2012 gt600?

ImportConvert · 06-13-2011, 11:50 AM

Holy crap. You are dead-right! I had forgotten how big the brakes on my G20 really were. Jeez what was Ford thinking with those.

In their defense, it stopped like 2 feet shorter from 60 or 70 or something than the Z06 carbon and GT-R in Edmund's testing, which is insane. However, I bet it only did it once every half hour, lol.

m4a1mustang · 06-13-2011, 11:51 AM

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Originally Posted by ImportConvert

Holy crap. You are dead-right! I had forgotten how big the brakes on my G20 really were. Jeez what was Ford thinking with those.

In their defense, it stopped like 2 feet shorter from 60 or 70 or something than the Z06 carbon and GT-R in Edmund's testing, which is insane. However, I bet it only did it once every half hour, lol.

Like I was saying in a previous post, the brakes are really good. Honestly better than my Akebono setup even with the tiny rears.

The advantage to the small rear rotors is that you can fit a 15" wheel with some slicks on them for the strip.

But I definitely welcome bigger brakes as I am not a drag racer.

ImportConvert · 06-13-2011, 11:54 AM

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Originally Posted by m4a1mustang

Like I was saying in a previous post, the brakes are really good. Honestly better than my Akebono setup even with the tiny rears.

The advantage to the small rear rotors is that you can fit a 15" wheel with some slicks on them for the strip.

But I definitely welcome bigger brakes as I am not a drag racer.

They stop incredible, but look like they would fade faster than heck. Do they defy their looks there, too? I mean, Ford tested the thing on VIR, which does have some serious speed, but I noticed they refused to take it to the 'ring where the brakes could really get a workout.

m4a1mustang · 06-13-2011, 12:01 PM

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They stop incredible, but look like they would fade faster than heck. Do they defy their looks there, too? I mean, Ford tested the thing on VIR, which does have some serious speed, but I noticed they refused to take it to the 'ring where the brakes could really get a workout.

No one has had any brake issues on track with the Brembo GT, Boss 302, or the GT500s that I have heard of. Dot-4 fluid and a track-oriented pad and they are fine.

For me, on the street with the most spirited driving (Dragon runs) I experienced absolutely zero fade. The fronts do the brunt of the work and they are fantastic.

At this point, I figured it'd be nice to inform you that the rears aren't even two-pots... they are one.

It makes me laugh because I am always like, "how can these be better than the Akebonos?" But somehow they are!

nuTinmuch · 06-13-2011, 12:10 PM

Brembos, man. Brembos.

When I drove my old Pontiac G5, the brakes were awesome. That was the only good thing about that car.

ImportConvert · 06-13-2011, 12:18 PM

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Originally Posted by m4a1mustang

No one has had any brake issues on track with the Brembo GT, Boss 302, or the GT500s that I have heard of. Dot-4 fluid and a track-oriented pad and they are fine.

For me, on the street with the most spirited driving (Dragon runs) I experienced absolutely zero fade. The fronts do the brunt of the work and they are fantastic.

At this point, I figured it'd be nice to inform you that the rears aren't even two-pots... they are one.

It makes me laugh because I am always like, "how can these be better than the Akebonos?" But somehow they are!

How can the fronts be 6-pots when the rears on the old one's are 1 pots?

I don't know how Ford prevents fade when even the Z06 weighing a ton less, using Brembo brakes, and having 6 piston calipers up front and 4 piston out back can experience fade.

Hats off to Ford I guess. No other way to word it.

GZ3 · 06-13-2011, 02:08 PM

if you get other than a brembo equipped 5.0 the brakes are absolute chit....hate em...

Red370 · 06-13-2011, 02:10 PM

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if you get other than a brembo equipped 5.0 the brakes are absolute chit....hate em...

Agreed. Gonna throw on some decent ceramic pads, braided lines and a steeda track pack before I hit the N-Ring this summer

shadoquad · 06-13-2011, 02:11 PM

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Agreed. Gonna throw on some decent ceramic pads, braided lines and a steeda track pack before I hit the N-Ring this summer

You're going to the ring?

: so jealous :

m4a1mustang · 06-13-2011, 02:13 PM

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if you get other than a brembo equipped 5.0 the brakes are absolute chit....hate em...

Yeah they are on the same level of the 370 base brakes. Not quite up to track use or really any use at all.

m4a1mustang · 06-13-2011, 02:15 PM

I have the Koni yellows. Rears are in the garage waiting on the fronts to arrive.

shadoquad · 06-13-2011, 02:15 PM

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Yeah they are on the same level of the 370 base brakes. Not quite up to track use or really any use at all.

To be fair, the 370z base brakes are actually decent for normal, daily use, but they're absolute rubbish for performance braking. They weren't terrible on the Dragon or the Skyway, but they were inferior to the Z's with akebonos, and I experienced considerable and very scary fade after the long drive down.

Red370 · 06-13-2011, 02:27 PM

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You're going to the ring?

: so jealous :

Yes sir, obviously not going to push the Stang to its limits (Brakes being the only limitation), but i'm gonna have a bit of fun, its only 25 euros a pass

Gunzero · 06-13-2011, 05:49 PM

^ :/

Isamu · 06-14-2011, 01:17 AM

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Yes sir, obviously not going to push the Stang to its limits (Brakes being the only limitation), but i'm gonna have a bit of fun, its only 25 euros a pass

If i get PCS'd to Germany... the fun we could have

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ImportConvert A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: SWMO Posts: 4,454 Drives: 2019 CX5 GT Reserve Rep Power: 7626	Holy crap. You are dead-right! I had forgotten how big the brakes on my G20 really were. Jeez what was Ford thinking with those. In their defense, it stopped like 2 feet shorter from 60 or 70 or something than the Z06 carbon and GT-R in Edmund's testing, which is insane. However, I bet it only did it once every half hour, lol.