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11-22-2019 #1Registered User
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Best affordable brakes for second gen firebird with afx spindles
Hello all! I am working on my 71 Firebird Pro Touring build and am in the process of putting the front subframe together with SpeedTech suspension. I am at the point of needing brakes for the AFX C5/C6 spindles. I’m not really looking to spend 5k on brakes....I wish I could. Lol.
I am looking at the Powerstop/Stop Tech option but looking for other options as well. I am also unclear as to what options to order as the Corvette brakes have several....just not sure what will fit the AFX spindles. Anyone with experience with these spindles and choosing brakes? Thanks in advance!
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11-23-2019 #2Registered User- Join Date
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Pretty much anything Corvette 97-up will fit it, IIRC. First option is the standard (JL9) 12.6" rotor with C5/C6 calipers and regular abutments(brackets), next is the Z51 (J55) rotor at 13.6" with C5/C6 calipers with Z51 abutments, and finally the big dog, Z06 (J56) rotors at 14.6" with the 6 piston calipers. I don't know about the J57 15.5" option but from what I see on pricing all I can say is YIKES!. Rockauto is your best bet for pricing. Here's a couple of links that go through the brake options for standard Vette's. I use the 13.6" on my Chevelle with an LS3 and hydroboost and it stops just fine. Real easy to lock up. HTH.
Alex
https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums...55-brakes.html
https://vettelab.com/news-projects/e...-option-codes/
11-23-2019 #3Registered User- Join Date
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Yikes was my reaction as well!! Lol!! Thanks Alex!
11-23-2019 #4Registered User- Join Date
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Great information!
11-23-2019 #5Registered User- Join Date
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Kore3 also sells the C6 brakes as a bundle for that spindle if you don’t want to piece it all together. Their pricing is pretty fair.
1971 Camaro - 406 / T56
2016 Camaro SS convertible
2018 Colorado 4x4
11-23-2019 #6Registered User- Join Date
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Are the Kore3 brakes better than the ones you get from RockAuto?
11-23-2019 #7Registered User- Join Date
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No. They are stock corvette. But it’s sometimes hard to find the abutement plates and Kore3 includes those in the kit.
1971 Camaro - 406 / T56
2016 Camaro SS convertible
2018 Colorado 4x4
11-23-2019 #8Registered User- Join Date
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They probably don’t sell them separately either.
11-23-2019 #9Registered User- Join Date
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What do you want separately ? Call them they might.
This is the kit they sell for those spindles ;
http://kore3.com/proddetail.php?prod=10336-011971 Camaro - 406 / T56
2016 Camaro SS convertible
2018 Colorado 4x4
11-23-2019 #10Registered User- Join Date
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Abutement plates. RockAuto has the front and rear as a kit for $700+....which is a decent deal but I’m sure it doesn’t come with said brackets to adapt to a 9”. I’m gonna give them a call to see if I can just buy the brackets.
11-24-2019 #11Registered User- Join Date
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They should sell brackets separately. Abutement plates depends how they source them. If they get as a kit with calipers they wouldn’t separate. These things are hard to find. All the kits assume you have them.
1971 Camaro - 406 / T56
2016 Camaro SS convertible
2018 Colorado 4x4
11-24-2019 #12Registered User- Join Date
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I appreciate all the info c4racer2!
11-26-2019 #13