C5 Upgrade?

[badazz81z28]

Gents,


A couple years ago I went budget minded and did the B-body brake upgrade on my sec gen. It turned out to be a 12" rotor, with Wilwood Gen calipers, and Hawk brake pads. Now I'm contemplating C5 upgrade. Is there much to gain going 13" and a dual piston caliper of the C5?

https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2012/01/12LE2-1.jpg

[Apogee]

There are several benefits to upgrading to the C5/C6 components, first and foremost the larger rotor, 12.79"x1.26" versus 11.88"x1.04". More thermal mass means lower operating temps, less severe temperature swings, etc combined with directional cooling vanes for ~20% more efficient cooling so they shed heat better as well. If you go with a kit with aluminum hubs, you'll actually be lighter than a factory setup with cast iron calipers...probably pretty similar to your current setup with the aluminum Wilwood calipers, but with a bigger rotor.

Tobin
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