if anyone has mentioned this before i'm just agreeing:

ss pads dont do anything to shorten distance, i have them on my MY07 with stock brake system, they just feel a tad better but i really think its just a placebo effect.

i think tires will definitely help.

also, how about finding ways to reduce the weight of your car, wouldnt that theoretically reduce the amount of inertia when the car is moving, so something with less mass will be easier to stop than something with more mass?

edit:
you should sport some "Lightyear" tires like my sig
they got some awesome gripping power

 

Braking 101. The tires are the most important factor in braking, then pads, then caliper design, then disk diameter...

The factory system works well stock, 122 seems really high. My guess is that he is not measuring correctly. The tests use a real side wheel and computer with an accelerometer.

The sliding caliper design is not the greatest for feel, compared to a Pcar or Evo, but the distances are still comparable. Would I like brembos, sure, but they aren't needed.

The hawk blue is the perfect example of how to get a good braking distance, and run good fluid, and R-tires. That alone will get him in the low 100 feet, repeatedly lap after lap.

 

Better pads. Very easy to get better braking performance.

Stickier tires. Plus you can turn better. :-)


Unless you are doing many laps of a road course, you don't need the big crazy braking setups. A DD will do just fine with better pads and good tires.

 

122 ft seems high. Most "magazines" get 60-0 in about 113-116ft on the base model, and I believe CR was able to dip below 110ft due to better tires for most magazines (I think I've seen 106 before, though not entirely sure):

http://www.roadandtrack.com/assets/downloa...onda-Nissan.pdf

Of course, road conditions play a HUGE role

Anyhow, brake bias will make a difference ... but that's not something you would want to mess with unless you really know what you are doing. A car that stops the quickest from 60 to zero doesn't always mean it's good for the track. The braking distance is a science with a lot of variables in the equation. Frankly, brake disc size probably is one of the less important things relative to what most people would think is the case. Pad compound, tires, suspension, and brake bias generally are the more important ones. Brake disc size, caliper design (fixed versus floating), and brake fluid will be important for track use -- i.e. to keep brakes at their optimal operating temperatures.

Nevertheless, the 370Z's specs are truly amazing. Its lap times and other "drills" have very impressive results. After all, Nissan had another 10 years to design this car after Honda did the S2000. Also, the 350Z inherited a lot of things that Nissan learned from the GTR's development. Chassis design, balance, suspension geometry, aerodynamics, etc.