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1st Gen Blazer with 2nd Gen Blazer spindles for C6 Z06 brakes....

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I have an 88 s10 blazer that will be bagged and laying frame. I already ordered Thor Bros control arms for a 1st gen blazer. I am going to swap the spindles for a ser of Belltech 98+ Blazer spindles and from what I have read it is not uncommon an not a major problem.

Any one else done the c6 zo6 brake swap on a 1st gen?

Seen it done on a couple of 2nd gens
 
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C5 rotors/C6 calipers/Belltech Blazer drop spindles

You can also do this without switching over to the blazer hub-type spindles.
 
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gunther19820 said:
C5 rotors/C6 calipers/Belltech Blazer drop spindles

You can also do this without switching over to the blazer hub-type spindles.
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Really? Everything that I have been looking into has required the 98+ Blazer spindles in order to do the C6 Z06 brake setup. I talked also with Kore3 and they said it would require the 98+ spindles or ATS AFX spindles (which are way overpriced and not recommended as blazers will not be track cars typically).

Do you have any pics or more info of a 1st gen s1-/blazer that uses the 1st gen spindles?

Thanks
 
#7 ·
you take old rotors, and turn them down into hubs. Then slide the hat-style vette or LS1 rotors onto them. I believe you have to trim a little of the spindle away, for the abutments to fit. Also, your track width will increase more (to compensate for your newly made "hub").

A good example is Hi_i'm_sean, look in his thread. I believe he is running LS brakes, not vettes. But you can see what he did with the rotors turned to hubs.

A lot of guys do it this way, because it keeps them from having to buy New spindles (especially if you need drop spindles, they arent ****ing cheap). I wanted to keep my overall track width as close to what i have as possible, so I opted to go with the blazer spindles.

Also, why are you sold on it being "Z06"? They only difference in calipers was color of the paint. I think the rotors may have been a little thicker, but their diam is the same.
 
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#9 ·
Rotor Diameters/Thicknesses:
Base: F 325mm/R 305mm
Z51: F 340mm/R 330mm
Z06: F 355mm/R 340mm
ZR1: F 394mm/R 380mm
All (3) variants Rotor thickness (with exception of ZR1): F 32mm/R 26mm
 
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Thanks for the info. I am just going to go with the 2nd gen spindles for this setup. I was just wondering what other options there were for a 1st gen.
 
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Btw Calipers are completely different on the C6 Z06 compared to the Z51 or base.

C6 Z06: Front 6 Piston Calipers, Rear 4 Piston Calipers
C6 Z51 and C5 use the same calipers but the C6 Z51 uses a larger rotor: Front 4 Piston Calipers, Rear 4 Piston Calipers
 
#13 ·
There are multiple threads on here talking about the calipers. If you want to pay more for red paint its cool...
 
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gunther19820 said:
you arent listing years man.
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My bad, I should have put, generic in there. But I was just trying to put that there are difference other than rotor diameter and paint color between the z06 and base brake systems for a C6 or C5
 
#18 ·
so the C6 Z06 are 6 pots, while the C6 Z51, C6 base are 4 pots. I also believe the C5 calipers are identical.

Maybe its the C5 calipers that the only difference is color (between the Z06 and base/Z51)
 
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