Track day brake pads
Discussion
Hi all, here we go again on the brake pad debate! I would appreciate your input and advice.
I've recently got into track days in my 300zx, and while I have upgraded the front callipers to evo 8 brembos, I VERY quickly found out that road pads are not up to the job, by going through a set in 45 minutes of track driving. I then moved on to EBC yellow stuffs because I had started to hear more positive things about EBC as a company recently.
I have to say, for the price the EBC Yellows were a massive upgrade from standard pads (unsurprising maybe), but have still only lasted maybe 200 track miles, and a couple of thousand road miles. Now they are down to a few millimetres too low to risk trying to get another track day out of them. £156 for a pair now DOESN''T seem so cheap...
In short, I am looking for a track pad for a car that is approx 1600kg, getting on for 400bhp, that will last a few days at least! I don't mind having pads just for track days, and another set for road, but I don't want them to be so aggressive they eat my rotors instead....
I have heard good things about the following, and any additional options would be welcomed!
Carbotech xp10, and more recently xp20s
Performance friction... No idea on compound
Pagid, again, too many to compounds to choose from
Thanks in advance for your help!
Kane
I've recently got into track days in my 300zx, and while I have upgraded the front callipers to evo 8 brembos, I VERY quickly found out that road pads are not up to the job, by going through a set in 45 minutes of track driving. I then moved on to EBC yellow stuffs because I had started to hear more positive things about EBC as a company recently.
I have to say, for the price the EBC Yellows were a massive upgrade from standard pads (unsurprising maybe), but have still only lasted maybe 200 track miles, and a couple of thousand road miles. Now they are down to a few millimetres too low to risk trying to get another track day out of them. £156 for a pair now DOESN''T seem so cheap...
In short, I am looking for a track pad for a car that is approx 1600kg, getting on for 400bhp, that will last a few days at least! I don't mind having pads just for track days, and another set for road, but I don't want them to be so aggressive they eat my rotors instead....
I have heard good things about the following, and any additional options would be welcomed!
Carbotech xp10, and more recently xp20s
Performance friction... No idea on compound
Pagid, again, too many to compounds to choose from
Thanks in advance for your help!
Kane
Cheers for the advice all,
The pagids appear to be the clear favourite here, but at £100 more than the Carbotech pads, it's going to be a difficult decision.
I called Carbotech today to get some advice, and was recommended the xp10s. They recommended that the xp20 compound is better suited to cars with slick tyres.
Any more input is welcome
The pagids appear to be the clear favourite here, but at £100 more than the Carbotech pads, it's going to be a difficult decision.
I called Carbotech today to get some advice, and was recommended the xp10s. They recommended that the xp20 compound is better suited to cars with slick tyres.
Any more input is welcome
First of all I would like to say thanks to everyone who has had some input to the discussion, hopefully anyone else in a similar situation can save themselves some time by finding this post...
I went for the Pagid rs29, as I couldn't find a (justified) bad word about them anywhere. They arrived this week and I fitted them yesterday evening.
I took them out for a bed-in drive, and the first stop was a 5mph roll to a junction. The cold bite was incredible! I had expected them to be poor when cold, being such a performance pad. I was so wrong.
After the bedding in procedure of a number of gradually higher speed slowdowns, and a long cool off cruise, I have to say they are very, very good.
High speed braking I can already feel that they have more endurance than the pads I replaced, and cold bite I would say I have had to reduce the pedal pressure by a half to get the same stopping power.
So far, there has been no noise, I even decided to get ride of the 'anti squeal' shims.
The first track day on the pads is next Saturday. So I will follow up with their track performance next week.
Did the Pagids feel expensive to buy? Yep
Do the Pagids feel worth every penny when you use them? Absolutely.
I went for the Pagid rs29, as I couldn't find a (justified) bad word about them anywhere. They arrived this week and I fitted them yesterday evening.
I took them out for a bed-in drive, and the first stop was a 5mph roll to a junction. The cold bite was incredible! I had expected them to be poor when cold, being such a performance pad. I was so wrong.
After the bedding in procedure of a number of gradually higher speed slowdowns, and a long cool off cruise, I have to say they are very, very good.
High speed braking I can already feel that they have more endurance than the pads I replaced, and cold bite I would say I have had to reduce the pedal pressure by a half to get the same stopping power.
So far, there has been no noise, I even decided to get ride of the 'anti squeal' shims.
The first track day on the pads is next Saturday. So I will follow up with their track performance next week.
Did the Pagids feel expensive to buy? Yep
Do the Pagids feel worth every penny when you use them? Absolutely.
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