Thread: b13 11" Fastbrakes (Wilwood) Kit Help/Opinions...

carbotech x2

Im still on stock brakes and
I have their street pads on right now and a set of XP10 just in case

I didn't think carbotech made any pads for the Dynalite calipers?

As already mentioned, your proportioning is messed up.

I am on stock master cylinder, NX brakes up front with Hawk HPS pads, stock rear setup, techna-fit stainless steel lines all around and the car just stops when I want it to. I love it.

Simple yet effective set up.

For what I paid for the setup, I have on idea why anyone that is not hardcore racing the dog piss out of there car would not upgrade.

With some good pads, the entire stock setup with some SS lines would be safe and fine.

But for a little bit more, the NX brakes and quality front pads make the car a entirely different braking experience.

They can and will make them

I do not think you have grasped the idea of the concept behind bigger brakes vs Proportioning vs Pad selection.

Bigger rotors = More heat dissipation (read: less brake fad over race distance and repeated stops)

Bigger/More pistons (caliper) = More stopping power because of the increase surface area making contact with the rotor (read: More torque)

Bigger piston (MC) = More brake pressure for both front AND back caliper (if the lines can support it and do not EXPAND (this is also very important for feel) from the added pressure of the fluid being pushed through it).

If you have not realized, even the stock NX upgrade can actually perform WORSE if you have the proportioning off as well as the pad selection is completely unbalanced.

And please PLEASE its "BRAKE" not "BREAKE"..........It irks me when people cannot distinguish between the two (which breake is not even a word)

Also, people who buy bigger brakes just to fill the wheels (or to look good) and for nothing else, are idiotic............But that is just my opinion

Neither have you.

More mass on the rotor equals more heat tolerance and dissipation usually, yes.
It is the larger diameter rotor however that results in more stopping power due to leverage (torque).

Nope.
Larger, more pistons (caliper) = Slightly less braking power due to larger swept area. See here.
The benefit of larger calipers/pads is slower wear and more heat tolerance. More pistons means more even application of force for more consistent braking and pad wear.

That is how the kit is designed, and it works very well with stock MC and rears. I ran that way for 5 years or so with no issues. The kit is well balanced out of the box.

If you go with bigger rears, then you need the Altima MC to correct the proportioning.


Ameen, I'm thinking there has to be air in the lines or the MC is failing/failed.

Right.... This thread is about how they are unbalanced.... I don't understand what you are even trying to say. You want balance in the force.