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Old 10-11-2011, 12:14 PM   #19 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by MightyBobo View Post
Correct, they are a lot more "brake" (physically in size) than many cars on the track. However, their fade characteristics are fairly scary compared to many other cars. It tends to come rapidly and without warning. This may be a symptom due to PROFESSIONAL drivers pushing it harder, faster - a novice may take longer to heat them up and in turn, overheat them. But the potential easily remains that they can and will fade quickly compared to other cars - even others with smaller overall physical dimensions.

RCZ and I believe TravisJB have both experienced this - they called it "icing up".

BTW, the swiftness in the fade was evident in the Car and Driver test that caused the NISMO to crash - it came on so suddenly and without warning, they COULDNT safely pull over. Scary!
Yikes!

Well, the OP has sport brakes already anyway, so he'd probably be ok getting oil cooler and pads/fluid/lines before tracking, wouldn't you think? And that's not all that pricey compared to replacing the brakes.
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