Brake Pad Compounds

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Soul Reaver

Original Poster:

499 posts

191 months

Wednesday 25th February 2015
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Hi Guys

What pad compound do you think is best for high intial bite (which I like) I'm running AP 6 pot calipers.

Cheers
Mark.

PS
Been using Mintex 1155 compound

Trev450

6,314 posts

171 months

Wednesday 25th February 2015
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I find Performance Friction 01's excellent. As an aside, I compete in sprints and hill climbs so cold pads with high initial bite is vital.

Soul Reaver

Original Poster:

499 posts

191 months

Wednesday 25th February 2015
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They are the most money at £350 smile Will they last for endurance

e21Mark

16,205 posts

172 months

Wednesday 25th February 2015
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I usually go with Hawk pads (Cambridge Motorsport) and found they transformed braking performance on my old E30 325 track car with Wilwood 4 pots. Well priced too, with minimal brake dust. I wanted them for the M3 but I now run Tarox 6 pot and Hawk weren't available, so now run Ferodo DS2500 instead. They took a little while to bed in but I'm really happy with them so far. I'm yet to do any track work with them though.

Trev450

6,314 posts

171 months

Wednesday 25th February 2015
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Soul Reaver said:
They are the most money at £350 smile Will they last for endurance
They are not cheap but the set I have in at the moment have done about 25 sprints/hillclimbs and at least 6 track days and they are about half worn.

Soul Reaver

Original Poster:

499 posts

191 months

Wednesday 25th February 2015
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That's actually not bad value then.. My races are 60mins each

Oilchange

8,422 posts

259 months

Thursday 26th February 2015
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Have you thought about Ferodo DS3000? From experience, they are very good

andye30m3

3,452 posts

253 months

Thursday 26th February 2015
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I used the performance friction 01 in my e30 320

Not very quick or heavy car but so far I've done 24 15 minute sprint races, 2 30 minute races, plus qualifying for those races, also did a couple of races on them in 2013 and there's another trackday left so they certainly last well

I've got a set of mintex 1166 to try as I picked them up cheap so thought I'd try them, but have a feeling I'll go back to PF

Tanuki

108 posts

204 months

Monday 2nd March 2015
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Pagid RS14 or Performance Friction PF0's I'd say.

Re: Performance Friction pads for endurance racing - and this is from direct exerience: PF08's have nearly as much initial bite as 01's - but have a much better modulation and release profile. They also don't wear discs as much as 01's.

Edited by Tanuki on Monday 2nd March 09:52

77racing

3,346 posts

186 months

Wednesday 4th March 2015
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I run AP 6 pot and I am using CL RC6 but they do an endurance pad as well RC8 or RC8R. By far the best stopping power I have used. Brummie on here is the main agent. great to do business with.


http://www.carbonelorrainebraking.co.uk/ talk to Paul.

astonman

789 posts

209 months

Wednesday 4th March 2015
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Carbotech to have some extraordinary high coefficient of friction pad materials.
I have them on my massively undersized brake discs,on my standard Monaro. The only down side is the pads are expensive,and I need new discs every 10/15 thousand miles.They wear away!The discs are very small and cheap!On a sprint car,they would be awesome.

Soul Reaver

Original Poster:

499 posts

191 months

Friday 6th March 2015
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After all of the different recommends, thanks for that. I have just bought the PF 01's at 370 quid.

Cheers