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I'm assuming you mean HP+, in which case, yes, those are OK.

It's the HPS that are terrible and would never stand up to track use. And even on the street they lack bite.

Got you. Nobody here tracks their Zs much anyhow except for Henry who has been terrorizing the pavement lately from what I understand.

:iagree: :tup:

I'm not looking for pure track here obviously but I want something that will work well well with a forced induction set-up that will stand up to occasional track use. Open to suggestions.

You really don't want to run any street pad on track. You might be fine with a Ferodo DS2500 on track while you're still learning and going slow, but if you are going to do any real track work you need to be looking at real track pads.

That said, Ferodo DS2500 (for the street) all the way.

Street: Ferodo DS2500s

Track: Carbotech XP10F/8R

Dedicated track pads are a must... if ur willing to spend the money and time to install a turbo... then slapping some track pads on every so often shouldn't be an issue..

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Speaking of brake pads, Im looking at piecing together a BBK..

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dont z's already come with 6 piston calipers?

Not the base model..

Base model was only sold from 2009-2011 and was discontinued in 2012. It came with 18" rims and 4 piston calipers iirc

yup, that is true.

Well I need to replace my street pads first so I want to get something a little sturdier than whatever came with it stock. I'm not going to drive around with track pads on it. Also, I'm supercharged not turbo'd.

I won't see the track until next spring and even then I'm gonna need lessons.

I DD'd my Z with Carbotech XP8's on it for over a year without any issues. The brake dust would probably bother you a lot more than it bothered me though.

4 pistons for the akebonos
the base model was not discontinued, and the base brakes are not 4 piston.

I second the DS2500 as a great street pad, along with the idea of a set of pads specifically for track use.

Yes it was. The sport became the base. The base used to start at ~28k. The sport was 31. Now the "base" is 32k (old sport).

It used to go: Base, sport, touring, nismo
Now it goes: Base, roadster, nismo

http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e3...ps6d6d4fa9.png

You should call nissan and tell them their website is wrong.

I don't want sintering in the rotor caps or calipers let alone the rims so yeah, it would bother me

No, Nissan just jacked the prices up. base model still exists. Sport is an option that can be applied to Base or Touring.

Middle of this year Nissan cut prices so base is back to 29.x.

Generally the more aggressive the pad, the more it will dust. Your best option would be to get a separate set of track pads for track days and run something like the DS2500 the rest of the time.

Ds2500 still dust a lot though.

I miss having my XP8's. So much more braking power than the stock pads, especially with the PSS tires.

Once my stock Ferodo's wear out, probably gonna go DS2500 or CarboTech AX6 on the 5-0

I ran the DS2500s on my 5.0. Fantastic.

I also had them on the S2K for a short time. :p

I'll sacrifice clean wheels in favor of stopping power any day :tiphat:

In all honesty it's not that bad, you just have to keep up with it.

This thread still makes me lol sometimes.

Im trying man. The Z isn't inspected right now so its just being a garage camper at the moment. ABS sensor is still acting a fool. Gone through pretty much all diagnostic crap I can think of short of hooking the sensors up to Consult 3...which is a $500 purchase.

Anyways once that is fixed ill be getting my tune sorted out and ill be down. :/

Been using a very diluted simple green mix lately. The brake dust just falls off. Not even mad at my pads anymore.

I Agree!

I use Posi-Quiet as my DD pads and HAWK DTC for my track pads. I like both sets for their purposes.

I use the Adam's Quick Sealant every few months on mine. With the Adam's Green Wheel cleaner, just foam them up and a light scrub takes all the dust off.

You know how frequently I wash my car, so probably not an issue at all anyway :icon17:

I just drove around with my wheels powdercoated in brake dust :icon17:

I wash the car once a week so it probably wouldn't be that bad I guess.

The Adams DWC works great too. Love the stuff. Don't even really need to use a brush if you don't want to, good water pressure after about ~5 minutes of soaking will take 95% of it off.

Track: XP10 Front / XP8 Rear
Street: ...whatever came in the box with my Cobra Calipers/Rotors lol

I havn't removed my track pads as of yet from the stang... they squeak like a ************.