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Originally Posted by js112 why can't i see the photos???????? i also want to see them????? bad network.... They are all linked from imageshack, so they should be there. They

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Old 10-03-2009, 08:41 PM   #91 (permalink)
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why can't i see the photos????????
i also want to see them????? bad network....
They are all linked from imageshack, so they should be there. They show up on my screen.
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Brembo gt big brakes on order now. Hopefully they fit my 18s. If not , look fir a good deal in the classsifieds aoon
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good work you love to powder coat things lol
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It promotes the biz and let's
me write off the mods as advertising expenses
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Old 10-08-2009, 05:39 PM   #95 (permalink)
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Do you have any highway drone around 2.5k-3.5k?
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not really. you can hear the exhaust, but you can also still talk on a cell phone comfortably, or listen to music at a reasonable level.
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i think that it sounds awesome
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Old 10-13-2009, 08:56 PM   #99 (permalink)
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Akebonos don't work on the track, at least not on a short track like Little Talladega. I mentioned before I boiled the fluid and toasted the stock rear pads in one session at the East Coast Z Nationals when running HP+ up front. I then replaced the rears with HP+, so I was running both on the front and back with valvoline synthetic. I did 1 day at Road Atlanta then one more day at Little Talladega at a time attack, where they boiled again, and today when I pulled them this is what I found on every caliper. Fortunately, I have 4 good dust boots out of the 12, and the seals are all still fine. They should get me through this weekend for the rears, although I will have to have a set of rear brake pads overnited tomorrow for a back up, and then a rebuild kit for the rears before Road Atlanta the following weekend.

Anyways, not pictured are the HP+ pads with all of the factory paint burned off of them. This is a picture of one front caliper upon removal today:



and this is my solution, the bolt on front Brembo GT Caliper set. Unfortunately, they didn't quite clear my 18" wheels and I had to slightly grind the outer ends of them for clearance, so they are being repowdercoated a satin black tomorrow.



Hopefully these and some Motul fluid will do the trick. We will know next week.

The funny thing is, I've never been real hard on brakes and never had a problem with my 350Z brembos, Stock Corvette brakes or C6 Z06 corvette brakes on the same track. I guess the akebono's are more show than go.
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I'll try to post up some photos of the stereo install I did last week tomorrow also.
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Good move, Mike. I'm running a new set of AP Racing brakes as well. You're right, stock doesn't hold up. They need more air too !!!
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Good move, Mike. I'm running a new set of AP Racing brakes as well. You're right, stock doesn't hold up. They need more air too !!!
yea, I'm wondering if I need to upgrade the rears also. I get wholesale with a company that sells brembo, so my cost made it a no brainer versus every other front upgrade out there.
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Took a bit of grinding on the edges to get them to fit my 18" 350z wheels, but they do. I've got about 3mm clearance, so little rocks and gravel get caught in between and scratch up my rims and sound terrible when slow, but these brakes are awesome! Braking deep all day with no fade at all.

Here is the refinished caliper, with my 'orange' touch to them, so they match my street wheels, just satin instead of glossy.
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but the problem on the 370Z stock brakes are the pads right???
or the calipers aren't good too???
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for the street, don't need anything different... for track, pads and lack of ventilation are the primary problems, and I think most folks will be fine with the stock SPORT brakes if they fix both of those things... but some people like BBKs and you prob do 'need' BBKs if you track the car with long sessions and / or are competitive
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