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Old 08-04-2010, 06:11 PM   #1
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True C5 Rear Disc w/ internal parking brake in the works

Well I finally went to the bone yard to grab a spare rear end so I can start fabing up a rear kit with ebrake. I got lucky and found a 12 bolt... added bonus I guess. This past weekend I cleaned the rear end and probally lay some paint for in-progress pictures. The kit will use C5 rotors and C5 calipers, and C-5 parking brakes.. the cables will either be C5 or LS1... havent got that far yet.
First things first, buy a set of stock c-5 rotors and take measurements and have the stock axles turned down to fit.

As far as pictures, I have none yet, I just ordered brand new C5 rear calipers, and new backing plate assemblies with the e-brake shoes and actuator. Ive got the layout in the computer, and once I get the parts, I will start laying the bracket out on some acrylic plastic to get the spacing down. Once I get that far, its a matter of modifiying the factory ebrake cables which is an easy fix and has already been done by some f-body guys. Once I get that far, time to upgrade the membership on the forum

Once complete, the brakes could be upgraded to the z51 calipers and rotors or even the fixed caliper design and matching rotors, and maybe even build a hybrid bracket to adapt the C-5 calipers to the F-body rotors (smaller) so you can run 15" wheels.
till then,
clint
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