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09-15-2013
So I picked up some C5 Calipers and was reading about how the 06+ Impala calipers are the same Fbody except for being cast instead of Alum...So I am wondering if I can buy some 06+ brackets so I don't have to retap Fbody brackets to install my new brakes?
09-16-2013
Anyone?
10-20-2015
have you ever figured this one out?
11-09-2015
You're not going to need to retap anything if you buy the little bushings that work as spacers between the bolt and bolt hole. I think they only cost a couple of bucks a piece. I think the manufacturer isMaster Car or McMaster or something like that. One or more of the brake stickies has that info; I just can't remember the specifics.
Am here now researching something like that now.
11-10-2015
Where did you find that info btw?
11-10-2015
As we speak Im putting 06 impala calipers and brackets on my 04 everything bolts directly no drilling or other bs
11-10-2015
Yeah 06' and up Impala front brakes bolt on with no problem just rotate the banjo fitting to clear the bleeder screw. I did it a couple of weeks ago. What are C5 calipers? Like corvette C5?
Jeff
11-10-2015
Yup as in corvette c5.. Aka fancy fbodies even though I think the pistons are slightly different.
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11-10-2015
Interesting Im loving my 06 impala brakes and steel braided lines there fcking amazing the stopping power!! Give my self whiplash I think lol
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11-10-2015
.Originally Posted by REDCRAPGP
That is interesting, Will it accept a larger rotor, or jus the 11.7-12.0"
Jeff
11-10-2015
My advise don't mix and match stick with one set up and go with it
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11-10-2015
I already have 07' Imp setup on my car, I am asking for the future, thanks for the advice.
Jeff
11-10-2015
I believe just 12" like the Fbodys
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11-10-2015
Vette C5 calipers have smaller pistons so they fill quicker than F-body calipers. This makes the brakes react quicker with less peddal. You stop faster and don't get the soft brake peddal that the F-body will cause ( unless you also use an F-body master cyl.)
BTW ( F-body calipers are aluminum from 97 up and )maybe a few more years too.
11-11-2015
That's interesting as well I have always felt that the pedal has more travel than is should and after comparing the standard GP single piston and the Impala Dual piston I figured the volume displaced would be slightly more than the single. I would like a pedal that is a Little firmer would a F-body or is there a better MC to use?
Jeff
11-11-2015
98-02 are all aluminum, but they are gravity fed aluminum. The C5s are pressure cast, along with the smaller pistons, those are the major differences.
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11-11-2015
I'm not sure if C5 calipers will bolt to 06+ Imp caliper brackets. The calipers are a bit more different than just material... the F-bodies have larger diameter pistons, the walls of the pistons are thicker, and have cooling fins. Can't tell you for sure if the brackets are interchangeable though. I installed 06+ Imp calipers on my 04SS, going to put F-body calipers on my LS. (Pretty much just using what the local junkyard has available) I will be tapping my F-bodies shortly, already have the appropriate drill bit and tap...just need to get off my ass and do it.
If you decide to go the F-body route and drill/tap, I'll let you borrow them. If you need F-body brackets, I can get them cheap at my local yard.... might be awhile before I can get back out there, though. Just got done robbing a police impala of it's sway bars and trailing arms, lol
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