Heck yeah man, it'd be good to see you again.

I WANT IT!!!!!!!!! I need one for the Vtak, thanks Steve

Ducts arrived. Woot.

http://www.the370z.com/members/dmhen...ts-arrived.jpg

Vtak....:facepalm:

My latest mod, I call it "toasted black". Because racecar! >_<

This is the WRONG way to paint calipers... This is a SHAHID job... :facepalm::facepalm::facepalm:

The paint couldn't keep up with my racecar. Repeatedly slamming the brakes from 130 mph will do that sometimes :rofl2:

nooooo bro, no! you used a cheap paint, that wasnt made for high temps.

Hi-temp clear fixes that right up. Well it won't fix it but it'll prevent it.

Well if you want this job done the "right" way, you'd have them powder coated, it'll actually cost you more at most paint shops for people that attempt to paint it themselves, because the person thats gonna powder coat them will have to strip off all the crappy paint just to get them ready for the process of powder coating.

Even on the sport brakes, powder coating will fade. His calipers would certainly do no better.

This times 5 billion

Yep. Lotta heat on the brakes.

What are you talking about, the Z car is a true sports car, ready for the track from the factory.

No it was definitely high temp caliper paint. Just not enough to handle track duty with a track brake pad. I don't really care though. I only painted my car because I had to take them off anyway to swap the pads. It only cost me like $50 to paint them. No big deal.

Yep. Track work stresses components more than you could imagine, Dee.

:iagree:

You don't really ever realize how much till you actually get on the track yourself. After cooling for 5-10 mins after one of my sessions, my brakes were still at like 400 degrees.

https://encrypted-tbn2.gstatic.com/i...vX5434cTnkxEs9
This track?

Hardy Har

All true sports cars experience brake fade, fuel starvation, and oil-temp-induced limp mode on real race tracks. LOOK IT UP

just spray that sonobich down with some high heat rustolium :roflpuke2:

I use it on my grill............................................. ..................and jeep :rolleyes:

srsly tho... fantastic job on brakes... :tup:

When I google "shadoquad limp mode" none of the results say anything about cars

:yum:

I guess so, I dont anything about the track, its definitely not my area of expertise.

I gotta be honest fellas, when I buy my big brake kit, Im solely buying it for looks, not for its performance.. those kits look pimp especially when they're powder coated.

At least you're honest about it. :icon17:

Yeah I went for performance/cost over looks when I decided to stick with the base calipers. Saved like $1500 and mine brake better on the track (unless you get a similar brake pad on the bbk).

The base brakes are plenty good enough for most people. Like you said, upgrading pads and fluid is a must for track use.

Many tend to think that the Sport brakes have more stopping power. This isn't really true. More fade resistance? Yes (although we could talk about how poorly the Akebono calipers dissipate heat relative to other 4-pot calipers).

Stopping power is more a function of the tires. Put the Sport wheels on a base and it will stop just as quickly as a Sport package car. The Sport brakes can just do more repeated stops than the base before overheating.

Exactly! Definitely experienced that difference when I changed my tires. PSS + XP8 = moar stopping nao!

I want PSS so bad. Not really fond of these RE050As, especially after having PSS on my last two cars. But it's such a waste to get rid of them right now and drop $1600+ on new tires. :icon17::icon17:

Why lie right? :roflpuke2:

Im looking for rears, if you wanna sell them at a fantastic price.:tup:

:bowrofl: oh dee

I like looking at rears, too. :yum:

Just drive the crap out of the RE050A's and get rid of them as quickly as possible.

come on man, hook it up!

I got the factory fronts... i need rears.

he can sell them to me!!!!!:excited:

But then I have to drop $1600-1800 on tires. :bowrofl:

Steve will exceed Dee's total miles driven once he returns from ZdayZ.

I'm already at 1,600.

:rofl2: