I only upgraded my fronts to the Wilwood 6 piston, rears are stock, and basically the brakes are working too good. Too good for the tires at least as the front wheels lock up under hard braking if I'm not careful.
Overall the brakes work phenomenal but I have to condition myself to not stab the pedal to get optimal braking...and of course that's not always easy to do, especially in an "OH $HIT" moment.
I'm using the stock Z31 BMC...I know that a bigger BMC is needed when there isn't enough hydraulic pressure to work big calipers, and it maintains proper pressure and pedal feel...but that isn't a problem for me at all. Pedal feels good, firm not spongy, and the pressure almost seems to be too much since the fronts lock up under aggressive braking.
I previously had the Z32 Calipers/350Z track rotors setup and don't remember ever really having this issue, although they certainly didn't brake as well as my current setup.
My tires are Nitto NT05 with treadwear 200 so they aren't super soft compound, but not certainly not hard either.
The obvious answer is that there's simply too much front caliper compared to the back?
Should I consider a proportioning valve? Or would Z32 17/16 BMC help address that?
Thanks in Advance
Overall the brakes work phenomenal but I have to condition myself to not stab the pedal to get optimal braking...and of course that's not always easy to do, especially in an "OH $HIT" moment.
I'm using the stock Z31 BMC...I know that a bigger BMC is needed when there isn't enough hydraulic pressure to work big calipers, and it maintains proper pressure and pedal feel...but that isn't a problem for me at all. Pedal feels good, firm not spongy, and the pressure almost seems to be too much since the fronts lock up under aggressive braking.
I previously had the Z32 Calipers/350Z track rotors setup and don't remember ever really having this issue, although they certainly didn't brake as well as my current setup.
My tires are Nitto NT05 with treadwear 200 so they aren't super soft compound, but not certainly not hard either.
The obvious answer is that there's simply too much front caliper compared to the back?
Should I consider a proportioning valve? Or would Z32 17/16 BMC help address that?
Thanks in Advance
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