Braking problem - malfunctioning ABS

RCZ · 05-11-2010, 09:48 AM

^ Sounds like fade? Maybe you glazed the pad?

Sorry to go offtopic folks, but I want to get in on the fun too. Where are you all buying your Carbotech pads at?

sig11 · 05-11-2010, 10:01 AM

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Originally Posted by RCZ

Sorry to go offtopic folks, but I want to get in on the fun too. Where are you all buying your Carbotech pads at?

Forged gave me a pretty reasonable price.

ChrisSlicks · 05-11-2010, 10:02 AM

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Originally Posted by RCZ

^ Sounds like fade? Maybe you glazed the pad?

Sorry to go offtopic folks, but I want to get in on the fun too. Where are you all buying your Carbotech pads at?

Same thing happens to me. I thought it was fade at first, but the ABS ends up pulsing the front brakes, not the rear. If the fronts were overheated you would expect the rear brakes to be doing all the work and locking up as a result.

Something is f-d up in the ABS program (of which heat is an apparent factor). I'll know more this weekend after taking some measurements.

AutoX Z · 05-11-2010, 05:21 PM

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Originally Posted by RCZ

^ Sounds like fade? Maybe you glazed the pad?

Sorry to go offtopic folks, but I want to get in on the fun too. Where are you all buying your Carbotech pads at?

No it wasn't brake fade. The brakes were fine all day and the amount of pedal travel/effort required to stop the car never changed the ABS just started engaging well before it should have. What doesn't make sense to me is if it was a straight programing problem the ABS would go into ice-mode from the first stop. The fact that it also seems to be temperature related is very puzzling

gpa7pk · 05-11-2010, 05:34 PM

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Originally Posted by RCZ

^ Sounds like fade? Maybe you glazed the pad?

Sorry to go offtopic folks, but I want to get in on the fun too. Where are you all buying your Carbotech pads at?

Go directly to Carbotech - Carbo Tech, Inc.* - they have our pads in stock, can offer a pad bedding service so that you just install their pads and go (I haven't installed mine yet). They are very responsive with fast and reasonable shipping.

sig11 · 05-11-2010, 05:42 PM

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Originally Posted by gpa7pk

Go directly to Carbotech - Carbo Tech, Inc.* - they have our pads in stock, can offer a pad bedding service so that you just install their pads and go (I haven't installed mine yet). They are very responsive with fast and reasonable shipping.

I think you mean Carbotech Performance Brakes

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RCZ A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Miami Posts: 6,403 Drives: '09 370Z Rep Power: 1120	^ Sounds like fade? Maybe you glazed the pad? Sorry to go offtopic folks, but I want to get in on the fun too. Where are you all buying your Carbotech pads at?