base brakes almost killed me

NitrousZ34

bacon can almost kill you if you eat way to much of it. They have so much grease. mhmmm bacon drooooool

IDZRVIT

I drain off the grease from Canadian bacon and pour it into my crankcase. Oil temps dropped 20*

Don't try this with American swine - it will clog your filter.

__________________
"America.... still builds rockets!"
Vette: 355 cid, 400 rwhp
'13 CTS-V Coupe: 6.2L LSA, 556HP

NitrousZ34

lol im assuming that you have tried this and found out the hard way? You have done it all wrong im sorry to say. Once you do that, you have to add some bacon booster and it will clean out your entire fuel system and such. Even guves your car a little extra kick

370Z Purist

Does it add delicious applewood or hickory smoke flavor?

__________________
-Phil

"Since one of my brake light bulbs just went out, the forum told me that my piston rings are about to blow."

NitrousZ34

it was definately hickory smoke flavor with a hint ob bbq sauce on it. Anyone want to do up a little bacon meet for the forum members?

DjSquall

First of all.
I am Russian, born in the Soviet Union days, and for the record, I LOVE BACON.
This makes the argument of communists dont love bacon invalid.


Second, my Z has the base brakes, and I literally have been driving the SH1T out of it for 2+ years. There's no way the base brakes aren't good enough for street driving. The only times I've had a slight issue, is
1) On a hard downshift from 3rd to first, at near redline, the car put some serious power to the rears and jerked me forward, and even then, the fronts did enough work to nearly stop the car very quickly.
2) Hard braking from near top speed to 0, already after heavy use just prior, warmed them up enough for me to feel some serious fade, and still, in the final moments, I was able to lock them up with ease.
My conclusion is, and it has been stated many times, the base brakes are more than enough for regular street driving. I find that more often than not, the road surface and the quality of the pavement makes a much bigger difference. Upgrading the brakes, lines and fluid will only matter if you are doing autoX or tracking.


With that said, I'm going to go make a bacon sandwich.

onzedge

I almost wrecked once -- I was eating a bacon-lettuce-tomato sandwich.

__________________

Koni|Swift|Michelin|Motordyne|Berk|RJM Performance|Gates|SPL|Motul|Technafit|Ate Super Blue|Hawk
Tommy Kaira|Momo|Optima|Hella|Hotchkis|Red Line|ZSpeed|Stillen|B&M|H&R

sonic370

ok i'll bite....... let's ham it up............

RoshDawg

Please tell me someone here has tried candy bacon.. (brown sugar on bacon, put it in the oven, flip the bacon, put it back in the oven )

Also, I am very interested in 70-0 distances for base brakes.

__________________
| EVO X MR | '11 WRX STI | 370Z SPRT | 911 (991) C2S |

Bucketlist2012

Well I can tell you from experience, if you are coming off the Freeway into a 35mph S turn to a stoplight, and you expect the base 350z brakes to stop you from 70 mph, you barely make it...

Now I have the sport 370Z and the brakes are so much better..

I also had a 300ZX with aftermarket brakes and it was way better than the 350Z..

I just think that base brakes are fine unless you plan to push the car to it's limits, and with the power and the handling, these cars have a high limit..

Sport or aftermarket brakes are a must..

__________________
2009 Sport/Touring 370Z
1971 Z/28 with coil overs, rushforth's, willwoods, Hotchkis. 4 speed
GMC Sierra1500

buddyZ

thats all i meant by this thread, now everyones talking about bacon

onzedge

Maybe you should be more specific when you post.

__________________

Koni|Swift|Michelin|Motordyne|Berk|RJM Performance|Gates|SPL|Motul|Technafit|Ate Super Blue|Hawk
Tommy Kaira|Momo|Optima|Hella|Hotchkis|Red Line|ZSpeed|Stillen|B&M|H&R

gy954

...from Kevin Bacon.

Red__Zed

about the same as the sport package, for a couple stops.


The base brakes are more than sufficient to lock em up, even with a significant amount of tire.

onzedge

__________________

Koni|Swift|Michelin|Motordyne|Berk|RJM Performance|Gates|SPL|Motul|Technafit|Ate Super Blue|Hawk
Tommy Kaira|Momo|Optima|Hella|Hotchkis|Red Line|ZSpeed|Stillen|B&M|H&R