Anybody know anyone running '06 ZO6 brakes yet?

[MuscleRodz]

Have not heard anything in a awhile so I am checking to see if anyone has finished a retrofit yet and running them.

Mike

[Travis B]

I believe Yody has but unfortunatly he is no longer allowed here

[Damn True]

Took a look at a ZO6 the other day. Those calipers have some SERIOUS girth to them. It will take some careful consideration to get them to fit within the confines of most wheels. They project outboard quite a bit.

[MuscleRodz]

I remember him having stuff on order, but had not done the install. I will be running 19" wheels on Corvette knuckles and wheel bs so installing them won't be an issue.

Mike

[Travis B]

I remember him having stuff on order, but had not done the install. I will be running 19" wheels on Corvette knuckles and wheel bs so installing them won't be an issue.

Mike


I saw pics of his installed awhile back...on some other forum I think on team chevelle but i'm not positive

[ilovefirstgens]

I remember him having stuff on order, but had not done the install. I will be running 19" wheels on Corvette knuckles and wheel bs so installing them won't be an issue.

Mike

I think you might be misunderstanding it, an 18" wheel will fit height wise but its the width interfering with the spokes, unless you are running a wheel thathas spokes that come out a lot from the hub you will need to run a spacer (as did yody with his 19s) Ill be running them however ill have gobs of room because im using c6 wheels on adapters, I should have them some time next month depending on how fast i can get my hands on enough cash.

Also for the c4 irs the bracket to mount c5/6z callipers its over 100 cheaper for the front, so 6 piston callipers on 14" rotors all the way around!

[aonghus]

Also for the c4 irs the bracket to mount c5/6z callipers its over 100 cheaper for the front, so 6 piston callipers on 14" rotors all the way around!

or completley biasing your entire brake system all around

[slowcamaro]

They have been issues with pad availabilty for c6 zo6 calipers (amongst other parts). The c6 guys are converting to porsche brakes or other aftermarket companies, a few have reported the stock brakes arent up to heavy trake use, so depending on your application you might be better off with another choice.

Also remember these brakes are HEAVY, huge rotors.

Read around on some of the corvette forums and you'll notice this issues. Im unsure if the pad issue has been resolved or production stepped up, maybe some aftermarket vendors are offering pads now; but at the time i was looking into the swap, nobody was.

[Ralph LoGrasso]

Just FYI, Yody had installed his brakes and then decided to go another route and sold them. I'm planning on running the Z06 stuff on my '68. Precision Brakes will have retrofit kits available.

[MuscleRodz]

I had heard about the pad issue before, and there was some talk about it. Don't know what you are considering heavy track use, but I am not building a race car. I do plan to run some track days, but that will happen probably a few times a year. I would bet GM or some aftermarket company will have the pad problem corrected by the time I am ready. I will search some Corvette sites and see what they are saying.

Mike

[LSxChevelle]

I will be running those on my 70 that I'm building. I am going with the Z06 wheels also so it wont be a problem there.

Jason

[slowcamaro]

Im not trying to rain on anybodys parade but here are a few of the links I was referring to.

http://www.z06vette.com/forums/showthread.php?t=92672 (more pad problems)

http://www.ls1tech.com/forums/showthread.php?t=419648 (post 12 provides the following links)

http://forums.corvetteforum.com/showthread.php?t=1228622&highlight=stoptech&forum_id=100 (pad availabilty issue)

http://forums.corvetteforum.com/showthread.php?t=1229983&highlight=stoptech&forum_id=100 (stoptech upgrade)

[MuscleRodz]

Lots of good reading. Somebody will get this figured out eventually.

Mike