Although the 300ZX is equipped with relatively big 11-inch rotors with four-piston front and two-piston rear calipers from the factory, these brakes are wholly inadequate when the car is being ...

You’ll need front calipers and pads from an ’04-06 Subaru WRX STI; front and rear rotors from an ’03-07 Mitsubishi Lancer EVO; and brake master cylinder from a Nissan Z32 300ZX; front ...

Mechanically, the 300ZX is fairly stout. Aluminum brake calipers tend to warp while the later cast iron units are more durable.

Beefy four-wheel vented disc brakes with four-piston front calipers and standard ABS stop the Z from 70 mph in 171 feet. We observed no signs of fade during repeated hard trials.