Nissan 350Z brake rotors

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Nissan 350Z brake rotors

Post by dinggos8mybaby » Fri Mar 13, 2009 6:19 pm

Anyone know of a good brake rotor to use on a 2003 350Z track edition... The stock rotors are like 500$ a piece so definitely want to go with something aftermarket that will work well on the track but also not incredibly expensive...

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Re: Nissan 350Z brake rotors

Post by offcamber09 » Fri Mar 13, 2009 7:25 pm

The man to answer this question is Mike Geldart- but I don't think he lurks on this forum much. Anyone have a contact for Mike?

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Re: Nissan 350Z brake rotors

Post by agrabau » Fri Mar 13, 2009 9:20 pm

Brembo slotted rotors are $333 a pair for fronts at Tire Rack.
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Re: Nissan 350Z brake rotors

Post by rajito » Tue Mar 17, 2009 11:15 am

AutoPart International makes rotors. They probably aren't the best but they are cheap and probably no worse than OEM rotors. Go here:
http://www.autopartintl.com/locations.htm

Call up your closest store. Oh, and let me know what they say :D
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Re: Nissan 350Z brake rotors

Post by agrabau » Tue Mar 17, 2009 8:29 pm

Raj, to be honest they aren't as good. Fine for a street car but probably not the best option for the track
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Re: Nissan 350Z brake rotors

Post by rajito » Tue Mar 17, 2009 11:44 pm

agrabau wrote:Raj, to be honest they aren't as good. Fine for a street car but probably not the best option for the track
Probably not, but they were $50 each for the STI :) Wait, maybe that's why I don't have an STI anymore. It was the **** brakes!!

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Re: Nissan 350Z brake rotors

Post by nhsilversti » Wed Mar 18, 2009 12:38 am

rajito wrote:
agrabau wrote:Raj, to be honest they aren't as good. Fine for a street car but probably not the best option for the track
Probably not, but they were $50 each for the STI :) Wait, maybe that's why I don't have an STI anymore. It was the **** brakes!!

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i used the cheapy rotors for a while and yes they do wear out quicker but at 50/rotor for the sti it was ok with me. now fast forward to the end of last year and the cheap rotors. when i started using really good (hawk dtc-70) pads the rotors did not cool well enough and that was with brake ducts. it was bad enough i was boiling fluid in 15-20 minutes on the track, the paint burnt off the calipers and the rotors warped quickly. when i was making 1:20+ laps i had no issues with heat or boiling fluid and the rotors held up fine. when i had clearer track and could push it more toward 1:17-1:18 i had issues after 4-5 laps of very deep braking.
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Re: Nissan 350Z brake rotors

Post by agrabau » Wed Mar 18, 2009 6:28 pm

They don't cool as well because there's slag in the veins, some fingers of the children that were lost while working at the forgery.
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Re: Nissan 350Z brake rotors

Post by dinggos8mybaby » Mon Mar 23, 2009 7:34 pm

Got some stop pros??? from tire rack...all the brembos where cross drilled or slotted and not recomended for track use...especially with carbo-techs. I cant make NHMS but i am pretty sure i can make WG....
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Re: Nissan 350Z brake rotors

Post by rajito » Tue Mar 24, 2009 11:50 am

Rock Auto has a pair of Centric blanks for less than $150 shipped for the front pair. If you search the motorsports forum on my350z.com for Centric, you'll see that many weekend warriors are running fine with them. I'll give them a whirl when my OEM's fall apart.

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