Akebonos not up to heavy track use!

imag · 11-04-2009, 11:49 PM

Mike - are your Rotaras cross drilled? With cracking, I assume so.

You make a decent case for the Brembos, but the fact that they are still eating pads and rotors is a bit of a drag. I suppose 5 track days isn't bad, but I was hoping I could get to a lower maintenance schedule. I guess that's the thing about going to the track... the cost is in the hardware, not the track time.

Thanks to both of you for the thoughts. I think I'll bail on the HP+ at the rear at the very least - I'm sure they're about done by now anyway. Unfortunately, it will be a bit before I have money for a BBK of any type. My current strategy is to just lay off the brakes for the next couple track days; I'm not timing, and I've got a lot of other things to perfect, so late braking isn't really holding me back.

I might see about figuring out the front brake cooling on my own. There just has to be a way to route some air up there. If some good rotors, cooling, and the right pads could hold me off for six months, it would be really nice...

Mike · 11-05-2009, 12:18 AM

No, my rotora rotors are just slotted, not drilled.

ChrisSlicks · 11-05-2009, 10:18 AM

Mike, did you come up with a ducting solution yet? Sounds like you are getting those rotors crazy hot.

I was trying to figure out the best way to modify the backing plate to accept a duct, and then figure out how to connect the duct to the holes in the fangs.

Mike · 11-05-2009, 10:35 AM

not yet, I'm waiting for someone else to come up with one. I've only got one more track day this year, and its road atlanta, which gives plenty of cooling time for the brakes, so hopefully someone will develop one by spring time.

travisjb · 11-05-2009, 05:55 PM

my shop is working on it and i'll post details after that

htt760 · 02-16-2010, 03:53 PM

do you guys think we can use the front akebonos for the rears and maybe we can come up with a bracket for the rear so we can use our stock fronts?

37Z · 02-16-2010, 08:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sharif@Forged

CMP and TGP are two of the toughest tracks on brakes. They just eat up pads, rotors, and everything else. If your brakes hold up well at these two tracks, they will have no problem at Road Atlanta, VIR, Barber, Roebling...etc..etc.

There are only a handful of brake upgrades I would use on track, and Brembo and AP, and Stop Tech are three of them.

In my experience, I agree with Sharif, but in a different order, AP,Brembo, and Stop Tech for calipers with iron rotors.

travisjb · 02-17-2010, 12:39 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by htt760

do you guys think we can use the front akebonos for the rears and maybe we can come up with a bracket for the rear so we can use our stock fronts?

suggest selling your stock sport brakes for $1K instead and using that to buy matching rear brakes... do it while miles are low and you stand a better chance to get a good price on the sport brakes

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11-04-2009, 11:49 PM	#61 (permalink)
imag Enthusiast Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Oakland, CA Posts: 446 Drives: up the wall Rep Power: 16	Mike - are your Rotaras cross drilled? With cracking, I assume so. You make a decent case for the Brembos, but the fact that they are still eating pads and rotors is a bit of a drag. I suppose 5 track days isn't bad, but I was hoping I could get to a lower maintenance schedule. I guess that's the thing about going to the track... the cost is in the hardware, not the track time. Thanks to both of you for the thoughts. I think I'll bail on the HP+ at the rear at the very least - I'm sure they're about done by now anyway. Unfortunately, it will be a bit before I have money for a BBK of any type. My current strategy is to just lay off the brakes for the next couple track days; I'm not timing, and I've got a lot of other things to perfect, so late braking isn't really holding me back. I might see about figuring out the front brake cooling on my own. There just has to be a way to route some air up there. If some good rotors, cooling, and the right pads could hold me off for six months, it would be really nice...

11-05-2009, 10:18 AM	#63 (permalink)
ChrisSlicks A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: North East Posts: 6,203 Drives: 09 370Z Sport M6 Rep Power: 653	Mike, did you come up with a ducting solution yet? Sounds like you are getting those rotors crazy hot. I was trying to figure out the best way to modify the backing plate to accept a duct, and then figure out how to connect the duct to the holes in the fangs.