corvette brake calipers on W body?

[JoshsGTP]

Does anyone know how to do this?

 

[OH4CompG]

AFAIK it's like the F-body caliper upgrade. I don't know what year vette calipers work for this though.

 

[duane9586]

hit up drunkiethebear he did it and they look great

 

[matt5112]

C5 and C6 brakes work apparently.

 

[GeosGP]

Is there that much advantage over the F-body calipers though?

 

[VictorSmalls]

No advantage. The Vette calipers are made of a lighter alloy and the Fbodys actually have slightly larger pots.

 

[matt5112]

Actually the advantage is better brake feel.

Smaller pots = less pedal travel for the same clamping force.

 

[JJ91284]

Actually the advantage is better brake feel.

Smaller pots = less pedal travel for the same clamping force.

yep, that's why I run them

Same install as Fbody but you use vette calipers

 

[OH4CompG]

keeping to the same years of vette? 98-02? And Z06 or non Z06?

 

[blueguy]

Pretty sure the C6 calipers are bigger and we only use the C4-C5 calipers...anyone know that the big Baer brake upgrade was just C4 calipers right? Just a nice way to have PFYC make thousands off people who used to buy em...

 

[matt5112]

I thought drunkie ran C6's

 

[Vegas~Blown]

I put C5 calipers on my '98 GTP and love the pedal feel --- they'll stop on a dime and give you 7 cent of change. They bolt to f-body brackets without a problem. Bend the stock hoses forward a bit and you're good to go.

 

[OH4CompG]

Do you need f-body brackets then, or can you use vette brackets if you get em?