Discs and pads advice please

[tvr trev]

Seen lots of discs and pads on ebay but dont really kmow good from bad or is it just a case of the more you pay the better you get.Oh thought I would share my MPG figueres managed to get down to around 10mpg at snetterton on monday is this a record.

[Timja]

Do you do many track days? This will likely have a big influence on what discs/pads to go for. For better performance without spending a fortune i believe you are better spending more on good pads rather than discs.

I got solid discs from Brake Engineering, fairly standard Ferodo pads for rear and Ferodo DS2500 pads for the front and have been very happy with them compared to the standard pads that were on before.

If you are doing lots of track days i believe Carbon Lorraine brakes come highly recommended.

Edited by Timja on Thursday 7th April 11:55

[tvr trev]

I dont do to many so that sounds good to me have been told the pads for raceing can be a bit loud for road use .
Thanks for advice

[EggsBenedict]

don't forget to get decent fluid in.

http://www.k300performance.co.uk/brakes/brake-flui...

The ATE ones are good.

[Bassfiend]

tvr trev said:

Seen lots of discs and pads on ebay but dont really kmow good from bad or is it just a case of the more you pay the better you get.Oh thought I would share my MPG figueres managed to get down to around 10mpg at snetterton on monday is this a record.

Track day usage will always punish mpg figures but TBH I think 10mpg on a track day is pretty good!

My old RX-8 *AVERAGED* 17mpg over 70,000 miles and if I only drive the Tiv to and from work I can cane a tank of fuel in two weeks...

...oh yes, it's about a mile and a half to work so that works out at 3mpg. (I get 20mpg on a reasonable run.)

Phil

[haircutmike]

tvr trev said:

Seen lots of discs and pads on ebay but dont really kmow good from bad or is it just a case of the more you pay the better you get.Oh thought I would share my MPG figueres managed to get down to around 10mpg at snetterton on monday is this a record.

8mpg at Snetterton the previous Tuesday, £63.00 worth in the morning session, a good day!

Brembo discs, 330mm £150 per pair and Hawk HP Plus pads £65.00 a set, you can't get better!

All from Cambridge Motorsport.

http://www.cambridgemotorsport.com/

Edited by haircutmike on Thursday 7th April 10:40

[tvr trev]

Thanks for all the feed back i can see I will have to try harder on my next track day.

[EggsBenedict]

I have this kit: http://www.rallydesign.co.uk/product_info.php?prod... and hawk pads from cambridge Motorsport a la HCM. seem pretty fierce compared to standard, and i still need to bleed once more. Be sure you have bled the brakes well - I'm on my third bleeding session (using an Ezi Bleed), and after it, I expect the pedal to be really hard.

[haircutmike]

EggsBenedict said:

I have this kit: http://www.rallydesign.co.uk/product_info.php?prod... and hawk pads from cambridge Motorsport a la HCM. seem pretty fierce compared to standard, and i still need to bleed once more. Be sure you have bled the brakes well - I'm on my third bleeding session (using an Ezi Bleed), and after it, I expect the pedal to be really hard.

The Hawk pads may seem fierce but they never fade.
At speed that fierceness turns into good feel rather then pushing unreasonably hard with other pads.

They can't be bad for the discs either as I am just about to replace my EBC rotors that have done about 20 T/D's on about 4 sets of pads, (+road use).

[quattrophenia]

Just replaced all mine with standard grooved disks, mintex pads and goodridge lines for fast road use mainly. Bled the brakes no problem, but did use all of 2 litres to flush all the bubbles out. Funnily enough the fronts took considerably more bleeding than the backs (maybe got bigger piston reservoirs?). Not really used them in anger yet as still bedding in so can't comment on any improvement.

[haircutmike]

haircutmike said:

The Hawk pads may seem fierce but they never fade.
At speed that fierceness turns into good feel rather then pushing unreasonably hard with other pads.

They can't be bad for the discs either as I am just about to replace my EBC rotors that have done about 20 T/D's on about 4 sets of pads, (+road use).

I just thought, if you are running the HP plus pads and you feel they are a bit too agressive, the slightly lesser, (fast road) pad is the HP "S", this is a great pad too and hardly creats any dust for some reason .