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Hi, so it is true that I can buy competition the Infinity G37 brake pads ( compound 01 ) and install them in the 370+sport pack ??

thanks !!
B

Hi, so it is true that I can buy competition the Infinity G37 brake pads ( compound 01 ) and install them in the 370+sport pack ??

thanks !!
B

anyone knows the Carbotech brake pads ? ( XT8 and 10 for g37s )
are they good comparing to the performance friction compound 01 ?
I need to buy brake pads for the 370 for racing asap
thanks
b

Hi, do you race man?
I've bought a 370 about a month ago and I'm taking it to the track in 4 weeks
I"m gonna buy those brake pads you recommended, and also the oil cooler from doubledownmotorsports.com. do you think their quality is the same as stiller ? ( stiller does not have the oil cooler yet )
any advice for the 370 on the track? would you change anything else in the car?
thanks
b

Does anyone know if the 370Z OEM (Akebono) sport brakes will be a direct bolt-on to a 2003 350Z with non-Brembo currently installed?

I'm not 100% sure, but I am 90% sure that they are not. Check with Concept Z to be sure, but I think their kit comes with an adapter bracket to make them work. I do remember someone sent me their calipers to powdercoat, and he said he was missing some adapters ( a different vendor, who is not a sponsor here and who also sells a kit forgot to include them)

the brakeman kit Robispec developed used different brackets to mount the calipers to the 370 uprights....so no the two models aren't compatible.

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:

I know - typing too fast.

Digged up wikipedia japan and found the following

Basically it means they started their business in 1929, mainly supplier for Toyota and GM.

If I read this properly, it means they have stopped supplying for GM in 2005, and Akebono brakes are in alliance with Bosch.

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.

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.