I checked the link you posted and be careful with any site that spells brake as "break"...it tends to indicate that there may be other typos to beware of as well. Piston area is very simple to calculate and the areas posted in that chart are way off for the front fixed caliper applications. If you check their values, they're double what they should be...so they calculated the total piston area on both sides of the caliper, not just the one side like you should. There are several other typos and misinformation with respect to rotor diameters, weights, etc, so don't assume everything written must be correct.
As for putting C6 Z06 brakes on your C5 Corvette, it's a bolt-on deal assuming you've got wheels that will clear the calipers. You must run 18's and a lot of C5 guys running the C6 Z06 brakes are running thin wheel spacers to gain a little caliper clearance, but that will depend on your wheels. Your factory 1" bore MC and dual 9" diaphragm booster is perfect for those brakes.
If you like the CPP option, go for it. You can almost as easily run kits from KORE3, Touring Classics, Wilwood, Baer, etc and return it to stock if you like, but you would just need to be aware of the track width changes and size your wheels/tires accordingly...and that's all assuming that you'd be selling the wheels & tires with the car and not returning them to something more original like the brakes.
I checked the link you posted and be careful with any site that spells brake as "break"...it tends to indicate that there may be other typos to beware of as well. Piston area is very simple to calculate and the areas posted in that chart are way off for the front fixed caliper applications. If you check their values, they're double what they should be...so they calculated the total piston area on both sides of the caliper, not just the one side like you should. There are several other typos and misinformation with respect to rotor diameters, weights, etc, so don't assume everything written must be correct.
As for putting C6 Z06 brakes on your C5 Corvette, it's a bolt-on deal assuming you've got wheels that will clear the calipers. You must run 18's and a lot of C5 guys running the C6 Z06 brakes are running thin wheel spacers to gain a little caliper clearance, but that will depend on your wheels. Your factory 1" bore MC and dual 9" diaphragm booster is perfect for those brakes.
If you like the CPP option, go for it. You can almost as easily run kits from KORE3, Touring Classics, Wilwood, Baer, etc and return it to stock if you like, but you would just need to be aware of the track width changes and size your wheels/tires accordingly...and that's all assuming that you'd be selling the wheels & tires with the car and not returning them to something more original like the brakes.
Tobin
KORE3
The C5 Corvette has 18" CCW Classics and the '69 Z28 already has 18x8" Forgeline ZX3R's (4.75" BS which fit perfect with the stock discs).
The C5 Corvette has 18" CCW Classics and the '69 Z28 already has 18x8" Forgeline ZX3R's (4.75" BS which fit perfect with the stock discs).
If you want to check whether theC6 Z06 brakes will fit inside the 18" CCW's on your C5, download the fitment templates from our website here and follow the instructions on the template.
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