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Originally Posted by cossie1600 I don't know why you guys are wasting money on the brakes when you are not tracking the car. The stock brakes are plenty powerful. The

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Originally Posted by cossie1600

I don't know why you guys are wasting money on the brakes when you are not tracking the car. The stock brakes are plenty powerful. The stopping power is excellent for a stock car in its price range. Anymore powerful and you will easily overwork the tires and get it into ABS. These cars can pull 1G on average under braking, other normal cars need slicks to archieve that.

My dilemma as well. I live on a mountain, push myself and still don't cook the brakes. It took me 12 years to use up the stock pads on my 300ZXtt. Tires are pretty much an annual event. I did get 7250 miles out of the long wearing Potenzas.

If I were to auto cross I can not imagine using them long enough between sets to lose them either. Maybe I'm wrong.

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