2013 Nismo front brakes...
 

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I was speaking with a friend about going to a track day in the future with my 2013 Nismo. He had mentioned that three of his friends had 2013 Nismo's that went into the wall towards the end of a track day due to front break failure and I was told to proceed with caution. I have had Z's, but new to the Nismo. I wanted to know if anyone else has also heard/had this problem. I don't want to take it to the track or the mountains and worry about having break failure. They were all guys who race and have experience with cars as well. Not newbies to track days. Love to hear some feedback.

Thanks! :tiphat:

The Nismo has the same brakes as the sport package, the pads and brake fluid are not really track ready off the showroom floor. If you are planning to track, replacing the pads with something track ready, and getting some high-temp brake fluid should greatly reduce the chance of sudden brake fade.

On the street/mountain roads you should be fine though, ive really abused my brakes on backroads and the problem i ran into was warped rotors, never had fade.

Great. Thank you. I am giving my girl some time to break in before I do hit the track, but was just curious about this. I will keep it noted.

Appropriate pads. Good fluid. Ti shims. Brake cooling ducts. Problem solved.

Have separate track pads and street pads. They're easy to swap out.

Cooling ducts should be on the 13/14 nismo. Z1 motorsports sells a brake & fluid upgrade kit.... Check it out.

Also, pretty sure we would have heard if three 2013 NISMOs had been put into walls @ track days.

Sounds like someone read that stupid Car & Driver article from 2009 and made up their own version. :shakes head:

That was my guess. "I read" turns into "a guy I know" pretty quickly.

I think the '13 Nismos have SS lines already, so other than pads with better bite and maybe Dot 4 fluid, you should be okay.

Anyone confirm this? If so, I need to know the OEM part # STAT.

Also, some RC6 pads to swap in and a Motul RBF600 flush is what you should do if you want badass track day setup.

You'll just need to re-bed the street pads afterwards.

Couple of guys I know agree the McLaren P1 is the fastest car they've ever driven.

playing devils advocate, it's not like wrecks at track days are that big of a deal that you'd have heard of them.


Probably not true though.

First time tracking the car. Start slow and work your way up. Good pads, and Motul brake fluid. Then Ti heat pads, cooling ducts, 2 piece rotors. Only do what you can afford, and your skill level. ;)

no...they have "high rigidity brake hoses and R35 special II brake fluid"

Thanks for the advice. It was from my coworker who is my IT guy and races himself. Apparently happened at a track day in Palm Beach. I was just asking if anyone had heard of this. I found it a little strange that three did too. SO I was just looking to see if y'all had heard of anything similar or of any breaking issues. Whether or not my information was embellished by the person who told me doesn't matter. I just wanted to make sure to be safe. I figured before I take her to the track I plan on making a few tweaks to prepare her anyways. Thanks.