Brakes/Rotors setup preferences

[TNathe]

Whazzup! I need to get new brake pads for my car so:

What pads do you guys prefer that are good for both occasional track use and everyday street driving. The qualities I want in a pad should also make it easier to brake drift, so a different set up front than in back is probably what I want, but what kinds? I also like the feeling of having to mash the brakes to initiate a braking slide rather than the linear feeling.

Also, what about rotors. Would it be worth investing in cross drilled and slotted rotors to keep things cool down there?

Thanks,
Tyler

[steve]

for pads i use $19 discount brake pads
i use them for auto x and the street
replace them mybe 4 time a year

[Funk]

discount auto pads suck, let me tell you a little story.
go fast, brake.. then try to brake again and guess what, u arent stopping.

stick with something decent. with my new brake setup im gonna do some carbon pads/ good rotors. it will rock.

+1 for silvia brakes!!

[steve]

i've been useing them for two years

[neurovish]

Originally posted by TNathe
Whazzup! I need to get new brake pads for my car so:

What pads do you guys prefer that are good for both occasional track use and everyday street driving. The qualities I want in a pad should also make it easier to brake drift, so a different set up front than in back is probably what I want, but what kinds? I also like the feeling of having to mash the brakes to initiate a braking slide rather than the linear feeling.

Also, what about rotors. Would it be worth investing in cross drilled and slotted rotors to keep things cool down there?

Thanks,
Tyler

KVR pads...been running them about a year, autox, drift, primus track event, manic street driving, never faded on me. They do like some heat in them however, and despite all the marketing and what I've heard others say, they don't quite get hot enough on the streets. Driving around I've just been kind of happy with them, but once I started using the brakes at primus....holy shit. The sumitomos were no match and easily surrendered.

Don't buy into the slotted and drilled hype, just go with brembo blanks from nopi (full set of rotors for about $100 after shipping and everything).

Stay away from discount auto and the like...their pads suck ass, I'd roast them to fading with just the 'manic street driving'....which is nowhere near as hard as autox or track.

[TNathe]

thanks for the insight man! Finally, someone who answers the questions being asked. No one runs a set up of pads that grips harder in the rear than the front causing the rear end to brake faster than the front, or is my logic here wacked? :lol:

[dan]

z32 front/slotted s14 rear
stainless lines
metal masters - so far so good
speed bleeders - best $20 ever spent!!!

also i have brake stuffs for sale (stock) if anyone needs them.

[sucio]

OEM rocks my socks

[neurovish]

Originally posted by TNathe
thanks for the insight man! Finally, someone who answers the questions being asked. No one runs a set up of pads that grips harder in the rear than the front causing the rear end to brake faster than the front, or is my logic here wacked? :lol:

Nah, some people do that, you can even buy "drift brake pads" that have that kind of setup (I know endless has them, probably a few more)....the problem is that your brakes would always be rear biased, and that can lead to some nasty things on the road.

I try to keep my brakes close to nissan's original design (biased for best stopping power under moderate use I assume), and I've encountered a couple situations where oversteer was created by hitting my brakes in the middle of a curve....with rear biased brakes the car would've swung out in the middle of traffic on a busy road.

It's probably better to just use the ebrake if you need more rear bias, it should do essentially the same thing except using pressure applied rather than pad compound

[Matt Vassallo]

i'm running ceramic pads and power slot rotors with stainless lines all around, metal master pads in the rear, napa rotors in the rear. i like the Superblue brake fluid in both my clutch and brake systems.