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Old Nov 8, 2023 | 07:52 AM
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Looking for a slightly more agressive brake pad than the stock OEM pads for autocross use.
Dont need a full on race pad and rotor friendly as it is my daily driver as well.
I feel the car is good on take off and coming out of corners but needs a little more bite going in/entry.
I have the stiffer sway bar bushing just need to install them and also looking for the GS Z07 front sway bar P/N to get that bar any help is appreciated on that front as well.
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Old Nov 8, 2023 | 08:25 AM
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We've put the newer stoptech sport on a lot of street/AX stuff and it has been nice in terms of silent + low dust. However if you want more serious bite you'll likely want something more aggressive that will generate some noise.

I've given up on having a combination pad, so just swap between track and street pads.
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Old Nov 8, 2023 | 08:29 AM
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Yeah dont really mind swapping pads but if I can avoid that would it be great as well.
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Old Nov 8, 2023 | 08:36 AM
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You could try a Hawk HPS. They make dust, but don't make tons of noise. If you want some bite the HP+ is much more aggressive, but makes noise on everything.

HP+ is a bit too mild for serious heat if you were to track your car, but at AX should be ok with the short runs. We run HP+ on our Lemons car with cooling ducts, but it's very lightweight plus slow.
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Take a look at the Carbotech AX6 pad.

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The AX6™ is specifically engineered for Autocross applications. A high torque brake compound delivering reliable and consistent performance over a very wide operating temperature range of 50°F to 1000°F + (10°C to 537°C+). The advanced compound matrix provides an excellent initial bite, high coefficient of friction at lower temperatures along with very progressive brake modulation and release characteristics. Many drivers use the AX6™ for street driving as well, even though Carbotech™ doesn’t recommend street driving with AX6™ due to possible elevated levels of dust and noise. AX6™ is NOT recommended as a race compound in most applications.

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Originally Posted by olblue75
Looking for a slightly more agressive brake pad than the stock OEM pads for autocross use.
Dont need a full on race pad and rotor friendly as it is my daily driver as well.
I feel the car is good on take off and coming out of corners but needs a little more bite going in/entry.
I have the stiffer sway bar bushing just need to install them and also looking for the GS Z07 front sway bar P/N to get that bar any help is appreciated on that front as well.
You already have the GS Z07 front bar on your car. The C7s (except for the base model) all use the same front bar. Why are you wanting a different front bar?
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The Ferodo DS2500 is a pad that has more bite than the stock pads and will work at cold temps while still being easy on the rotor. They are also good for a light track day but do tend to fall off with temperature much faster than Ferodo's more track-oriented pads. They may be a good fit for autocross because they don't have too much initial bite. They will dust a lot.

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