Adding rear brakes

cossie1600 · 10-04-2011, 12:40 PM

Has anyone tried a more aggressive rear brakes setup? In my short brake testing last week, it seems like the car stops better with a more aggressive pads in the back than the front without throwing the car into a spin or making the ABS act up. I will do more testing whenever the rain stops....

Mike · 10-04-2011, 01:05 PM

I don't run split pads. XP12 front and rear and like like the setup.

cossie1600 · 10-05-2011, 12:01 AM

I have a tough time running the 10s without ice mode or the car jerking to one side or another (my car is stock on street tires). It got to a point where I was starting to get scared of the car due to the constant sway under heavy braking, at high speeds especially. I only have limited track time with the 8 due to rain, but it felt a little too spongy to my liking and I didn't have the same confident as the 10 (when they dont sway side to side that is). Off the track they were both useless as they were noisy and dusty, I also had problems with them getting into ice mode at autox. The 10 was way worse than the 8 for that. With the OEM pads, I don't quite get the same ice mode problem. Yet I get this weird thing where the car can randomly get into ABS at slow (<20mph) heavy braking corners. With all that said, I am seriously thinking about running cheap Pepboy pads in the fronts to get less bite and therefore avoid the ABS since I don't think my tires were really locking up. For some odd reason, the low speeds does something weird with the ABS. As I started laying out parameter on my computer for the brake test, I noticed a good 3-6 feet of shorter braking distance with the stronger rears. The weird random ABS engagement was also gone in my limited autox with it (one). I just want to see if anyone has tried it.

10-04-2011, 12:40 PM	#1 (permalink)
cossie1600 A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: californee way Posts: 5,380 Drives: 370, Leaf Rep Power: 29	Adding rear brakes Has anyone tried a more aggressive rear brakes setup? In my short brake testing last week, it seems like the car stops better with a more aggressive pads in the back than the front without throwing the car into a spin or making the ABS act up. I will do more testing whenever the rain stops....

10-04-2011, 01:05 PM	#2 (permalink)
Mike The370Z.com Sponsor Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Loganville, GA Posts: 5,944 Drives: 370z Rep Power: 2185	I don't run split pads. XP12 front and rear and like like the setup. __________________ NISSAN: 75 280Z / 86 300ZX GLL /87 Sentra SE / 03 350Z / 23 Z Porsche: 93 968 / 23 Macan GTS / 93 968

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10-05-2011, 12:01 AM	#3 (permalink)
cossie1600 A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: californee way Posts: 5,380 Drives: 370, Leaf Rep Power: 29	I have a tough time running the 10s without ice mode or the car jerking to one side or another (my car is stock on street tires). It got to a point where I was starting to get scared of the car due to the constant sway under heavy braking, at high speeds especially. I only have limited track time with the 8 due to rain, but it felt a little too spongy to my liking and I didn't have the same confident as the 10 (when they dont sway side to side that is). Off the track they were both useless as they were noisy and dusty, I also had problems with them getting into ice mode at autox. The 10 was way worse than the 8 for that. With the OEM pads, I don't quite get the same ice mode problem. Yet I get this weird thing where the car can randomly get into ABS at slow (<20mph) heavy braking corners. With all that said, I am seriously thinking about running cheap Pepboy pads in the fronts to get less bite and therefore avoid the ABS since I don't think my tires were really locking up. For some odd reason, the low speeds does something weird with the ABS. As I started laying out parameter on my computer for the brake test, I noticed a good 3-6 feet of shorter braking distance with the stronger rears. The weird random ABS engagement was also gone in my limited autox with it (one). I just want to see if anyone has tried it.