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I wanted to provide feedback on the Powerstop Track Day pads I got thru RockAuto a month ago. I put these on my 2012 Grand Sport 6speed Manual Coupe!
First some details about the pads... Fronts are being sold at $106 per set, rears are $95 per set thru Rockauto.com.
I had an opportunity to drive them on VIR on Monday with NCM (instructing) at what I would consider intermediate student pace laps with great success. The pads modulate well, the release (transition off the brake rotor upon release of the pedal) is excellent and the pads never let up.
On FRIDAY of this week I was at Dominion Raceway where I was using the brakes much harder. Again, great modulation, great release and the pedal never went soft, even after 5 or 6 long hard sessions.
Most track oriented brake pad sets are going to set you back into the $400 range (all four wheel) unless you have ceramics, and then you know how expensive that can get. But I'm here to tell you that these pads are a tremendous value and great stoppers. I'll be ordering another set of fronts, and a set of rears to keep on hand.
[Just bought a set for my 2016 Stingray. Did Track Daze at Dominion last Friday. Fun track. Turn 5 is slow but rewards you with the big Ss.
QUOTE=Mikelly;1592552430]I wanted to provide feedback on the Powerstop Track Day pads I got thru RockAuto a month ago. I put these on my 2012 Grand Sport 6speed Manual Coupe!
First some details about the pads... Fronts are being sold at $106 per set, rears are $95 per set thru Rockauto.com.
I had an opportunity to drive them on VIR on Monday with NCM (instructing) at what I would consider intermediate student pace laps with great success. The pads modulate well, the release (transition off the brake rotor upon release of the pedal) is excellent and the pads never let up.
On FRIDAY of this week I was at Dominion Raceway where I was using the brakes much harder. Again, great modulation, great release and the pedal never went soft, even after 5 or 6 long hard sessions.
Most track oriented brake pad sets are going to set you back into the $400 range (all four wheel) unless you have ceramics, and then you know how expensive that can get. But I'm here to tell you that these pads are a tremendous value and great stoppers. I'll be ordering another set of fronts, and a set of rears to keep on hand.
I wanted to provide feedback on the Powerstop Track Day pads I got thru RockAuto a month ago. I put these on my 2012 Grand Sport 6speed Manual Coupe!
First some details about the pads... Fronts are being sold at $106 per set, rears are $95 per set thru Rockauto.com.
I had an opportunity to drive them on VIR on Monday with NCM (instructing) at what I would consider intermediate student pace laps with great success. The pads modulate well, the release (transition off the brake rotor upon release of the pedal) is excellent and the pads never let up.
On FRIDAY of this week I was at Dominion Raceway where I was using the brakes much harder. Again, great modulation, great release and the pedal never went soft, even after 5 or 6 long hard sessions.
Most track oriented brake pad sets are going to set you back into the $400 range (all four wheel) unless you have ceramics, and then you know how expensive that can get. But I'm here to tell you that these pads are a tremendous value and great stoppers. I'll be ordering another set of fronts, and a set of rears to keep on hand.
Still on my car. I've left them on since I did this review and I'll continue to run them until I swap to a more aggressive pad for Time Trial.
That said, These pads rock as a dual purpose pad. They do dust up, as any aggressive pad does, but they do not squeal much at all. For the money, these are hands down better than the OEM pads and they are an AWESOME budget pad that have held up to repeated abuse and have proven themselves during my instructing at events near me. I've tracked on them 4 weekends so far and they have done well.
Still on my car. I've left them on since I did this review and I'll continue to run them until I swap to a more aggressive pad for Time Trial.
That said, These pads rock as a dual purpose pad. They do dust up, as any aggressive pad does, but they do not squeal much at all. For the money, these are hands down better than the OEM pads and they are an AWESOME budget pad that have held up to repeated abuse and have proven themselves during my instructing at events near me. I've tracked on them 4 weekends so far and they have done well.
Mike
Do you remember what friction rating they are? It will be on the edge of the pad, the last two letters. As a reference, the factory padlets are FF friction rating.
And, did you also use their drilled/slotted rotors, or the OEM drilled ones, or something else?
So after 15K in street miles and what amounts to 12 sessions total on track (not days, but sessions), this is what these pads looked like.
For students, I would HIGHLY recommend these pads while you are learning. I instruct and that puts me in a driving group that is much quicker, and more aggressive than your average beginner or intermediate student. These pads are an EXCELLENT cost effective pad to HPDE on and as you can see, with 15K miles driving on them, they last pretty well on the street.
Wow, nice review.
Less than $200 shipped for the base coupe, very temping for when the time comes.
Just switched from the Z26 pads on my 2016 C7 for daily driving and a few past events at Dominion, VIR, Summit Point to the Track Day pads for an upcoming NCM HPDE event at VIR.
WOW great initial bite, no squeal. A bit grabby for the street at first but easy to get used to.
These pads are going to make a big difference on the track!
on a similiar subject i recently tried the duralast "GT" pads from autozone on the rear (i run Hawk HP+ on the front)
this is a track only C6Z.
Duralast GT is a performance brake pad line used for high heat applications such as racing, towing, high GVW vehicles, police, and fleets. Duralast GT Street is a product designed to more closely match the pedal feel of the OE pad, be relatively quiet, and provide high temperature resistance to fade and wear to extend the products lining life. Duralast GT brake pads are constructed using carbon fiber technology, which make them incredibly durable and provide extraordinary stopping power even under the most extreme braking conditions. Duralast GT pads are manufactured under the highest quality standards and are Made in the USA.
Carbon Fiber Formulation for High Heat Braking Applications
V-Slot Technology to Reduce Wear and Increase Stopping Power
they dust like a mother. which typically is a good indication of a high bite track pad.
i cant comment on there performance, as they are only on the rear right now. but when my hawks wear out up front i may give them a shot at less than 1/3 the cost!
on a weird note they came in VERY fancy packaging. high gloss full color inside and out box, CNC cut foam to hold the pads inside the box, a flip out panel. i know this sounds weird, which is why i remember it, you dont see that much effort go into packaging of parts.
What rotors were you running with these pads and if you got the rotors along with the pads where and how much did you pay? I have a C5 and Iam thinking of going with a set of these on the front and possibly napa blank or centric cheap rotors for my 1 day at the NCM track. I can get rotors for $ $80-100 for both fronts plus these pads for less then $100.
07-03-2016, 08:01 AM
PowerStop - Track Day pads - Review
