Cheap and easy way to upgrade LS1 Camaro or Trans Am brakes. CTS V Brembo install. 

yeah i stopped watching 😂

Thanks brother. This was one of my first videos so I've been practicing, haha. Let me know if you need any help with the brake install. Alex

Did you get it to work on your 442?

It's a big improvement over those

He specifically mentioned aesthetics. That's what 95+% of ppl have these BBKs for. How's the noise level with aggressive pads? Coz I see a lot of annoying squeaking (not sure I trust the drilled and slotted rotirs either) with ppl spending 2Gs or more. That's unacceptable.

I will definitely check on them .They went in really nice and snug so I don't expect any issues. Thanks for the heads up and thanks for watching. Alex

No problem. I'm sure they're probably safe 99.999% of the time, but I have seen a forum post about it happening before with a different set of Brembos. You can really tell the difference looking at the front of the caliper. Mine, with the OEM pin kit, look like this. www.carid.com/images/brembo/page/bottom/brake-kit.jpg

clutchthepearls Wow! You took the words right out of my mouth , I just did lower dust pads on my e63 amg and the pins they gave me where shorter I didn't like that , the stock ones you can see the cone of the pin stick out past the caliper for visual complete seat , another reason is the stock pins are stainless steel no stick with a magnet , the ones included where zinc coated steel equals possible rust

I wouldnt mind getting them. I put a 4th gen fbody on my 04 grand prix and works very well.

I work for a Professional Race Team IMSA Road Racing, and this reason alone is why safety wire the pins. We had the same issue with pins backing out

??? Almost every company makes a disc conversion for this car. If you're referring to rear brakes. The optional rear disc from Firebird (same Generation). The system was the same on the early RWD Seville. The only problem is the Seville is the big 5 (5X5" bolt pattern). So you'll need Firebird rotors. 01 and newer S-10 Blazer 2WD (easier to incorporate parking brake). 3 or 4th gen Camaro 4 TH gen best.

Keep the rears stock just upgraded your rotors and pads. Don't need too much braking power in the rear

I left the rears stock

Nice 2nd gen!

Yeah,buy take offs are cheaper.

Same spacer should work

Hey Austin. For the track I use 17inch 5 y2k wheels in the rear and the 18 inch version of the same rim up front. Thanks for watching.

Thanks so much!!

You can but you will need the LS1 car front spindle. Then everything else is the same.

He's running a 18, if you go 17s you have to grind the caliper down

No problem, more to come. Stay tuned!!

Lsjuan Camaro did u?

You should be fine with 5mm

Should work, I'm running 40 offset with a 5mm spacer and they clear

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Chris I don't remember but I mention it in the video.

Leave them stock

Front does most of the braking I think you can just leave rear brakes stock

Yes I'm running the factory master no issues, if you go bigger and change to bigger in the rear you would likely need a valve to control brake pressure front and rear

I left mine stock

Those are c5 wheels

No issue. Only thing I had to do it get the hub bored out to fbody spec at a machine shop

No you have to get longer brake hoses.

LegitStreetCars thank you for the infos.Can you give me the Bold sizes.I mean the Bolds in the new Brembo calipers to mount the new lines.

Best fit and won't warp pads

Im not totally sure if those calipers will work with the 14inch 5th gen rotors. I know that when the 5th gen guys upgrade to the 6 piston calipers they usually go with a 2 piece rotor off the zl1 or gen 2 cts v

Nevermind. Did some research and found out that the V6 and V8 cars had the same brakes.

I don't think there is any way to fit a 16. Some have done certain 17s but grinding was required.

I left mine stock

These will not fit in the rear. I'm sure anything is possible but they are pretty huge for the back. Most just do the fronts and paint the rear to match. Alex

Ok understood. but tell me, I'm pretty sure there was a video on installing Coevette brakes all around the 98-02 Camaro. Can you verify?

Hmm, not sure of a specific video. I'm sure it's been done. Our cars have had every mod known to man kind tried at least once, haha.

Justin Jones If you upgrade to ls1 front spindles yes. Also run an 18inch wheel or larger

Should be fine with those spacers it depends on spoke design

Yes it will depend on your wheel design as well. I'm running a concave design wheel and they're 40 offset but it wasn't enough so I had to run a 5mm spacer pushing it out to 35 offset, the wheel clears by a 1-2mm

Order from kore3, they're great and very responsive, no issues. Orginally ordered from Flynbye (accidentally got the wrong lines) so I tried calling and emailing them, no response. Ended up selling those to someone else for less than I paid.

Hmm with the 17s I dont really have any other suggestions. You could just go with the c5 z06 brake upgrade.

ATS-V brakes will fit on the front under 17s but you have to drill the mounting holes to 14mm I believe

I gotta say that by 4 min into the video this isn’t sounding cheap OR easy, given that no TA came w 18” wheels, so right oughta the box you’re telling me I need 4 new 18” wheels and tires on my WS6 that came w the upgrade to 17”!!!! That means I’d have to recalibrate the speedometer then, too!! Then, just for a chaser, you toss in the fact that I have to get the BRAND NEW ROTORS you’re recommending specially machined to fit?!?! NOT CHEAP!!! DEFINITELY NOT EASY!!!! WTF?!?!?! Y’know what? You get a “spam flag” for sucking me in and wasting my time!

