First HPDE event
#21
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Pleeease read the FAQ for this forum, https://www.s2ki.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=520674
You will find good info in there regarding you first day at the track as well as what to do regarding brakes.
You will find good info in there regarding you first day at the track as well as what to do regarding brakes.
#23
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Originally Posted by ZDan,Oct 14 2009, 09:11 PM
Speaking only for myself, I've never had any issues just throwing HP+, XP8', or XP10 pads in the calipers, without replacing, resurfacing or even cleaning the rotors.
#24
Well, it IS a track pad and not really intended to be a DD pad (though I DD on them). I change rotors once a year so, higher wear levels don't really matter to me. They work best after they've been bedded though, they'll eventually bed from normal driving. I tend to go out and engage the ABS a number of times after I install pads to get them hot. Not quite the bedding procedure that Carbo recommends but, a little like that.
#26
It's not clear to me what wear rate I'm going to get on the '2k. On the suby, I'd probably go through 3-4 sets of pads before I switched rotors. So, any kind of pre-bedding was pointless. I'm hoping the pads last longer now. My buddy has a '2k killing civic he tracks (I built it). He can do a whole track season on a single set of pads. He does have "Legend" brakes though which are bigger I believe than the S2K brakes.
#27
Thunderbolt or Lightning? Get Carbotech's... on my first time on Lightning (only third HPDE overall) I had horrible pad fade flying down the front straight going into turn 1. Thunderbolt will do the same thing to OEM pads, just that I didn't experience an "oh crap" moment because I knew to sandbag it going down the front straight.
#28
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Originally Posted by WynnS123,Oct 14 2009, 09:09 PM
I think this is part of the reason why some of the guys in here say that XP10's aren't as effective as stock pads while cold. They recommend a rotor change with every pad change.
#29
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Originally Posted by GinoGT,Oct 15 2009, 10:44 AM
Thunderbolt or Lightning? Get Carbotech's... on my first time on Lightning (only third HPDE overall) I had horrible pad fade flying down the front straight going into turn 1. Thunderbolt will do the same thing to OEM pads, just that I didn't experience an "oh crap" moment because I knew to sandbag it going down the front straight.
#30
I resurface rotors if the thickness measures out to be safe
For track use, you can't take any chances.