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post Jul 12 2014, 12:15 AM
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http://www.racingjunk.com/NASA-Camaro-Must...rd-CMC-car.html

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Says he is running a Wilwood SL6 Caliper and a C5 rotor under that 17 inch wheel. I want to know how he did it.

I contacted the last owner, he bought the car the way it is.

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post Jul 15 2014, 08:51 PM
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I could be mistaken...but can't you drill out the mounting holes on the F body upright and bolt on OEM C5 brackets and calipers using C5/C6 rotors? If that's the case, wouldn't a C5 Wilwood kit that uses OEM rotors (if it exists) also bolt on to the F body upright allowing you to run the C5/C6 rotors?

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EDIT:...like these? http://forums.corvetteforum.com/autocrossi...oem-rotors.html

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post Jul 15 2014, 11:08 PM
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QUOTE (wstukas @ Jul 15 2014, 08:51 PM) *
I could be mistaken...but can't you drill out the mounting holes on the F body upright and bolt on OEM C5 brackets and calipers using C5/C6 rotors? If that's the case, wouldn't a C5 Wilwood kit that uses OEM rotors (if it exists) also bolt on to the F body upright allowing you to run the C5/C6 rotors?

just thinking out loud here... (IMG:http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/style_emoticons/default/rolleyes.gif)


EDIT:...like these? http://forums.corvetteforum.com/autocrossi...oem-rotors.html



Went through all that Will(or so I think I did), you would have to have the "Trackbracket" to bolt C5-C6 brakes onto the front of the Fbody...which I have already.

You would have to "stack" the brackets, in other words bolt the Wilwood radial bracket to the track bracket.

The rub is this, on the Trackbracket simulates only the front of the C5 spindle for the abutment bracket to bolt onto to hold the pads and mount the caliper. The Wilwood radial bracket is designed to bolt to the inboard side of the spindle on the C5-C6 vette.

Here is the Wilwood Bracket on a Vette..

(IMG:http://www.ls1howto.com/howto/c5/wilwood/pics/100_wilwoodbracket.jpg)

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FASTFATBOY   Anyone know this Trans Am from the NASA/CMC Rocky Mountain region?   Jul 12 2014, 12:15 AM
DanielB   QUOTE (FASTFATBOY @ Jul 12 2014, 12:15 AM...   Jul 12 2014, 07:45 PM
FASTFATBOY   QUOTE (DanielB @ Jul 12 2014, 07:45 PM) Q...   Jul 12 2014, 08:02 PM
trackbird   I had SL6's on my 2002 Z28 with C4HD 13" ...   Jul 12 2014, 08:33 PM
FASTFATBOY   QUOTE (trackbird @ Jul 12 2014, 08:33 PM)...   Jul 12 2014, 09:28 PM
nape   C5 rotors used to crack all the time on track talk...   Jul 14 2014, 07:40 PM
FASTFATBOY   QUOTE (nape @ Jul 14 2014, 07:40 PM) C5 r...   Jul 14 2014, 07:55 PM
nape   QUOTE (FASTFATBOY @ Jul 14 2014, 02:55 PM...   Jul 14 2014, 10:07 PM
FASTFATBOY   I was running a C6 rotor, I like the way they last...   Jul 14 2014, 10:35 PM
nape   I'd call up Wilwood's tech line and see if...   Jul 15 2014, 03:31 AM
FASTFATBOY   QUOTE (nape @ Jul 15 2014, 03:31 AM) I...   Jul 15 2014, 11:11 AM
wstukas   I could be mistaken...but can't you drill out ...   Jul 15 2014, 08:51 PM
FASTFATBOY   QUOTE (wstukas @ Jul 15 2014, 08:51 PM) I...   Jul 15 2014, 11:08 PM
79T/A   Wish there was a way to use the C6 rotor with the ...   Jul 15 2014, 11:20 PM

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