Akebonos vs Upgraded BBK

MD-370z · 11-20-2010, 09:34 PM

Hi Guys,

Don't have many posts on the board as I'm more of a lurker than an avid poster. I have been doing many track days here in Canada, and ran into problems with my brakes on my last track day they overheated and i got quite a scare as i lost almost all my braking power. Its not cold over here so no more tracking and my main goal is to keep the car on the road in the snow ( exciting enough even with winter tires)

Been doing research on upgrading brakes, I messed up the rotors on my last even so will need to upgrade those, along with new pads and figured if im at it throw in some SS lines. looked at the pricing and saw it would be expensive since most items are expensive to ship from the US to canada.

SO got me thinking, go big or go home, looked at BBK;s and like the reviews of the AP kit. I stumbled across this thread and with stillens extra discount i might pull the trigger, but with concerns of lack of airflow, I dont want to spend the big cash for better brakes that will still overheat due to bad airflow. So basically asking people with AP's and more tracking experience if my best bet would be to get the stillen j hook rotors and xp 12,20 pads along with SS lines or go big get the bbk and never have to worry about failing brakes.

I know this is very long and there is no conclusive answer as it is all subjective, but i would really value people's opinions.

thanks in advance,
md-370z

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11-20-2010, 09:34 PM	#11 (permalink)
MD-370z Base Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: canada Posts: 137 Drives: 370z,MB, sport, m6, Rep Power: 18	Hi Guys, Don't have many posts on the board as I'm more of a lurker than an avid poster. I have been doing many track days here in Canada, and ran into problems with my brakes on my last track day they overheated and i got quite a scare as i lost almost all my braking power. Its not cold over here so no more tracking and my main goal is to keep the car on the road in the snow ( exciting enough even with winter tires) Been doing research on upgrading brakes, I messed up the rotors on my last even so will need to upgrade those, along with new pads and figured if im at it throw in some SS lines. looked at the pricing and saw it would be expensive since most items are expensive to ship from the US to canada. SO got me thinking, go big or go home, looked at BBK;s and like the reviews of the AP kit. I stumbled across this thread and with stillens extra discount i might pull the trigger, but with concerns of lack of airflow, I dont want to spend the big cash for better brakes that will still overheat due to bad airflow. So basically asking people with AP's and more tracking experience if my best bet would be to get the stillen j hook rotors and xp 12,20 pads along with SS lines or go big get the bbk and never have to worry about failing brakes. I know this is very long and there is no conclusive answer as it is all subjective, but i would really value people's opinions. thanks in advance, md-370z