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Originally Posted by GSS138
...One other little track secret -if you have been out pushing your brakes really hard, they get hot-very hot. If you then park the car and engage your parking brake-just say "bye bye" to your rotors. The heat from the brake pads will warp your rear rotors. If you have been going 100+ slam on brakes, 100+ slam on brakes, 100+ slam on brakes, then park the car and engage emergency brake, you probably have indeed warped your rotors.
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While I agree with your conclusion, the parking brake has nothing to do with it. On the 370Z (at least my '09), the parking brakes are a separate system. It's an old style drum/shoes setup. Look through the rear spokes and you can see the drum between the wheel and rotor - it looks a bit like a big spacer. See the PB section of the FSM for details.