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Originally Posted by shadoquad
Lot of Z hatin' going on in this thread. I'd hoped the conversation would remain civil. Oh well.
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Thread was doomed as soon as the thread title was created...
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Originally Posted by Red__Zed
You need more than just pads to fix the brakes. The brake fade was experienced with the $500 nismo pads...
The caliper retains A TON of heat. I'd love to sit down sometime and run a thermodynamic analysis on the calipers to figure out what's up
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I'm convinced that it's a severe lack of air flow to the rotors/calipers etc vs. a caliper design flaw that's creating this issue.
FYI, R35 GTRs that see serious track time also suffer from this exact same issue and there are aftermarket brake ducting solutions available that remedy it. Apparently, same goes for the Z32 platform as well.
Starting to make me think Nissan needs to hire someone with some better knowledge in this area. I suspect they are trading brake cooling (only an issue for track rats) for better aero/cd #'s.