Brake Pads

[seeby]

I want to upgrade my brake pads as on the last track day they were fading a bit from high speed . Whats the recommendation chaps,for normal road and a bit of track use ? Also is it best to change front & rear ?Standard 400 96.

[V8FROG]

EBC redstuff are pretty good!!changed front and rear made a lot of difference in the stopping power!!

[TaimarTurbo]

I've not had good luck with EBC...

If I were you I'd go with Ferodo's 2500 pad.

Here's a list of good pads.
Mintex 1144 @48UKP
http://www.demon-tweeks.co.uk/performance/brake-pa...

Ferodo 2500 @82UKP
http://www.camskill.co.uk/m49b0s4035p53292/FERODO_...
If you're going with Ferodo read this to make sure you order the right ones.
http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?t=756...

CL brakes RC5+ @141UKP
http://www.cl-brakes.co.uk/carbone-lorraine/rc5-br...
They list them as one size so best call them if you want these.

Pagid RS4-2 @173UKP
http://www.brakes-pads-discs.co.uk/pagid/car-brake...
Again they only list one size, so contact them.


Fred

[SILICONEKID350HP]

You need to decide what you want them for ! some of the extreme pads are a waste of time for road use ..

Been out on a few trackdays , the EBC yellow stuff works for me and they work well from cold .They are probably not the best but i`m happy with them ..Bit of dust but it wipes straight off.

[Zippee]

Different car I know but I have Ferodo DS2500s in my 4.3 T350 and they're more than capable of bringing it to a halt quickly time and again from silly speeds - well recommended.
Also worth considering are the black diamond predator pads (don't bother with their grooved discs) that I ran on my old Chimaera, mostly fast road with the occasional track day and lots of very fast Alpine hills I never had any fade or worry about stopping with them.

[phillpot]

Take a look at Black Diamond pads, definate improvement over "standard" pads at not silly money

[TaimarTurbo]

The ones I listed are not extreme race only pads.
If you're on a budget go with the Mintex, they're about the same price as EBCs.

Like I said, I will not use EBC again.
Not progressive, no feel and in my case the the back plates warped causing drag.
I was lucky to get away with minimal damage.

[seeby]

Thanks for replies . I will look into the suggestions

[Timja]

I changed a couple of years ago to Ferodo DS2500 and have been very pleased.

Only have them on the front, just standard pads on the rear.

[phazed]

Colin, I've used Hawke pads for the last4-5 years, superb imho.

These

http://www.hawkperformance.com/performance/hpplus....

But for fast street these are nearly as good, little dust as well!

http://www.hawkperformance.com/performance/hps.php

Both from Cambridge Motorsports.