Zack342

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I know many guys are now running custom BBks. Two of the most common being Ford Mustang Cobra 13" Rotors with Q45/300ZX calipers or Nissan A34 Maxima rotors with 300ZX or stock calipers. This thread i am hoping that we can gather pictures of different setups and impressions. Also please state if your car has ABS or not.

Pictures
Your car Year/Model
Rotors
Calipers
Pads
Impressions (i.e any loss in performance)

irish44j

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Here you go.
Z32 TT calipers (aluminum) with 6th gen Blehm/Coleman 2pc rotors and Hawk HPS pads

A33 VQ30DEK

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Here's my Set Up


2001 A33 AE











TTZ 4 Piston Calipers
Brembo X Drilled/ Slotted Rotors
Endless CCA Pads


I LOVE THESE BRAKES! They stop great! I will probably never go back to stock unless i'm selling my car.

Stillen Maxima

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Why didnt you get drilled and slotted rotors? They look sweet though!!

Stillen Maxima

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[QUOTE=A33 VQ30DEK]Here's my Set Up


2001 A33 AE



Dude, I love your brakes. I bet they stop like a B*@^% huh!

irish44j

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1. I like my rotors strong, not cracking
2. Blanks provide better stopping power in street applications
3. With the price of pads for these things, slotted/drilled wear pads down too fast!
4. I personally like the smooth look, and don't really like the slotted/xd look. Some people do and that's fine, but I like smooth, shiny rotor personally

Larrio Motors

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01 AE 5spd
AP Racing 13.1" two piece rotor with cadmium plated hats
AP Racing 5200 series aluminum caliper with four sequential pistons
Ferodo pads
They haven't overheated yet

A33 VQ30DEK

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damn i would so buy those brakes.. if i didn't already have some BBKs

Jeff92se

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Good ol'e 13" cobra rotor, 300zx 4 piston caliper deal. Polished that is.

Zack342

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Polish FTL.
I must admit at first I was not too keen on the cobra rotor BBK but recently it has become much more appealing, seems like its the best bang for the buck giving the most for your dollar.

13" rotors FTW. I will personally be using q calipers because I feel that 4 piston calipers are over kill and probally will not clear my wheels.
I am also having Automax_95 redrill my rotors for Maxima wheel stud diameter and bolt pattern.

So my cost break down is
Q45 rebuilt calipers with new hardware- $200
Jeff92se BBk brackets and Hubcentric Rings- $90
Automax_95 RTP Zinc plated/Slotted Ford Mustang Cobra Rotors- $170
PBR/Axxis MM pads-$45
Brake Bolts-$10

So for basically under $600 i have a 13" bbk with 2 piston calipers that can compare to Stillens $1000 2 piston caliper kit.

Jeff92se

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Yup. The 13" rotor w/ the Q or J calipers is a good choice. But polish FTL? You're crazy man.

Remember I also have 1" larger rotors in the back 3-gens get to upgrade to larger rear rotors very,very easy. I even sold brackets for the 3-gen. But no one really bought them. But for those that did, swore by them. For 4-gen+, you have to go to Matt

sagamax

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aluminum z32 caliper
crossdrilled a34 rotor
hawk hps pads

i love this setup!! definately big upgrade from the stock brakes. when stomping on the brakes you can feel a slight biased to the front but it is still a major upgrade from stock. definatly worth the money spent on them

Larrio Motors

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How do you manage to keep those things clean? Polished aluminum is hard enough to maintain in a show car engine bay. I remember helping a friend out with his hot rod, it took 3 guys all night with toothbrushes to get everything clean

Matt93SE

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Jeff92se

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The polish was a DIY project. A pain BTW. So it was never show quality. But I sprayed some high temp clear over it. Held up pretty good for the time I had it. I think I had it this way for at least a year?

Here's a better pic:

Larrio Motors

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ahh, clear coat explains it I should have done that on mine, the brake dust is hard to clean off after awhile

Kevlo911

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Blehmco kit.
RTP slotted rotors
1991 300zx calipers
Somepads from TireRack.

GBAUER

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6th gen rotors and calipers courtesy of Irish and a few bucks...

This is by far the best "bang for your buck" with the price Irish sold them for!

Jwad00

Those calipers with the Nissan lettering on them are badass! Where are you guys getting those?

irish44j

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they're from the Z32 300zx...

Iilac

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Here is my bbk.

It is Z32 TT Alum calipers
13 inch cobra rotors

vsamoylov

pics of my set-up

MorpheusZero

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I completely agree, I'm a big advocate of blank rotors. Wish I had the $$ (and the clearance) for some serious brakes, but I'm missing both.

Hey vsamoylov, niice looking bbk. It almost seems like the rotors were designed for your application, the caliper sweeps across almost the entire face of the rotor, as opposed to most cobra/Z32 setups where the innermost part of the rotor face goes untouched. The 2pc rotors look great man, what kind are they anyway?

Larrio Motors

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I think that's because he has a two piece design vs. the other ones that are a solid one-piece

Jeff92se

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Exactly. I wish people would understand this

Anyone look at stock rotors? Even stock rotors aren't swept 100%. It just looks that way because the unswept parts eventually rust over

vsamoylov

rotors are 2 piece rotors from the 2003 mustang cobra. they are made by baer.
the comment on how the pad touches all of the surface is not because they are a 2 piece rotor. its is because the caliper was modified so that when the pads are installed they would touch all of the surface.

Jeff92se

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Yes grinding the cast aluminum caliper for another 1 mm of pad contact.

vsamoylov

yeah so what and its actually more then 1 mm and it was still important for me that the whole pad would rub against the rotor

Jeff92se

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I'd much rather have 1mm of pad overhang than grind 1-2-3 mm of brake caliper material (1mm for the over hang and 1-2 for clearances).

It's important to me not to sacrafice the strength of the caliper. IMHO.

Chunger

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97 SE
18 x 8" OZ Superleggeras
AP Racing BBK (STILLEN)
Increased initial bite in braking (i.e. definitely no loss of performance)
No ABS



W/O rim

maxS

this is sad... not so much of grip on reality

Jeff92se

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Sorta like deleting your bbk setup when everyone guesses what you have type of reality?

Iron Scimitar

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1999 GLE
13'' Cobra RTP zinc coated blanks
Q45 dual piston calipers (front)
Hawk HPS
My tires can't manage the stopping power...

Larrio Motors

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wow chunger, you've had 3 different BBK's now

ThurzNite

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no rear bbk pics?
Jae

A33 VQ30DEK

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i think i seen you driving around monterey park couple years ago.

Chunger

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Yeah that's my home "turf", LOL. I may be relocating up to SF area soon, though.

Hi Larry! This is my final BBK really.

1FSTMAX

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Hi Chung,

how do the ap's compare to the previous willwood kit's you've had?

Chunger

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A little less spongy brake feel (AP caliper is bigger and heavier so it's stiffer) and the piston sizes better suite the car than my last set (4 x 1.38") and the original Fastbrakes kit (1.38 and 1.75" sequential bore SL which flexed a lot). The AP calipers also have the outter dust seals which the Wilwoods did not.

MaximaSE96

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