What do you folks think of these ?

 

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/NISSAN-300ZX-EBC-T-GROOVED-FRONT-DISCS-YELLOWPADS_W0QQitemZ350300157651QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM?hash=item518f8436d3

wouldnt bother with ebc .

EBC make decent discs (I use them with GreenStuff pads for my rears) but there are much better out there. I would not recommend them as front discs if you are running anything other than stock power. I have heard numerous reports of them cooking and/or warping under hard use. You need to remember that the 300zx is an 1800Kg car and the front brakes take a majority of the brake loading. If you are fitting them to a tuned Twin Turbo you are looking at reining in 350-400Bhp.

 

I really would not recommend the yellow stuff brake pads for road use - they have a poor cold use characteristic and a reasonably high disc wear rate. They are ok for medium to light track day use but you should really be looking at increasing your disc size and caliper power if you are seriously looking to track the car.

 

You really need to decide what you are trying to achieve by changing your discs. If it is simply to improve braking performance for a stock N/A zed then these discs should be fine but I wouldn't recommend the pads. If your car is tuned or you are running a Twin Turbo then you will definitely notice an improvement over the standard brakes but I would not rule out looking elsewhere for brake improvement. To get significantly better brake performance then you need to be looking at changing your discs calipers and pads and it will give you a huge new confidence in the cars braking performance.

 

I would recommend Ksport or D2 6 or 8 pot conversions on 330mm discs. More money I know but you will not believe the difference it will make.

Thanks , lads . Especially Cyrus , for that full and comprehensive answer :thumbup: .

I`m not running increased power , just a standard TT . I need new discs because the current ones failed the MOT .

 

http://www.300zx.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=134648

 

Anyway , I`ve just ordered some DBA discs and Mintex pads from Dan at DTA .

 

Ta

 

:yes:

Very good alternative choice - Dan at DTA gives some of the best advice around!!

I used the yellow stuff pads for a track day - they were really good - not much good for standard road usage though. As said - Dan at DTA will be able to help you out with decent brake pads.

EBC make decent discs (I use them with GreenStuff pads for my rears) but there are much better out there. I would not recommend them as front discs if you are running anything other than stock power.

 

Sorry - I've just read what I typed and I'm talking complete rubbish!!:stupid:

 

I am using EBC's with Mintex Extreme pads on the rears and Ksport discs with 8 pot calipers and Ferrodo's on the Fronts. Great stopping power and balance - fantastically poised now they are bedded in.

Ask Madmax he has some brakes for sale

Ebc discs are ok as long as you dont track the car or anything, i did use a set and they cracked, however they didnt crack on the track they cracked on the road the next time i used the car from a track day so the heat probaly weakend/destroyed them ah well.

I have yellowstuff pads at the mo and there shite for day to day use, ill be changing asap.

I had a set of EBC on my fronts and they lasted about 3 months before warping - I would not buy them again unless my Granny buys my car as her daily commute to Waitrose and back.

;-)

You need to remember that the 300zx is an 1800Kg

.. is not that heavy at all mate ))

.. my is 1500 kg exact ..

.. by the way ebc are shite )) probably good only for rear but never for front ...

Edited January 13, 201015 yr by mikael jackson

You need to remember that the 300zx is an 1800Kg

.. is not that heavy at all mate ))

.. my is 1500 kg exact ..

.. by the way ebc are shite )) probably good only for rear but never for front ...

 

1500kg? thats good, mine is 1470kg with my 17icnh wheels on... next i plan to install lightweight windows.. btw some zeds can be 1800kg ones with silly ice setups and cheap as big wheels and other crap....

I used ebc green stuff pads on my vectra and they were crap. They disintegrated about two months after fitting them. I've got ferodo DS2500 pads now and they are great! Wouldn't use ebc again. On the zed I bought standard size stillen discs and pads from MJP. Haven't fitted them yet but they do look good quality.

 

1500kg? thats good, mine is 1470kg with my 17icnh wheels on... next i plan to install lightweight windows.. btw some zeds can be 1800kg ones with silly ice setups and cheap as big wheels and other crap....

 

how did you weight your car ??

 

how did you weight your car ??

 

weighing station near me, and u?

longacre m digital scales.. fairly acurate.

http://www.kodiakmotorsports.com/lascales.htm

 

1500kg? thats good, mine is 1470kg with my 17icnh wheels on... next i plan to install lightweight windows.. btw some zeds can be 1800kg ones with silly ice setups and cheap as big wheels and other crap....

 

When I said the 300zx was an 1800kg car I may have been rounding a bit but that it is not so far from the truth in the real world. The quoted stock weight for a Twin Turbo LWB from Nissan is 1610Kgs but that is WITHOUT a driver and passenger (allow 80kgs each) - with no fuel (allow 50kgs for a full tank) and with nothing in the boot or on the spec list like electric seats etc (you would be surprised how much the weight increases by speccing electric seats). So when you are discussing brakes it is pointless discussing weights that don't include ALL of these things because that is how you are going to be driving the car ON THE ROAD! (My LWB TT with no "Sillly ICE setup" with driver and half a tank of petrol was recently weighed at 1714Kgs by CenterGravity - so 1800Kgs including passenger and something in the boot is wholly realistic for daily driving) I know JimmyTT quotes his weight in his development thread with 10 lts of fuel on board - just fill the tank and there's an additional 40kg's right there!

 

The car itself may not weigh 1800Kgs but the truth is, that is what the brakes will be trying to stop when you are out for a drive with your mate in a reasonably stock LWB TT car!

