Z06 vs. 370Z

FL 4Motion · 10-28-2011, 06:26 PM

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Originally Posted by ImportConvert

I just know the stock F1 G:2's on my Z06 are worthless below about 70*. They HATE! the cold, and they require a good 20 minutes warm-up even in moderate temps. Was scared the Potenza's sucked too, glad to hear they do not.

NISMO brake-pads a good buy, or not? I read where the base/sport pads absolutely die if you use them AT ALL.

/\ IC, you mentioned pads, the stock sport package pads are fine for dd on the street, very quiet, low dust etc. Won't hold up for sh!t on track, and if you were to do some "spirited" street driving, ie. tail of the dragon type stuff, If it were me, I'd swap them out.

That said, I run carbotech xp8's (see sig), they're good for the track and so far (5K miles or so), jsut fine on the street, they dust alot, but have actually been fairly squeak free, a bit of surprise as I was expecting worse.

I haven't run the Nismo's but those that have report significantly more dusting over the stockers and they are NOT up to handliing the rigors of an HPDE day. However, I would imagine that they'd do okay for some "spirited" street driving.

Skeeterbop · 10-29-2011, 01:00 AM

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Originally Posted by FL 4Motion

/\ IC, you mentioned pads, the stock sport package pads are fine for dd on the street, very quiet, low dust etc. Won't hold up for sh!t on track, and if you were to do some "spirited" street driving, ie. tail of the dragon type stuff, If it were me, I'd swap them out.

That said, I run carbotech xp8's (see sig), they're good for the track and so far (5K miles or so), jsut fine on the street, they dust alot, but have actually been fairly squeak free, a bit of surprise as I was expecting worse.

I haven't run the Nismo's but those that have report significantly more dusting over the stockers and they are NOT up to handliing the rigors of an HPDE day. However, I would imagine that they'd do okay for some "spirited" street driving.

Stock sport package brakes are plenty fine for spirited driving on mountain roads. I did plenty of spirited driving while i was home on leave (East tennessee) to include a couple days spent at the dragon and a trip out to Devil's highway in eastern arizona, not once did I ever experience any brake fade. Now i'm not foolish enough to say the brakes will stand up to any kind of track day. But as long as you keep things sane on the street i don't see the brakes being an issue.

ImportConvert · 10-29-2011, 02:03 AM

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Originally Posted by Skeeterbop

Stock sport package brakes are plenty fine for spirited driving on mountain roads. I did plenty of spirited driving while i was home on leave (East tennessee) to include a couple days spent at the dragon and a trip out to Devil's highway in eastern arizona, not once did I ever experience any brake fade. Now i'm not foolish enough to say the brakes will stand up to any kind of track day. But as long as you keep things sane on the street i don't see the brakes being an issue.

road and track claimed the nismo pads cut ten feet off their stops on initial performance. True, or skewed data?

Skeeterbop · 10-29-2011, 10:22 AM

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Originally Posted by ImportConvert

road and track claimed the nismo pads cut ten feet off their stops on initial performance. True, or skewed data?

I can't say one way or the other, but saying the sport package brakes aren't up for spirited driving isn't true.