Man I never thought 19 inch rims would look that much bigger than 18 inch rims. Boy was I wrong!

 

I will be @ Sebring on Sat June 14th. You were braking much later than I was comming into the turns. You were definetly alot harder on your brakes than I was. Your lucky you lost your brakes in that turn where there was a runoff. Another turn and you might have been in the grass. Nice meeting you too. Send me a PM with your e-mail so we can keep in touch.

JET

 

Sounds like a ton of fun and great pics bro!

 

looks like a lot of fun, I'll definatly have to look into the prices for that

 

Larry...is it only necessary to have a good BBK up front when tracking your car?

 

Very nice! Is that a V2 spoiler?

 

Yes... you only need a BBK for repeated stopping. The BBK caliper is aluminum and acts as a heat sink that absorbs and radiates heat. The more you brake the better your brakes had better be at dissipating the heat. The larger the rotor is the better the capacity to absorb braking energy and radiate it out as well.

The stock Brembo's are marginal at dissipating heat and at a track like Sebring with 17 turns and 2 long straight aways are destroyed rather quickly. If the heat is not dissipated in the rotor or caliper it is absorbed by the brake fluid causing the water in the brake fluid to boil and the pedal to go to the floor without having brakes.

You would never have the need for a BBK for stret driving or drag racing.

JET

 

Yes... NISMO V2 or AKA Type E.

JET

 

Great pictures, awesome Z, thank you for sharing

My question to you is, would the stock non-brembos be able to handle an event like this IF the driver is very prudent about their brake use going into the turns? I have wanted to drive Sebring ever since I first bought my Z, but I have avoided it partly because of my brakes.

 

Real deal or replica?

 

lmfao thats no fun!

 

565 whp wow...

 

Absolutely. To drive the course the fastest we use threshold braking. Threshold braking is braking at the last second with almost 100% full brakes.

CHIN is an HPDE (High performance Driving Event). It is not racing, and racing is prohibited. You can drive your car as hard as you wish. Just keep your driving within the limits of your vehicle and yourself. A set of performance pads and fluid will allow better braking.

To Drive at a CHIN event you neeed to pay your annual dues and your entry fee for the event. You must drive with an instructor until he feels confident in your abilities and signs you off to drive solo.

Here is a link to CHIN.

CHIN Motorsports

JET

 

Replica... Evo-R

JET

 

Thank you, much appreciated.

 

(just chiming in-not trying to thread jack from larry)
to help answer your question-bbk in front will be a big improvement
over stock calipers or even stock brembos on our cars
i read some good information on Zeckhausen Racing today about
what options are best depending on a persons type of driving
and learned a lot(6 piston vs 4 piston calipers, type a pad vs
type b pad, etc...)check their site out you may find it helpful.
they also have pretty good prices

 

yeah, i was braking pretty hard, but not as hard as i would like. once i get
my brakes working like i want i am going to be able to maintain a lot more
speed and dive in real late to help shave some more seconds off of my lap
times-i know if i get more hp and do not get more brakes i definately will
be spending more time in the runoffs and grass because the car just would
not stop-when i went off in front of you i had foot all the way to the
floor with full pressure and it barely stopped by the middle of the runoff area

my goal is to beat my friend in the advanced group-he has been going there
since the late 90's and his best time is 2:39 i think i can beat that next time
if my plans go right by then(i was running upper 2:40's last weekend)