Dan
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fyi If you were to use a z51 front bracket/caliper in the rear, youd need z06 rear rotors.
why not just use spacers to clear the rear z06 calipers?
Or you can get a wilwood sl6 front and sl4 rear kit for about 3300 shipped off of ebay - these brakes need less clearance than the z06.
why not just use spacers to clear the rear z06 calipers?
Or you can get a wilwood sl6 front and sl4 rear kit for about 3300 shipped off of ebay - these brakes need less clearance than the z06.
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dbratten thanks very much for the info and pics. The willwoods are way out of my price range, but thanks for the idea. I wanted to do ccw sp500 and zo6 brakes but the guy at ccw said a 19x11 rear wheel would not clear. I dont really want the wheels to stick out of the fender, and again spending 1600 on fenders and another 1000 to paint them JSB is way more then i want to spend. I would rather have the ccws and scrafice the bbk. I will be putting a 305-30-19 mickey t et street on the rear wheels as the car has 484 rwhp right now and i plan on doing an LS3 427 forged shortblock over the winter with a goal of around 550 rwhp n/a
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a little backwards, lol. I just wanted to see if they would fit i kind of figured they would but they would need a bigger rotor. I just dont like the look of the little caliper on the rear. With front 4 pistons on all four cornors i of course will be upgrading pads, rotors and steel lines.
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dbratten thanks very much for the info and pics. The willwoods are way out of my price range, but thanks for the idea. I wanted to do ccw sp500 and zo6 brakes but the guy at ccw said a 19x11 rear wheel would not clear. I dont really want the wheels to stick out of the fender, and again spending 1600 on fenders and another 1000 to paint them JSB is way more then i want to spend. I would rather have the ccws and scrafice the bbk. I will be putting a 305-30-19 mickey t et street on the rear wheels as the car has 484 rwhp right now and i plan on doing an LS3 427 forged shortblock over the winter with a goal of around 550 rwhp n/a
thanks
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I'd like to have all the fancy high dollar stuff but it's not in my budget so I make do.
This shows how the brakes fill the wheels --
And here you can see that they don't stick out --
--Dan