# The Brakes Thread

**URL:** <https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-brakes-thread/109550>\
**Category:** SON240sx Automotive\
**Created:** [September 18, 2007, 5:33am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-brakes-thread/109550 "2007-09-18T05:33:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![AnDrEw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AnDrEw](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/AnDrEw)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2007, 1:02pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-brakes-thread/109550/17 "2007-09-18T13:02:30Z")

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> [@Happy Birfday HotRodKid](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/happy-birfday-hotrodkid/14103/11):
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> nah anderw you just suck
> 
> 300zx brakes are such a joke for my car that i actually laugh at them every day
> 
> i anhilate a set of hawk front pads in a single session, as soon as they overheat once its game over
> 
> my brakes run way too hot
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> i need to upgrade
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> fluid boiling = soft pedal
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> pad fade = stiff pedal
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> remember, street cars have no brake ducting at all so the brakes will retain heat for quite some time, lots of high speed to traffic light braking can fade pads surprisingly fast.

Sasha, you know guys like us are different. Your laying down a lot of hp and braking from 240-250 kph (maybe more) at the end of the back straight. I can understand 300’s not being enough in this case. You have loads of heat to dissipate. Me, I had like 120whp, I can’t get my car going fast enough.

Also, you run HUGE wheels, this is factored into brake torque needed to stop those bastards. You have weight long ways away from the center of your hub.

I can say that none of the guys on this board will be at your level, and half will never be at my level. They have no need for anything bigger than 300’s, yet everyone argues about it.

Adam for example had no need for anything bigger than 300’s, he was running blank rotors and Hawk HT-10’s, and laying 400whp. He didn’t have big wheels and tires though, he only ran 16’s and 245 Hoosiers, and was on Mosport GP once or twice.

Sometimes I do suck 😛

Andrew.

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