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07-03-2008, 06:43 AM

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Originally Posted by billiardboy904,Jul 2 2008, 07:21 PM

I do autocross from time to time, and yes i was talking about the pads.

If OEM are that nice, which i would agree because I do stop faster than any ther car i have driven, Then I shall buy them. My real concern was last Spring n the Dragon, I had some issues. On one trip up the Dragon, I was running pretty hard. I guess i was overbraking as well (too much throttle after the turns to let engine slow me down.) and when i came to the tail, I could not stop. So once the gravel pit slowed me down enough to stop, I had purple smoking rotors n pads. I do not intend to let this happen again but if it does,
Which pads have a low heat tollerence or is it in conjunction with my Rotors too?

Hmmmmmm ... are brake fluids the problem as well?

Anyway, from my understanding, most track pads don't go well on the street, and would eat up your rotors for street apps

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07-07-2008, 08:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Ks320,Jul 3 2008, 06:43 AM

Hmmmmmm ... are brake fluids the problem as well?

Anyway, from my understanding, most track pads don't go well on the street, and would eat up your rotors for street apps

make noise, didn't stop well in the cold, eats up rotor, alot of rims finish killing dusts.

there's no point of running a track pad on the street, it would be much cheaper and safer to run two different set of brake if you are seriously going to track your car.

and to the op, i doubt you even reach optimized operational temperature for track pad in some autocross course