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| Howard had to machine a step into the ID of the spacer so it could fit on the hub. |
A few days later Sera took Project Z to Buttonwillow raceway to give the car an acid test on the track. She reported to us that the brakes were awesome with no fade at all even with streetable brake pads. She reported that there was no green fade either. She also reported to us that there was no knockback with the pedal remaining consistent. The brakes did not get a mushy pedal nor did they lose effectiveness even though she did mange to turn the rotors blue. Sera also reported that the brakes had perfect bias.
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A look at the front brake installed.
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| The rear brakes installed. |
On the street, the Z did not suffer from brake pad dust up or squeaks and squeals although there was some slight rattling to be expected from free floating rotors. The streetable brake pads did not chew up the rotors when cold like race pads do. In all we were pretty surprised how well these pads worked on the track which mirrors our experiences we had with them on Dai Yoshihara’s Z where they actually worked better than some race pads on the track.
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| The Powerslot OEM replacement rear rotor. |
In all Sera was very pleased with the performance of her brake system and we think her car is an example of what many of our readers might do with their own cars, street car during the week, track car on the weekends.
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| Our big brakes look pretty badass behind the wheels! |
In our next installment of Project 350Z we will finish off the suspension with some Whiteline bushings and adjustable suspension links from SPL Parts.
Read more about Project 350Z here!
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