Best Motoring Brake Test: 370Z vs 135i vs S2000 vs Cayman S

AK370Z · 03-19-2009, 04:31 AM

YouTube - Best Motoring Brake Test: 370Z vs Cayman S vs S2000 vs 135i
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arcticreaver · 03-19-2009, 04:36 AM

lol we need subtitles or translations please

AK370Z · 03-19-2009, 04:46 AM

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Originally Posted by arcticreaver

lol we need subtitles or translations please

I thinks it's safe to say Z did a pretty good job!

I'm def surprised at 135i's performance. when edmunds.com did their comparison test with the 370Z, they said,

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Originally Posted by edmunds

It's (135is) brakes are more linear and easier to modulate than the 370Z

SMJane_Again · 03-19-2009, 09:56 AM

Yeah, 'more linear' and 'easier to modulate' probably doesn't necessarily equate to fastest/shortest stopping time/distance. When you're on the brakes all the way, linearity and modulation are probably the least of your worries.

S.

Greg · 03-19-2009, 10:28 AM

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Originally Posted by SMJane_Again

Yeah, 'more linear' and 'easier to modulate' probably doesn't necessarily equate to fastest/shortest stopping time/distance. When you're on the brakes all the way, linearity and modulation are probably the least of your worries.

S.

Now there's the difference between Magazine writers and Pro racecar drivers for ya.

BPAuto · 03-19-2009, 12:38 PM

Awesome post.

-Hunter

Pushing_Tin · 03-20-2009, 01:34 AM

Cool, but it's brakes not breaks.

mattkim85 · 03-20-2009, 01:57 AM

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Originally Posted by Pushing_Tin

Cool, but it's brakes not breaks.

AK370Z · 03-20-2009, 02:21 AM

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Originally Posted by Pushing_Tin

Cool, but it's brakes not breaks.

someone

me please! I can't believe I did that

.

bullitt5897 · 03-20-2009, 08:43 AM

I had an s2000 and the 370z brakes better than the S by far even with its heavier chasis.

If you watch the video closely you will see that the S was only traveling at 108 km/h

where as

the 370 was traveling at 110 km/h.

Not a big difference but enough to make braking just a lil bit longer maybe by .7 meters?

BlueR32 · 03-20-2009, 04:51 PM

yoiks- you see that 135i wander around-- must be the suspension.

the domestic cars win those japanese comparos . kind of funny, really.

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SMJane_Again Base Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: COS, CO Posts: 137 Drives: 18 Golf R Rep Power: 17	Yeah, 'more linear' and 'easier to modulate' probably doesn't necessarily equate to fastest/shortest stopping time/distance. When you're on the brakes all the way, linearity and modulation are probably the least of your worries. S. __________________ ~S.M. "Don't look back. Someone might be gaining on you." -Satchel Paige

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arcticreaver Track Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Arcadia, CA Posts: 769 Drives: 2009 Z34 7AT PG Rep Power: 925	lol we need subtitles or translations please

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bullitt5897 Premium Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: North GA Posts: 6,831 Drives: Twin Turbo Z34 Rep Power: 3683	I had an s2000 and the 370z brakes better than the S by far even with its heavier chasis. If you watch the video closely you will see that the S was only traveling at 108 km/h where as the 370 was traveling at 110 km/h. Not a big difference but enough to make braking just a lil bit longer maybe by .7 meters?

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BlueR32 Base Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Alabama Posts: 20 Drives: 2004 VW R32 Rep Power: 203	yoiks- you see that 135i wander around-- must be the suspension. the domestic cars win those japanese comparos . kind of funny, really.