Thread: Fbody/C5 Brake Upgrade Help

Cant use C5 brackets, have to use F-body brackets with C5 calipers.
and either use the sleeve method or drill and tap new bolt holes for the brackets.

all 16s clear the f-body except the crosslaces, the C5 are the same, but i've read some 16s they wont clear. There cooling fins are taller. You can always shave them down though.

Originally Posted by Ridin ON Chrome

Cant use C5 brackets, have to use F-body brackets with C5 calipers.
and either use the sleeve method or drill and tap new bolt holes for the brackets.

all 16s clear the f-body except the crosslaces, the C5 are the same, but i've read some 16s they wont clear. There cooling fins are taller. You can always shave them down though.

mine have fbody bracket the only reason i use fbody bracket cuz when i bought the c5 calipers it didn't have the bracket so i end up picking a set up at LS1tech.com. i also later bought another set of c5 calipers with brackets from craigslist and looked at the bracket and they are identical to the fbody. beside the piston in the c5 is smaller than the fbody...the only piece that is not interchangeable with the fbody is the chatter shim (it's the light metal clip in the middle of the caliper) there's one on each of the calipers. the fbody piece won't fit on the c5. on the c5 it's little bigger i believe.

here's my c5 with fbody bracket/pads, 16" gp wheels and still on stock brake lines. some day i will change to goodrich lines when i'm bored.