HellaSFLDan
Driver
What kind of brake setup are you running on your car right now? And why?
Brakes.
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Front: q45 front calipers, bull**** semi metalic front pads, bull**** blank rotors. These are 28mm wide, and 280mm in diameter.
Rear: stock s14 calipers, Project Mu B-Spec Pads, on a bull**** blank rotor.
With SS lines all around.
I dont do road racing where I have to worry about super brake fade. I wanted something that would stop better. The q45 calipers dont have the fluid volume of the z32 calipers, thus less changes to the factory brake pedal feel and less need to change the master cylinder. I opted for ****ty pads up front to off set the larger diameter brake rotor along with adding a racing pad in the rear. If I were to hit the foot brake with just the mu pads in the rear with the s14 front brakes mid drift it would act like i only pulled the ebrake. I made a educated guess and it worked well for the F n R pad choice, if I hit the foot brake middrift coming out of an oval while slowing down for the infeild the car wont want to spin or straiten up. It continues on the same line. Larger front brakes, less rotor warping, less fade (although a racing pad can offset fade too). And I complemented the larger front brakes with a racing pad in the rear. I honestly have no idea how people can drive their cars with just a big front brake up grade with out doing anything to the rear. There is absolutly no way you could drop your lap times like that, and its not a normal function to have so much front bias. blah blah blah
Rear: stock s14 calipers, Project Mu B-Spec Pads, on a bull**** blank rotor.
With SS lines all around.
I dont do road racing where I have to worry about super brake fade. I wanted something that would stop better. The q45 calipers dont have the fluid volume of the z32 calipers, thus less changes to the factory brake pedal feel and less need to change the master cylinder. I opted for ****ty pads up front to off set the larger diameter brake rotor along with adding a racing pad in the rear. If I were to hit the foot brake with just the mu pads in the rear with the s14 front brakes mid drift it would act like i only pulled the ebrake. I made a educated guess and it worked well for the F n R pad choice, if I hit the foot brake middrift coming out of an oval while slowing down for the infeild the car wont want to spin or straiten up. It continues on the same line. Larger front brakes, less rotor warping, less fade (although a racing pad can offset fade too). And I complemented the larger front brakes with a racing pad in the rear. I honestly have no idea how people can drive their cars with just a big front brake up grade with out doing anything to the rear. There is absolutly no way you could drop your lap times like that, and its not a normal function to have so much front bias. blah blah blah
BLADDER_MASTER
is no more
Stock, which consits of:
Front -
Single-piston
277mm diametre, 25mm thick rotors
Rear -
Single-piston
269mm diametre, 10mm thick rotors
Why? Because I don't have the time and money to look for and install a GT-Four brake upgrade.
Front -
Single-piston
277mm diametre, 25mm thick rotors
Rear -
Single-piston
269mm diametre, 10mm thick rotors
Why? Because I don't have the time and money to look for and install a GT-Four brake upgrade.
Latino Hibino
Driver
Slider Calipers all the way around (teh gayness -_-), Brembo drilled and slotted rotors in front, and blank rotors in the back (And they are glazed too. I took the to Krispy Kreme for that). So yea, my e-brake doesn't work.
240SicknessX said:
Rick, everybody has their own comfort zone with brake bias. It's a heated discussion in racing circuits but the ending is always the same...its up to the driver.
For reference, (all things being equal) Q45 brakes with stock rears offers a greater front bias than Z32 front brakes with stock rears. The difference is 78.5% (Q45) front bias to 75% (z32).
A Z32 brake master will increase front bias slightly but will also allow for greater pedal feel. The Z32 MC with Z32 fronts and stock rears provides a 76.4% front bias. Still less than a Q45 setup and hardly a bias to worry about. As you said, one can easily swap out rear pads for something slightly more aggressive.
HellaSFLDan
Driver
I was using 300ZX 26mm Alum. Calipers w/ oem junkyard pads and blank junkyard rotors w/s.s. lines up front. And in the rear, I was running some brembo S&D rotors with AXXXISS street pads.
dori dori said:
Where did you find those numbers ?
Can someone back me up on what I think about the z32 front calipers holding more fluid compared to the q45 calipers?
oh btw, automatic BMC are 15\16ths, manual are 7\8ths, z32 bmc is 1 1\16ths or (17\16ths). Bore diameter.
I have an automatic brake master cylinder.
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i just put q45 calipers and rebuilt my stock rear. Both on cross drilled rotors. They stop well, but my pedal presses alot more. I guess i'll either get used to it or adjust the pedal.
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madcowCONV
Spectator
300zx n/a 26mm all around with stock pads and with the e/brake and master cylinder.
another thing to think about is the tires you use. If you have different tires in the front than in the back (like many drifters and poor folk do), they'll lock up at different times as aposed to having the same tires all around.
I chose the q45 because they're considerably bigger than stock and easier to find. Also, i didn't want to have to buy ss lines. I have the stock in the back because i didn't want to swap the whole drum assembly and spend much more money. My car is pretty light so I dont think i'll have a problem with these brakes.
I chose the q45 because they're considerably bigger than stock and easier to find. Also, i didn't want to have to buy ss lines. I have the stock in the back because i didn't want to swap the whole drum assembly and spend much more money. My car is pretty light so I dont think i'll have a problem with these brakes.
You won't. My friend races ITA with a 240 and they aren't allowed to use anything non-oem so he uses stock brakes on all four corners (abs version - slightly wider) and runs race tires with no problems. Good pads, good fluid, ss lines, and maybe some duct work make all the difference in the world.