Figured I would start another thread and show my progress on my front brake set up. You can use either LS1 Calipers (which would have saved me a little money, cause they can be found at the yard), or as I am (for now) C5/C6 corvette calipers. The caliper part of this only changes one minor detail (which is to use c5/c6 shims for the PAB, with LS1 pad springs simple). My particular calipers are C5 Z06. My setup will be completed with C6 Z51 rotors, which are approx 13.39". I will update the thread, as I get further along... I haven't found a thread specific to C6 Z51 Rotors, but this has been done (C5/C6/LS1/C6Z06 front brake set up) before by many other people... I am simply making a thread on how I did it and how much its costing me! I need to pick up my front rotors and pads and braided lines to have this wrapped up...
If people are interested, send my a pm, I will be putting together a complete set of brakes fronts/rears for a good price as time allows me! there is a cheaper way to do this as far as brackets, but these are the brackets i wanted (the other brackets Im having made for about a third of the quarter of the cost of these)
Anyhow, I began my journey by pulling a set of 98-02 2wd Blazer (dual piston caliper) front spindles and hubs, approx $90 total (for both sets, driver and passenger side), this is pictured with the front LS1 calipers, which can be used with the C5/C6 and C6 Z51 PABs (pad abutment brackets)...
gave my spindles to my Bro ElCo Warren and he did an amazing job cleaning them up and even sand blasted them for me...
I am using Brand New, C5 Z06 calipers, but with C6 Z51 PABs...
picked up the brand new calipers (in the boxes) for $125 (LS1 calipers would have costed me around $66 for the fronts, but I would have to put the El Co Warren touch on them, look in my El Co thread to see how his are coming out, unless he is willing to post some picts in here of them, they look just as good as my Corvettes, if not better, Im just lazy!)
bro picked up my hubs, he is going to be cleaning them up real good for me so i can paint them...
pics of those later
If people are interested, send my a pm, I will be putting together a complete set of brakes fronts/rears for a good price as time allows me! there is a cheaper way to do this as far as brackets, but these are the brackets i wanted (the other brackets Im having made for about a third of the quarter of the cost of these)
Anyhow, I began my journey by pulling a set of 98-02 2wd Blazer (dual piston caliper) front spindles and hubs, approx $90 total (for both sets, driver and passenger side), this is pictured with the front LS1 calipers, which can be used with the C5/C6 and C6 Z51 PABs (pad abutment brackets)...
gave my spindles to my Bro ElCo Warren and he did an amazing job cleaning them up and even sand blasted them for me...
I am using Brand New, C5 Z06 calipers, but with C6 Z51 PABs...
picked up the brand new calipers (in the boxes) for $125 (LS1 calipers would have costed me around $66 for the fronts, but I would have to put the El Co Warren touch on them, look in my El Co thread to see how his are coming out, unless he is willing to post some picts in here of them, they look just as good as my Corvettes, if not better, Im just lazy!)
bro picked up my hubs, he is going to be cleaning them up real good for me so i can paint them...
pics of those later
anyhow...
