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Old 10-12-2011, 10:39 AM   #106 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Bonzo View Post
C&D had the Nismo pads on and still had issues. So do those pads suck too? Or as you are saying, it's just a matter of better lines and better fluid? I'm no brake expert so someone fill me in, please. But if it's just a matter of better lines (what, bigger diameter???) and a different fluid (different how??), that seems like an incredibly easy change for Nissan to just make standard. Adding an oil cooler adds material and labor costs to production. Changing the brake lines and fluids only adds material cost, not labor.

Adding a telescope wheel is probably a big engineering change which would effect many other components, so that's another matter.
SS lines to avoid flex, motul rbf600 (higher boiling point than stock), Nismo pads are not that great, for track use I'd go with XP10s or 8s. People tend to confuse brake fade with "ice mode" which is caused by the ABS system and the Z is not the only sports car that suffers from it.

Totally unrelated note, Mike I got the wheel decals, thanks!!
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