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Just got a 370z I have a sport brake ????

Originally Posted by spearfish25 My wife's altima seems to have a much more abrupt brake engagement than my 370Z. Where her car takes very little pedal pressure to snag you

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Old 01-01-2010, 07:49 PM   #18 (permalink)
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My wife's altima seems to have a much more abrupt brake engagement than my 370Z. Where her car takes very little pedal pressure to snag you with the seatbelt, my Z takes a bit of effort and pushing in comparison. While the Z takes additional effort, a firm stomp stops the car on a dime. I think the Z gives better pedal 'feel'.
If that's the case, you need to burn off some brake pads. You could have just about anything on the pads making them feel a bit "stiff"

When I first got my 370z, the pads were clean and the rotors were too - touch the brakes and it throws you forward. At some point they got a bit less so grabby, which was a good thing. A little while longer and they were even more...less grabby.

I spent a bit one night driving my Z hard...it was around 35F out, and managed to get the oil temps up to 230F (hard to do in this weather!), and was going hard from around 70MPH to around 5MPH with hard controlled braking (just above ABS threshold) - rinse and repeat for about 10-15 minutes then drove around for another 15 minutes just letting them cool off. Turning on to my street, the brakes were grabby again but not bad!

I'm sure I didn't "bed" them like what I've read...since it was so cold out I'm sure they lost temp quickly, so I figure more or less I just cleaned the pads and rotors off with any grease and grime that may have collected.
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