@@Psykldoc for 18in wheels, a 275/35/18 tire is same diameter as stock, and does not require speedo recalibration. For as big of an upgrade as this is over stock, it is cheap and easy. If you were familiar prices of kits like Baer, Wilwood, etc, this CTSV setup is very cheap and easy Also, the use of OEM parts is nice for future serviceability. Having the rotors machined really shouldnt be a big deal, and shouldnt be very expensive.

He’s not telling you that you “need” to do anything. He’s telling an audience what it takes to upgrade the f body brakes to CTS-V brakes. Nobody put a gun to your head and demanded that you upgrade your car. Also, nobody made you click on the video. If you’re too lazy, cheap, and not mechanically inclined, this isn’t the project for you.

They should be fine

Kore3

Marc, contact this company in the USA, their website is Kore3.com That's where most everyone who has done this conversion gets their lines from. Tobin is very knowledgeable and should be able to tell you what you need. Good luck!

Maybe Ebay

Thanks! It's been one of the best mods I've done to the car. The only issue is some brake noise but I suspect the pads are to blame. The calipers I bought came loaded with pads so I'll probably just swap those for something better.

Gotcha, well I'm excited to do this. Thanks for the reply! I'll be sure to invest in some decent pads the first time around.

1 more thing, you didn't have to drill the bolt holes for the new calipers? Other how-tos that I've read for this say you need to drill out those holes for the bigger bolts that the cts-v calipers use.

@@tampabaybuilds6825 1st gen ctsv are direct bolt on. The newer ctsv and Camaro ss 5th gen 6th gen will also work . You just have to drill out the spindle 1/2 then 9/16 to use the 14mm bolt that bolts the caliper. The ctsv 1st gen uses 12mm like the stock ones

Not yet but that will be a video in the future. I can tell you from going to the track a couple weeks ago thats its night and day difference. Stopping from 140mph was awesome.

I am running 18”s all the way around. 295/35/18 rear and 285/35/18 front.

I'm running the ctsv brakes up front and factory size rear with stoptech rotors. 275/35/18 295/35/18 nt05

Did you get it figured out

@@bhcamaro2002 I did, and I couldn’t do without them anymore lol

Awesome man! It's a big improvement over the crappy factory 2 pistons😂

Those are C5 replica wheels

Starting this brake conversion process did you ever find a machine shop that does this?

Have to change to the 98-02 ls spindles

Swap to ls spindles and it will

This is the best fit and most well known to work with our cars

9.5 front

Best just to do them while you're there, helps with pedal and shorter stopping distances. I'm running this on my SS it's on my channel

No these will not fit in the rear without heavy modification.

LegitStreetCars not these but the rear ones off the cts-v

I don't know to be honest. I haven't seen anyone online doing that.

teamgmotorsports You would still need to enlarge the hubs and the pads don't fit as nicely

Glenn The Closer Lombardo this is only for the front isn’t it?

EtelorveHc49 hey. Yes, the main focus of the video is for the fronts. But in the end he did say that if u want to do the rears to keep the stock calipers, assuming bc the rear ctsv ones won’t fit, and simply swap the rotors with the new ones. I’m a fucking rookie when it comes to this stuff so there may have been some obvious mods needed that he didn’t need to mention that i just missed. But yeah man the rear stock calipers don’t fit the larger 14” rotors. FYI

Depends if you do sprinted driving on backroads and weight of the car. My car with heads and cam was required. It's a big improvement over factory brakes

@@bhcamaro2002 / ok well I live in NE Pennsylvania so I do some fun driving on the back roads, now the car is an 89 Camaro so I think they were 3200ish lbs and I’ve only removed the steel hood for a fiberglass one (had an accident otherwise I’d have kept the of hood). The car is a T-top but I’ve added weld in s. frame connectors. Like I said I have the “ls1” brakes up front and pbr calipers out back on a BW 9 bolt with 3.27 gearing. I’m in the middle of a power train swap right now with an Lq4 running 862 heads, so 10.5:1 compression, drop in truck cam for the 6.0 so power wise on paper at least I think ill be sitting at around stock ls3 power with everything coming in early because of the truck cam (using a truck cam because this isn’t a race car and I wanted my hp / tq down low). I have the opportunity to get a set of 2012 Camaro SS brakes for practically nothing and from what I’ve read my car will be 600-800 lbs lighter than the 5th gen. So what do you think about only running the front 4 piston brakes and leaving the rear as is or should I swap the rears out as well, oh and should I bother with an adjustable proportioning valve? Thanks for the help n sorry to be long winded

@@limabravo6065 I left my rears stock. The rearend can lock up with too much braking pressure. Sounds like you have a decent build can't go wrong with a 3rd gen man

Cost and complexity mainly.

Nice trans am!

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