Nissan 370Z Forum - View Single Post - Will rear Akebono improve my braking with AP Racing front calipers?

JARblue · 01-26-2017, 10:28 AM

It sounds like he doesn't have a matched set already. 4 piston AP fronts with 1 piston OEM rears? It seems to me that upgrading the OEM rear to 2 piston Akebono rear (or ideally a matched AP rear) would be on par with upgrading to the sport package calipers (4 piston fronts/2 piston rears), keeping relatively close to the OEM brake bias. Obviously pads can significantly influence this as well.

Did you upgrade rotors also? Or is that not necessary?

01-26-2017, 10:28 AM	#5 (permalink)
JARblue A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Austin, TX Age: 44 Posts: 36,450 Drives: 11 Z34, 98 E36 M3 Rep Power: 2684440	It sounds like he doesn't have a matched set already. 4 piston AP fronts with 1 piston OEM rears? It seems to me that upgrading the OEM rear to 2 piston Akebono rear (or ideally a matched AP rear) would be on par with upgrading to the sport package calipers (4 piston fronts/2 piston rears), keeping relatively close to the OEM brake bias. Obviously pads can significantly influence this as well. Did you upgrade rotors also? Or is that not necessary? __________________ 2011 370Z 6MT Sport Gun Metallic \| ARC \| CJM \| Ecutek \| FI \| Fujimura \| R2C \| SPL \| Stillen \| TWM \| Z1 \| ZSpeed \|