lt1 brake upgrades

[sweetbmxrider]

anyone have any info/suggestions/articles on upgrading front and rear brakes on lt1's? i've heard c5 and ls1. which is better for a daily driver just really looking to fill in the wheels with larger rotors while obviously achieving better braking? whats the pricing or parts list look like? i think i want to do the rears first, though my fronts have some noise sometimes. thanks erbody!!

[sweetbmxrider]

kore3 (http://www.kore3.com/categories.php?cat=7) - i found these guys. anyone deal with them? i have 17inch wheels in the front and 18inch wheels in the back, not positive about what i can fit but i think i know

looks like these (http://www.kore3.com/proddetail.php?prod=10105-01) for the front. don't see anything for rears though. do ls1 calipers and rotors just swap in? will ls1 calipers work with my lt1 parking brake lines?

[sweetbmxrider]

anyone with some info here? HELLLLLLLLLOOOO!!!!????

[LTb1ow]

Who needs to stop?

[deadtrend1]

I did the ls1 brake swap on my 96.

Just went to contemporary corvette and got the stuff for like 150 bucks.

Spindles, lines, calipers, rotors (with i used as cores for new ones).

[sweetbmxrider]

what about rears though? i'm gunna do c5's in the front, but i don't see much about rears

[deadtrend1]

what about rears though? i'm gunna do c5's in the front, but i don't see much about rears
If you feel like shelling out that much cash just so they look bigger behind the wheel.

why bother with the rears?

[sweetbmxrider]

cuz it looks like crap. 18 inch wheel with a whole lotta empty behind it. i don't like it.

[sweetbmxrider]

anyone on here do anything like this with their brakes? just curious how it turned out and such

[ar0ck]

Theres not much in the field of big brake upgrades for our cars other then the big names like Brembo, StopTech, Baer etc... Personally I think the C5 conversion is the most appealing combination available for our cars & best bang for your buck. I've seen a few with C6 conversions but the brakes are just down right ridiculously large. Just remember that when you go to a C5/6 brake you can no longer put on a wheel on smaller then 17's.

My plan is to go with a C5 Z06 Brake Conversion using the Black Z06 Calipers with Hawks pads & power slot rotors using whatever brackets I can find for the best deal. Then for the rear I would do the 98+ rear disc conversion with AC Delco stuff.

[IROCdan330]

keep in mind LT1 and LS1 rear brakes have different backing plates. This means your axles will need to come out to do the swap.

[sweetbmxrider]

yeah i read about the backing plates. ill probably hold off on them and i guess pretty up what i have now. thanks for the advice

[MonmouthCtyAntz]

Go on any one of the big camaro boards a LS1 brake upgrade is a popular upgrade for LT1ers ever since the Ls1 came out. Should be a ton of info

[sweetbmxrider]

thanks man. i'll have to check that out.

[deadtrend1]

thanks man. i'll have to check that out.

I said that above. What I listed is all you need.

[sweetbmxrider]

I said that above. What I listed is all you need.

haha i was being more or less nice. i'm gunna have to wait though. my opti has been giving me a little trouble. so i will be getting all those goodies and a water pump. maybe do the timing components while im there. uhhhh

[JerzLT1]

how many miles are on it? i wouldnt do the timing belt unless your gonna do a cam, just throw a new opti and an Electric water pump on and call it a day

[sweetbmxrider]

100k. i have some oil leaking from the timing case cover so i figured if its all out then might as well. don't they convert to LT4 timing components?