 

Whilst I truley admire you guys who spend weeks shaving kg's from the weight of your car, I would guess that a majority of you are driving SWB's with a starting quoted dry weight of 1496Kgs or N/A's which are significantly lighter (you guys who have LWB TT's who have managed to get their cars under 1500Kg's empty - MUCH RESPECT!!) but if you are talking about brakes always better to hi-side the quoted weight and you really need to add 200Kgs for real world driving (2 x passengers + fuel) as I have shown.

 

Caterham drivers are the worst for doing this - they say their Superlight R400 weighs 400Kgs but forget that when they are out on the road with a friend and a full tank the vehicle weight goes up by 50% and their specific output (BHP/Tonne) goes out of the window.

 

Makes me laugh!!! :lol::lol::lol:

Edited January 15, 201015 yr by CyrusJH

 

When I said the 300zx was an 1800kg car I may have been rounding a bit but that it is not so far from the truth in the real world. The quoted stock weight for a Twin Turbo LWB from Nissan is 1610Kgs but that is WITHOUT a driver and passenger (allow 80kgs each) - with no fuel (allow 50kgs for a full tank) and with nothing in the boot or on the spec list like electric seats etc (you would be surprised how much the weight increases by speccing electric seats). So when you are discussing brakes it is pointless discussing weights that don't include ALL of these things because that is how you are going to be driving the car ON THE ROAD! (My LWB TT with no "Sillly ICE setup" with driver and half a tank of petrol was recently weighed at 1714Kgs by CenterGravity - so 1800Kgs including passenger and something in the boot is wholly realistic for daily driving) I know JimmyTT quotes his weight in his development thread with 10 lts of fuel on board - just fill the tank and there's an additional 40kg's right there!

 

The car itself may not weigh 1800Kgs but the truth is, that is what the brakes will be trying to stop when you are out for a drive with your mate in a reasonably stock LWB TT car!

 

Whilst I truley admire you guys who spend weeks shaving kg's from the weight of your car, I would guess that a majority of you are driving SWB's with a starting quoted dry weight of 1496Kgs or N/A's which are significantly lighter (you guys who have LWB TT's who have managed to get their cars under 1500Kg's empty - MUCH RESPECT!!) but if you are talking about brakes always better to hi-side the quoted weight and you really need to add 200Kgs for real world driving (2 x passengers + fuel) as I have shown.

 

Caterham drivers are the worst for doing this - they say their Superlight R400 weighs 400Kgs but forget that when they are out on the road with a friend and a full tank the vehicle weight goes up by 50% and their specific output (BHP/Tonne) goes out of the window.

 

Makes me laugh!!! :lol::lol::lol:

 

You trying to ruin our fun? :(

 

i only weight 79kgs and ive never got a full tank, each ltr of fuel weights 1kg so il say i have half a tank max which is about 30kg :D

 

friends? i dont have any, apart from you cyrus:D

 

so il add my weight and petrol to the total which works out at 1569kg. :D dam still heavy :(

but still not as heavy as other super sports like lambos and ferraris .. ))

Edited January 15, 201015 yr by mikael jackson

 

You trying to ruin our fun? :(

 

i only weight 79kgs and ive never got a full tank, each ltr of fuel weights 1kg so il say i have half a tank max which is about 30kg :D

 

friends? i dont have any, apart from you cyrus:D

 

so il add my weight and petrol to the total which works out at 1569kg. :D dam still heavy :(

 

:2guns::2guns::2guns:

 

Sorry Jimmy.... didn't mean to burst your bubble!!! Personally I am a Lardy Fecker - 93Kgs on my todd!!! so you don't want me in your car!!!!

Edited January 16, 201015 yr by CyrusJH

 

:2guns::2guns::2guns:

 

Sorry Jimmy.... didn't mean to burst your bubble!!! Personally I am a Lardy Fecker - 93Kgs on my todd!!! do you don't want me in your car!!!!

 

)))

 

When I said the 300zx was an 1800kg car I may have been rounding a bit but that it is not so far from the truth in the real world. The quoted stock weight for a Twin Turbo LWB from Nissan is 1610Kgs but that is WITHOUT a driver and passenger (allow 80kgs each) - with no fuel (allow 50kgs for a full tank) and with nothing in the boot or on the spec list like electric seats etc (you would be surprised how much the weight increases by speccing electric seats). So when you are discussing brakes it is pointless discussing weights that don't include ALL of these things because that is how you are going to be driving the car ON THE ROAD! (My LWB TT with no "Sillly ICE setup" with driver and half a tank of petrol was recently weighed at 1714Kgs by CenterGravity - so 1800Kgs including passenger and something in the boot is wholly realistic for daily driving) I know JimmyTT quotes his weight in his development thread with 10 lts of fuel on board - just fill the tank and there's an additional 40kg's right there!

 

The car itself may not weigh 1800Kgs but the truth is, that is what the brakes will be trying to stop when you are out for a drive with your mate in a reasonably stock LWB TT car!

 

Whilst I truley admire you guys who spend weeks shaving kg's from the weight of your car, I would guess that a majority of you are driving SWB's with a starting quoted dry weight of 1496Kgs or N/A's which are significantly lighter (you guys who have LWB TT's who have managed to get their cars under 1500Kg's empty - MUCH RESPECT!!) but if you are talking about brakes always better to hi-side the quoted weight and you really need to add 200Kgs for real world driving (2 x passengers + fuel) as I have shown.

 

Caterham drivers are the worst for doing this - they say their Superlight R400 weighs 400Kgs but forget that when they are out on the road with a friend and a full tank the vehicle weight goes up by 50% and their specific output (BHP/Tonne) goes out of the window.

 

Makes me laugh!!! :lol::lol::lol:

 

 

excellent reply Cyrus, real time input there matey, absolutely spot on with your figures, and a great read, well done......

 

Al.