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Old 03-31-2011, 04:36 AM
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will it work and will they be better then c5 zo6 brakes








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Old 04-01-2011, 12:05 AM
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I was wondering the same thing recently...

Old 04-11-2011, 09:19 PM
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no one?
Old 04-11-2011, 09:54 PM
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Sorry, don't know about the brakes, but the Corsair was my favorite fighter.
Old 04-11-2011, 10:33 PM
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same, hooya Navy
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I was recently wondering this as well.
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Old 04-26-2011, 10:17 PM
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Old 04-26-2011, 11:09 PM
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I don't know the specs of the camaro ss brake system, but I'm 99.9999% sure that installing these (if it's possible?) will throw off the brake system balance that the stock system was designed for. How much this will affect a street driven car I can't say, but honestly, for the money you are better off getting a system designed for these cars.
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correct me if i'm wrong but can your just change the brake master to change the biase no?

I know with Nissans if you upgraded a 240sx brakes with the bigger 30mm twin turbo Z32 brakes this problem was fixed
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well, the rotors are much bigger
front = 14x1.26, rear = 14.4x1.1

definitely requires at least 18" wheels
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alright... just found out the camaro uses a 5 x 120mm bolt pattern instead of a 5 x 4.75" (120.65mm), so you don't want to run these rotors on your car. they'll "fit", but can lead to stud breakage
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Originally Posted by zebra86
alright... just found out the camaro uses a 5 x 120mm bolt pattern instead of a 5 x 4.75" (120.65mm), so you don't want to run these rotors on your car. they'll "fit", but can lead to stud breakage
Sounds like the offset on the caliper bracket and spindle would be off too. For the money and effort, a C6Z swap would be much easier.


http://www.lateral-g.net/forums/show...1&postcount=20

To answer the question as to will the bolt in place of a C5 caliper...

Yes and no. Yes in the fact that the spacing between the bolt holes are the same width apart, no in the fact that to reuse the bracket on the spindle you will need to upsize the rotor to almost a 15" diameter as the caliper is offset vertically much more than a C5 caliper is. If you want to run a 20" wheel and get a custom rotor, go nuts. If you want a 4 piston brembo in place of your C5 caliper, not going to happen.

You could fab your own spindle bracket to catch the caliper further inward and maybe get it to work, but on a spindle like the AFX or factory C5/C6 you can't do anything as the caliper mount is fixed on the spindle and the caliper (aka not removable)

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