DaPhatty

A few weeks back, Anish and I were discussing my tracking habits and my car's stock setup. During the course of the conversation Anish mentioned that I should keep track of the heat cycles on the OEM pads as too many heat cycles could be a bad thing. Unfortunately, we never got to expand upon that subject and it's been eating at me ever since. I know Anish isn't on the boards too often so I was hoping someone else might be able to venture an opinion. I need to decide whether to get new pads installed before the next track day (August 13th) and this information is key to making an informed decision.

For the record, I am running stock AP1 pads in the front and AP2 pads in the rear. All four pads were replaced at the same time, have roughly 17k daily driving miles and three track days (all Infineon) in a 21 month period (two track days in the last two months).

Help?

macr88

Maybe he meant tires?
You definitely want to watch your pads and how much you have left on them because the thinner they get the worse they are at absorbing heat.

RedlinedITR

Helloooo!

Keep an eye on the pad thickness

Not sure why I would mention something in regards to heat cycle, likely just that the heat range of the stock pads is not really meant for track use and they shouldn't be expected to live through a tough track day. Really should think about basic entry level track pads at the least- Ferodo DS2500s are relatively inexpensive, for example.

Hopefully that makes sense.