obviously Rim width. He changed subjects to quickly

 

No rubbing and that's with the car lowered. The JIC coilovers probably help there as they are stiffer than the stock suspension.

joe

 

10 refers to rear wheel width. If you want to replace rotors without changing calipers you will have to get a rotor that is exactly the same size as stock. And all of those I have seen are one piece.

joe

 

Yeah...I was told so..... sigh* I thought buying a Track model with Factory Brembo and replacing rotor would do enough to the brake system I wanted but it ain't like that afterall
Buy the way, your car look just sick man....Jeez! HRE with DB is simply....speechless... Now I understand why my friend owning DB is saving his *** up to get HRE's... but they are too expensive!!! Anyway, I love your car so bad.

 

omg this is nice

 

Nice car! Love the wheels and brakes!!

But, i have to agree with raceboy here. I race my 350Z track as well. At the last event i was at, i boiled the fluid the first day. After a quick change in the hotel parking lot i was back on the second day. I had absolutely NO problems with my brakes. This was at Mid-Ohio and pulling down from 130 on the back straight to make a 50mph right hander. Trust me, i drive my car hard. So hard in fact that the red lettering on the caliper is now black and my tires are gone (they only had 3500 miles on them).

Now, i also have to say that i am a big fan of AP Racing and Stoptech. But in all fairness, that article of the stoptech brakes is not 100% accurate. They not only had 2 different cars they swapped the brakes on, but they also changed tires/rims/suspension on the stoptech equiped car. That is really not a fare test as brake performance will be vastly different with those changes. I am also pretty sure they used different pad compounds than the brembo's were using....

A more accurate test would be to first bleed the brakes on the track model. Put the new rims and tires on that car. Test it. Then, swap the brakes, bleed only to get the air out (not changing the fluid) and make sure the same pad compound is used. I think that article was good on the type's of tests stoptech does, but it also wasn't completely accurate either.

Also, the brembo's from the factory are not perfect. But, with a pad change, fluid change, and some stainless lines they work perfectly on the car.

But, i don't want to hijack this thread... Again, beautiful car!! Love the wheels!

 

I do agree that the Brembo OEM brakes are OK with a pad, fluid and line change.

But the key for me is going into corners deeper, out braking the competition and better stopping distance.

I have been racing in SCCA and other series since 1979. We currenly run a GT-2 Z. In the National Series. Ther eis never "enough" brakes!

There is a difference between functional vs. high end. I have driven modified OEM Brembo setups and not overly impressed. For the track, I prefer the A/P or the Stop Tech. Heat dissapation, out gasing etc is a whole thread in itself.

We can agree to disagree, that is fine.

Regards

 

this is not a fair comparison because they used different tires on the aftermatket brake setup

*Test conducted on a 3rd car with modified suspension and Toyo Proxes tires. All other tests were conducted with stock suspension and factory Bridgestone RE40 tires.