Brake pad advice
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From: Novi Michigan
Brake pad advice
I'm heading out to Virginia to the VIR HPDE driving days next week, and I'm looking for some advice on brake pads. There are a lot to choose from. Some are street, some are track and some are both. Any suggestions on what would work best for the drive from Michigan to Virginia and then onto the track, and back to Michigan?
Le Mans Master
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From: Just moved back to the "old country"
actually the stock Z51 pads are very good for this ... I just replaced my stock pads with Porterfield R4S to get a combo street / road track without having to go back and forth - I do 3-4 HPDE each year ...
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St. Jude Donor '05-'08
Wilwood Smart Pad would work for track and street.
Smart-Pad" BP-10:
Characteristics
Applications
Smart-Pad" BP-10:
Characteristics
- Medium friction compound with the low noise and low dust of a street performance compound and the increased friction characteristics of a semi-metallic race compound.
- Smooth engagement with consistent response from a flat torque curve throughout its entire effective temperature range.
- Good low to middle temperature wear rates.
- Beds quickly and provides fast response without excessive abrasion on vented iron rotors.
Applications
- High performance street / strip, drag race, and track day categories using vented iron rotors.
- Light to medium braking on dirt tracks including late models, modifieds, sportsman, and street stocks.
- Disc brake conversions on street rods and muscle cars
