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waaaasabi 03-31-2010 02:58 PM
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Originally Posted by nismo09 (Post 474870)
If you buy the nismo, you get the optional breaks. I have taken the care to the track (texas world speedway) once so far (2 days - 4x 25 minute sessions each day) and the breaks performed flawlessly. On the second day in the afternoon sessions the instructor asked me a couple of times how are your breaks feeling (I was hitting them really hard the entire time) and I had absolutely no problems - just a little dust at the end of 2 days. Granted it was 85 degrees both days so it is not August yet so I will find out later in the summer just how good the breaks are under extreme heat conditions. Just my 2 cents worth.
Good to hear your brakes braked, but didn't break :tiphat:

nismo09 03-31-2010 03:17 PM
I know - typing too fast.

akaisuzu 04-01-2010 05:20 PM
Digged up wikipedia japan and found the following

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曙ブレーキ工業
曙ブレーキ工業株式会社（あけぼのブレーキこうぎょう）は、埼玉県羽生市に本社を置く日本の自動車部品メー カー。1929年創業。

主に自動車用ブレーキを中心に生産し、トヨタや米GM社を中心に各完成車メーカーへの供給を行 っている。
Basically it means they started their business in 1929, mainly supplier for Toyota and GM.

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2005年に筆頭株主であった米国の自動車部品メーカー・デルファイ社が供給先のGM社の経営不振等のあお りを受けて保有株を全てトヨタに売却し[1]、現在は同社が筆頭株主となっている。また、ドイツの同業大手のロバート・ボッシュ社とも提携 。
If I read this properly, it means they have stopped supplying for GM in 2005, and Akebono brakes are in alliance with Bosch.

boardingnath 04-04-2010 08:14 PM
Akebono supply brakes for the Mclaren F1 team. Doesn't mean that the Z brakes will be the best, but they obviously know a thing or two about brakes.

Q8y_drifter 04-10-2010 05:27 PM
Car and Driver magazine (I think that's the one) compared both the stock Brembo BBK on a stock 350Z and the Akebono BBK retrofitted on the same 350Z. The front brakes got up to 600F on the Brembo setup after a few laps on the track while the Akebono's only reached around 300F on the same conditions.

Mike 04-10-2010 08:53 PM
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Originally Posted by Q8y_drifter (Post 490492)
Car and Driver magazine (I think that's the one) compared both the stock Brembo BBK on a stock 350Z and the Akebono BBK retrofitted on the same 350Z. The front brakes got up to 600F on the Brembo setup after a few laps on the track while the Akebono's only reached around 300F on the same conditions.
The akebonos definitely have more mass to them than the brembo ones.

seizer8 02-04-2013 09:53 PM
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Originally Posted by RCZ (Post 3600)
huh?
The sport brakes are made by Akebono.

sparky 02-04-2013 10:34 PM
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Originally Posted by seizer8 (Post 2148001)
The sport brakes are made by Akebono.
Always look at the post dates my friend, you're responding to a 2 year old thread! :tup:

seizer8 05-23-2013 08:00 PM
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Originally Posted by sparky (Post 2148103)
Always look at the post dates my friend, you're responding to a 2 year old thread! :tup:

Haha, I guess I should do that.


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