Surfdog's 09 journal

SurfDog

I just installed and bedded the Z1 two piece rotors with Hawk ceramic pads. (Front and rear)

Going from hawk plus race pads to ceramics resulted in a huge reduction of stopping power, but also a huge reduction of dust and squeal and reportedly longer pad life. (The hawk plus pads wore down pretty quickly)


I'm sure I'll miss the stopping power at the track, but I must say on the street these ceramics are very nice.

As for the rotors... Meh. I'm not feeling a daily drive difference though they are Waaay lighter. The weight reduction is close to the center of rotation though so it's probably more of a light suspension feel thing than a torque/hp effect.

My review... Performance wise, if you track your Z, Save 1000 bucks and run stock rotors and spend the extra cash on pads and car washes (for the dust)

For the street, ceramics are really nice.

I'm not noticing any performance gains from lighter rotors with my butt dyno.

The rotors are pretty, but spend your performance gain money elsewhere. (Diff! Tune, flywheel, clutch and even exhaust note were way more noticeable.)

Ps this is a fairly easy DYI project.

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09 6spd Berk CBE, JWT cams, ZSpeed CSC, Stillen (25 row oil, brake cooling, sways, gen3 CAI), Passport (9500ci), Quaife LSD, Z1 400 hp kit, ss lines, pads, rotors, clutch etc, Phunk's pan and fuel starve fix