Brake pads for track days
09-11-2007, 09:21 AM
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Brake pads for track days
I want to ask your opinion on brake pads, I want to get a set for track days (I will put stock Z06 pads back on for the street) What is the best pad to use without tearing up my rotors too much Hawks? EBC's?. The stockers worked great last track day even though Roebling isn't much of braking track. What do you guys recommend? Should I just stay stock since I will be at Roebling again this time?!? Thanks!
09-11-2007, 10:15 AM
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Forget about going easy on your rotors. Face it, if you are going to do track days and going to run other than stock pads (or even with stock pads), you are going to eat up your rotors. But rotors are cheap, relatively (or they were until NAPA raised the prices). You can still get them from rockauto.com.
I ran Hawk HP+ pads with my stock setup, and they worked well for me on the track. The just dusted a lot and went through them pretty fast. But they stopped good and didn't get any fading even at the end of a long day of track sessions.
I switched to Wilwood calipers, rotors and pads, and it's like driving a different car. If you are serious about getting out on the track and doing a lot of track days, consider the brake upgrade. It is well worth it to be able to stop the car when you have to.
I ran Hawk HP+ pads with my stock setup, and they worked well for me on the track. The just dusted a lot and went through them pretty fast. But they stopped good and didn't get any fading even at the end of a long day of track sessions.
I switched to Wilwood calipers, rotors and pads, and it's like driving a different car. If you are serious about getting out on the track and doing a lot of track days, consider the brake upgrade. It is well worth it to be able to stop the car when you have to.
09-11-2007, 01:08 PM
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09-11-2007, 01:54 PM
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if you are running street tires hp+ pads or another compound like that would be good. if you use slicks run the more aggressive pads. too much brake on street tires are hard to modulate. make the car as easy to drive as you can.
09-11-2007, 01:59 PM
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if you are running street tires hawk hp+ pads are as aggressive as I would use. if you are using slicks go with the more aggressive pads.
aggressive pads are hard to modulate with street tires.
aggressive pads are hard to modulate with street tires.
09-11-2007, 05:31 PM
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I keep hearing this, but I ran PFC 01s with the stock F1 Supercar runflats with no issues.
09-11-2007, 05:39 PM
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Not true, PFC01 are fantastic on race or street tires and they have a heat range up to about 1600F IIRC.
09-11-2007, 08:53 PM
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Forget about going easy on your rotors. Face it, if you are going to do track days and going to run other than stock pads (or even with stock pads), you are going to eat up your rotors. But rotors are cheap, relatively (or they were until NAPA raised the prices). You can still get them from rockauto.com.
I ran Hawk HP+ pads with my stock setup, and they worked well for me on the track. The just dusted a lot and went through them pretty fast. But they stopped good and didn't get any fading even at the end of a long day of track sessions.
I switched to Wilwood calipers, rotors and pads, and it's like driving a different car. If you are serious about getting out on the track and doing a lot of track days, consider the brake upgrade. It is well worth it to be able to stop the car when you have to.
I ran Hawk HP+ pads with my stock setup, and they worked well for me on the track. The just dusted a lot and went through them pretty fast. But they stopped good and didn't get any fading even at the end of a long day of track sessions.
I switched to Wilwood calipers, rotors and pads, and it's like driving a different car. If you are serious about getting out on the track and doing a lot of track days, consider the brake upgrade. It is well worth it to be able to stop the car when you have to.
09-12-2007, 02:12 AM
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PFC '01's are my current favorite, but we are testing some of the other PFC compounds.
Our customer's like the Baer mono block Extreeme + big brake package and we stock both street and race compounds for those as well as the stock Corvette calipers.
Our customer's like the Baer mono block Extreeme + big brake package and we stock both street and race compounds for those as well as the stock Corvette calipers.
09-12-2007, 04:52 PM
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i did not say anything about other pad just said what i liked. pf states that novice drivers may find this pad challenging to modulate. there words not mine. make your car as easy to drive as you can and you will be faster.
09-13-2007, 09:01 PM
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Best money I've ever spent on an upgrade for a car. My decision was to do this before any mods that would add power to the car. What good is more power if you can't stop when you really need to? My $.02.
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10-03-2007, 09:21 PM
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I'm not sure why no one has mentioned the Hawk DTC-70's they are a great pad and rival the PFC 01's for less money. Ask Raftracer what he was running on his car at NASA nationals.
My only complaint about the DTC-70's is that they wear quicker than the Wilwood H's. IMHO it's a toss up between the Wilwood H's long life (and good stopping power) to the DTC-70's great stopping power (and shorter life.
I think the PFC 01's are a good pad, I tried a set on my C4 at Road America but I felt that they did the same as the DTC-70's but costed more.
Just giving you some other options, this thread makes it seem like the PFC 01 is all that's out there. But you can't go wrong with any of those pads. If you have the opportunity try a set of each (over the next 3 pad changes) and see what works best for you.
My only complaint about the DTC-70's is that they wear quicker than the Wilwood H's. IMHO it's a toss up between the Wilwood H's long life (and good stopping power) to the DTC-70's great stopping power (and shorter life.
I think the PFC 01's are a good pad, I tried a set on my C4 at Road America but I felt that they did the same as the DTC-70's but costed more.
Just giving you some other options, this thread makes it seem like the PFC 01 is all that's out there. But you can't go wrong with any of those pads. If you have the opportunity try a set of each (over the next 3 pad changes) and see what works best for you.