The Official what you need and how-to for CTS-V brakes

Originally Posted by 4birdman

I'm behind in the times, I tend to figure stuff out on myself to avoid the general douchebaggery that pervades most of the LS1 boards.

Oh I agree, I have a username on alot of forums, but do I post...NOPE, just use it for the search feature.

I'm glad we're good enough for you to post here.

Ya, srsly.

bookmarked!!!

Need 60-0 vid

Originally Posted by matt5112

I'm glad we're good enough for you to post here.

Jury is still out on you guys, I haven't been here long enough to make an informed decision.

Originally Posted by ZR1Vette09

Need 60-0 vid

this

Originally Posted by DrunkieTheBear

Calipers - $250
Pads - $70
Rotors - $140
SS Lines - $80


$540 roughly

4 years ago i paid almost 900 getting the f bodies on w/ full powdercoat on everything, including the lines to the master

I've put about 2,000 miles on this setup now. And they still stop wonderfully.

One thing I should note, you do need to watch your brake fluid level as the pads wear. The caliper needs more fluid to function then stock...so as the pads wear more fluid will be removed from the reservoir.

Ok it is cool to put some big brakes on the front but what about the back ones? What can I do to fill up my back rims?

I have a set of 18 inch Bullets off of an 05 or newer Mustang they are a 38mm offset has anyone tried to see if this setup fits? Is there any way to measure my setup to see if it will allow these calipers?

If you want to make the rear brakes fill up, you could do the GXP rear brakes, I didn't bother because I had to swap the hubs and I just put new hubs on my rears.

As far as the 18s go, not sure but the offset does seem to be the right offset. I really don't have any measurement numbers I can give you, just what offset the wheels should be in order for these work.

i forget the exact line of reasoning.... but the more "racecar" like your suspension gets, the more front brake bias you need.

Originally Posted by matt5112

i forget the exact line of reasoning.... but the more "racecar" like your suspension gets, the more front brake bias you need.

Lawl.

I did it because no one else would.

Hmmm seen this done to sts and cts non v cars. I have f body setup for my gtp i think ill just keep f body calipers and swap the rotors to 14 inch on my gtp and sts. On cadillac forums they didnt wanna tell what rotors they were using i thank the op for the info, now i gotta figure out what mods i have to do to the brackets.

Icing on the cake would be polished calipers. To me at least.

I just finished doing this upgrade today on my 97 and its a completely different car brake wise. I disassembled and powdercoated the calipers a deep ruby red before I put them on and it looks great. Stops much better than f-bodies. I've got the 18" alcoa gxps as well and they do fit, no issues whatsoever.

Great writeup OP. Thanks!

YAY!!!

Pictures! I want to see!

yeah, show us. you could potentially be the second person to do this swap.

there is a guy over on ls1tech.com that is working on them aswell.... Big Brake Kit - LS1TECH

i see drunkies car in that thread more than the guy doing the swap lol

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