Just got a 370z I have a sport brake ????

spearfish25 · 01-01-2010, 03:21 PM

My wife's altima seems to have a much more abrupt brake engagement than my 370Z. Where her car takes very little pedal pressure to snag you with the seatbelt, my Z takes a bit of effort and pushing in comparison. While the Z takes additional effort, a firm stomp stops the car on a dime. I think the Z gives better pedal 'feel'.

kannibul · 01-01-2010, 08:49 PM

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Originally Posted by spearfish25

My wife's altima seems to have a much more abrupt brake engagement than my 370Z. Where her car takes very little pedal pressure to snag you with the seatbelt, my Z takes a bit of effort and pushing in comparison. While the Z takes additional effort, a firm stomp stops the car on a dime. I think the Z gives better pedal 'feel'.

If that's the case, you need to burn off some brake pads. You could have just about anything on the pads making them feel a bit "stiff"

When I first got my 370z, the pads were clean and the rotors were too - touch the brakes and it throws you forward. At some point they got a bit less so grabby, which was a good thing. A little while longer and they were even more...less grabby.

I spent a bit one night driving my Z hard...it was around 35F out, and managed to get the oil temps up to 230F (hard to do in this weather!), and was going hard from around 70MPH to around 5MPH with hard controlled braking (just above ABS threshold) - rinse and repeat for about 10-15 minutes then drove around for another 15 minutes just letting them cool off. Turning on to my street, the brakes were grabby again but not bad!

I'm sure I didn't "bed" them like what I've read...since it was so cold out I'm sure they lost temp quickly, so I figure more or less I just cleaned the pads and rotors off with any grease and grime that may have collected.

370Zsteve · 01-01-2010, 09:10 PM

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Originally Posted by azn370z

Just got the car tonight with 12 miles on it. I noticed the sport brakes were not as good as my base 350z brakes. When I barely apply brake pressure in my 350z the car stops. I felt the 370z required more pressure to stop the car. I don't remember if my 350z brakes were weak when the car was brand new.

I know brakes need to be broken in but are my brakes going to improve after it has been broken in?

Thanks

You gonna break those pads in or just worry about their performance before you do? And break them in correctly or your post will be a self-fulfilling prophecy!

370Zsteve · 01-01-2010, 09:26 PM

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Originally Posted by azn370z

Yep yep took a year to save up. Got penfed financing thanks to you. I don't think anyone is as obsessed with the z as I am. Ironically today was the first time I ever drove a 370z. I almost chuckled when I saw how big the side view mirrors look from the inside.

Wow, kudos to AK and big w00t for a year's worth of savings AZN!

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spearfish25 A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Naples, FL Posts: 4,117 Drives: to work Rep Power: 1856	My wife's altima seems to have a much more abrupt brake engagement than my 370Z. Where her car takes very little pedal pressure to snag you with the seatbelt, my Z takes a bit of effort and pushing in comparison. While the Z takes additional effort, a firm stomp stops the car on a dime. I think the Z gives better pedal 'feel'. __________________ 2013 Cadillac V-Wagon, RIP Z

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