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Mar 10, 2006 | 12:11 PM

CPALIU

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I just got this quote from stoptech on my350z.com

"If budget is not as big of an issue and you have plenty of wheel clearance, then my favorite choice is the ST-40 14" front and ST-45 14" rear. The ST-40 and ST-45 calipers look the same from the outside and this combination has the best, most balanced appearance. You are limited in pad selection for the ST-45 caliper to just a few compounds, all of them street-only. But since you said you were not tracking the car, that works out fine for you."

Would there be any problems if someone were to run a race pad in the front and a street pad in the rear while tracking the car?

Mar 10, 2006 | 05:00 PM

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Depends on how good of a driver you are and how much power you're putting down. For a novice you won't. But if you have big HP and like to brake deep into turns then the rear street pad will probably get eaten up real quick.

Mar 10, 2006 | 08:12 PM

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For what its worth, the 14" rear rotor offers huge amounts of heat capacity (same as the front actually), so the BHP XPS pads we offer for the ST45 should not have any heat related issues, even on the most aggressive track car.

Mar 12, 2006 | 01:36 PM

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so there woudln't be any kind of brake balance issues between the front and rears if the fronts were race compound and the rears were street compound?

Mar 12, 2006 | 02:04 PM

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Wondering if there would be any interest if a vendor was to start a GB on StopTech BBK. Guess it would depend on price.

Mar 12, 2006 | 03:11 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by CPALIU

so there woudln't be any kind of brake balance issues between the front and rears if the fronts were race compound and the rears were street compound?

A high bite rear pad like the Axxis Ultimate or the BHP XPS (for the ST45 Calipers) will still offer good balance with race friction up front. In a racing type of situation with very dramatic weight transfer taking place, a little extra front bias is not necessarily a bad thing. For a pure race car, rear race friction would be optimal, but for track days in a dual duty street/track car the the high perfromance street pads in the rear will still offer excellent performance.

--Erik--