Seconded. Brakes and Oil Cooler should both be treated as a "Requirement" for our car. Lack of oil cooler will not kill you. Lack of brakes however, CAN.
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According to Bryan, though, the stock brakes, even the base brakes, are more brake than a lot of cars already on the track.
And yeah, brake fade can cause an accident, or you could feel the brakes slipping when they start to fade and safely pull over. It is what it is. I'm getting a brake upgrade regardless. |
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RCZ and I believe TravisJB have both experienced this - they called it "icing up". BTW, the swiftness in the fade was evident in the Car and Driver test that caused the NISMO to crash - it came on so suddenly and without warning, they COULDNT safely pull over. Scary!
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Well, the OP has sport brakes already anyway, so he'd probably be ok getting oil cooler and pads/fluid/lines before tracking, wouldn't you think? And that's not all that pricey compared to replacing the brakes. |
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Ice mode is not heat related. It's a failure mode of the z's abs controller. The issue with the sport brakes is the way the calipers trap heat, failure is sudden. Theres almost no fade before near-total failure. It's a confusion issue. |
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Either way, brake fade comes sudden and without much warning.
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I think to save money and time I will get the oil cooler on my first oil change, the brakes on my first fluid / pad change, and get the exhaust when cash permits. I can get the intake after those mods. Maybe that will cure the itch temporarily.
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Srsly though, nothing cures the modding itch I dont think :-p. I'd recommend getting a real oil cooler than the Nissan one thats coming out, but thats me.
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nothing cures the modding itch I dont think :-p. I want to spend more on mods, but only if it adds performance. Brakes fill the bill. GTR start button, Fairlady badges, etc are cool for others but not I. Instead of modding I am thinking another car entirely. Keeping the Z and getting an E type convertible too. That way I can still sink money into a car.
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I've been scratching my head for the past 8 or so hours and can't figure out if HFC's will fit with the F.I. LTH's and CBE or not. I just saw the video of Semtex's Z after he installed the headers and that was exactly what I was looking for. That **** sounds all business.
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I wasn't necessarily looking at the gains, more so the sound... Maybe while I have my day off I'll analyze it some more. A lot of money just to make it sound slightly different.
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Just get HFC's (or test pipes if you can actually get away with it...) and a good CBE.
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