Letting the cat out of the bag - 13" OEM Quality Front Brakes for the MA70 Platform
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Highnitro;1168794 said:this color?
That's so damned hot. Sex.
Matches my gold coatings on my exhaust housings and the titanium strut bar perfectly.
This is the color I want if you can make it happen Doward.
Doward;1169109 said:That just looks like 'gold' to me. I could do a phosphorus coating for cheaper
just looks "perfect" to me.
....So to all the guys that are brake savvy and know all the technical ins & outs of braking.....my comparison question is:
How do these brakes compare to say, the Nissan 4-pots? AKA:Nightpager. Performance and cost.
And I ask that because of the positive comments from a trusted member here, BIC who has nothing but praise for the Nightpager setup. This is a straight-up question and not intended to 'trigger' anyone to flame!!
Also, I too am very interested in this as I want/need to have my brakes improved! Thanks.
How do these brakes compare to say, the Nissan 4-pots? AKA:Nightpager. Performance and cost.
And I ask that because of the positive comments from a trusted member here, BIC who has nothing but praise for the Nightpager setup. This is a straight-up question and not intended to 'trigger' anyone to flame!!
Also, I too am very interested in this as I want/need to have my brakes improved! Thanks.
well this looks VERY promising. I just want the car to stop the fade... I have massive fade when I go form 200KPH to about 70-100 k my rotors are crap but pads are porterfield...
Anyways, I'm looking real close guys, I need something to haul down my beat..... Do you have plans for bigger 14" rotors/ calipers? I'd love a kit that would allow GS400 calipers.
Anyways, I'm looking real close guys, I need something to haul down my beat..... Do you have plans for bigger 14" rotors/ calipers? I'd love a kit that would allow GS400 calipers.
Supra469;1169493 said:
Cost:
Brackets + Hubs should be VERY similar in cost (I'm seeing the nightpager brackets go for around $250 / set, and I'm trying to hit that price point, AND INCLUDE the hubcentric rings!)
Rotors: The rotors for my kit are ~$40 @ Autozone. I don't know how much (or even if you can get) the Brembo 12.6" rotors for the 350z.
That's another point - The Nightpager kit uses 12.6" rotors, my kit uses 13" rotors.
Calipers: The calipers for my kit are around $300 for both including caliper brackets. How much are the Nissan calipers for the Nightpager kit? Again, I don't know.
My kit uses PBR dual piston full floating calipers. I'm hoping to hear back from PBR tomorrow, but it appears these calipers/rotors are identical to the calipers/rotors used in the 2003 SVT Cobra. THIS IS UNCONFIRMED STILL - that said, the '03 Cobra goes from 60-0 in ~124 feet. In a 3700+ lbs car. With 11.65" rear brakes (ours are 11.45", IIRC).
The single biggest thing in my opinion, over the Nightpager kit, is that I use the entire freaking pad. None of this 'uses 80% of the pad' BS.
Cliff notes:
Bigger rotors, bigger pads, full contact patch, shooting for the same price. Draw your own conclusions
Zazzn;1169529 said:
Why? The GS400 uses 296mm rotors. That's 11.6" - SMALLER than stock.
Now, the GX470 on the other hand, uses 338mm rotors. That's 13.3" - which would be bigger than even the kit I'm building now.
There's a lot more to a good brake, than just the amount of force the caliper can squeeze with.
Go look up the 03-04 SVT Cobra brakes - I've seen many tests from Road and Track, C&D, etc - the brakes have extremely little fade.
I'll be bolting my own personal set on Jeff's (7MBoost's) Supra, and we'll get a VERY good back-to-back indication of stock vs these. It'll be fun
Ma brakes should be in working order tomorrow unless the Supra gods hate me, maybe we'll do a stock 60-0 test tomorrow.
I've got an engineer's mind - I want to see absolute, definitive proof that the things I spend my money on improve my vehicle my a worthwhile margin.
Are these racing brakes? No. Andy's got an AMAZING kit if you need, for $1200. For a little over half of that, however (or hey - the price of one really good STOCK brake job) you can have a setup that will perform at levels well beyond what we got, stock.
These are the brakes I firmly believe should have come on the Supra from the factory.
Depending on how this group buy works out, I may start on working on a 12" rear brake kit (already started some research)
Are these racing brakes? No. Andy's got an AMAZING kit if you need, for $1200. For a little over half of that, however (or hey - the price of one really good STOCK brake job) you can have a setup that will perform at levels well beyond what we got, stock.
These are the brakes I firmly believe should have come on the Supra from the factory.
Depending on how this group buy works out, I may start on working on a 12" rear brake kit (already started some research
)haha - isn't senility calling yet? Or can't you remember?
I'll have the last of my quotes around 9am tomorrow morning!
Group buy should start up tomorrow then. I'm also getting the brackets made from Masonite to do all the test fitting and ensure the production run will be made 100% correctly. Be real stupid to run 100 or so of these off, just to find a flaw due to miscommunication or some such nonsense, wouldn't it?
I'll have the last of my quotes around 9am tomorrow morning!
Group buy should start up tomorrow then.
I'm also getting the brackets made from Masonite to do all the test fitting and ensure the production run will be made 100% correctly. Be real stupid to run 100 or so of these off, just to find a flaw due to miscommunication or some such nonsense, wouldn't it?
And my brakes didn't work again today, if you want some brake results help me fix mine so we can test these bad boys.
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