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C6 Z06 brake upgrade
Wow....
After spending a day with ZR-1 brothers in Virginia, we installed a few items: 32mm sway bar new A arms (with new bushings / ball joints) *polished up too!! new front hubs C6 Z06 calipers / 1 piece ceramic brake pads / stock Z06 rotors There is a huge difference, even with Ceramic pads! Going to install the rear brake calipers / rotors in the coming week. (can't wait!!!) Thanks to Yun, Gibby, Mark, Matthew ***(new to most), Paul, Mike **(new), Glen and especialy Rich for hosting this!!!!! Lots of pictures and will document the C6 Z06 brake upgrade for the newsletter. You do need larger wheels in order to accomodate the large 6 piston front calipers and 4 piston rear.... WORTH IT! For asthetics and stopping power Here is a teaser    David * thanks Rich!!!! ** Welcome to Wazoo Mike!!! (he is setting up a C4 ZR-1 road race car) *** Newest Admiral Blue ZR-1 owner! |
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Re: C6 Z06 brake upgrade
Very nice, David! As my Dad would say: "Now you can stop on a dime and get a nickel's change!"
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Re: C6 Z06 brake upgrade
I'm jealous David.
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Re: C6 Z06 brake upgrade
He stole those pics off the web, they don't look anywhere near that good in real life...
Hard to tell from stock brakes to be honest. Also you need badly fitting "Carlos Fandango" wheels to accommodate the calipers... 
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Re: C6 Z06 brake upgrade
Boy that looks tight on the Fiskes! Can we see pics of the adapters?
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Re: C6 Z06 brake upgrade
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See the C6 Z06 adapters (shiny new) and the C5/C6 attached to the caliper  David |
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Re: C6 Z06 brake upgrade
I'm 100% joking - they look great, wish I could run the wheels needed for that set-up.
Thanks for the C5 set-up David
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Re: C6 Z06 brake upgrade
What did you do for the E-Brake?
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Re: C6 Z06 brake upgrade
Will the late model GTO spare wheel work with the C6 calipers and rotor size?
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Re: C6 Z06 brake upgrade
Dave,
The C6 adapters look smaller but it looks as if the bolt holes for the caliper attaching to the spindle match up. Looks like with spacers and re-engineering of the spindle holes, you could eliminate the adapter unless you need it to add clearance for the 14" rotors. But that's what the bolt bosses on the C6Z er may be for. Would need to measure "height" of caliper compared to C4. Should be .5" taller. Anyway u could tell us that Dave? |
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