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Old 09-24-2013, 02:12 AM
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Originally Posted by chao888
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£204 Just for the fronts they not the cheapest but they are worth every penny!
Are you just using these on the road, or on track?
Hi Simon I am using on the roads atm but will be using it on track too.
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If you can find a track that will let you on with your exhaust, that is!
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Old 09-26-2013, 07:17 AM
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Originally Posted by lovegroova
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£204 Just for the fronts they not the cheapest but they are worth every penny!
Are you just using these on the road, or on track?
Hi Simon I am using on the roads atm but will be using it on track too.
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If you can find a track that will let you on with your exhaust, that is!
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You are right Simon my exhaust is on loud side lol
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Just do what I did at Oulton, and tell them it only revs to 7krpm.
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Overkill and overpriced for a road car to be honest, they are just not necessary on a road car.
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Originally Posted by s2k_Nut
Overkill and overpriced for a road car to be honest, they are just not necessary on a road car.
Depends, my personal preference is for a lot of immediate, strong bite, which they deliver in spades, so they're going on my daily shortly.
And they're gentle on discs, which given the ones I have at the minute cost £££f@#kloads, is a big bonus.
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Originally Posted by BuggyofMildDiscomfort
Just do what I did at Oulton, and tell them it only revs to 7krpm.
You've not heard Chao's exhaust. It'd fail at 3,000. Truly horrendous!
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Perhaps not so gentle on the discs: https://www.s2ki.com/s2000/topic/105...t__p__22882144

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Just a quick update on my build the S2K is on axel stands for next few days as the driver side front disc have cracked and I am waiting for a set of new replacement
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If the discs feel like they are warping and/or crack then the discs are overheating which is strongly related to the pad compound.

DS2500 cause exactly the same problem.
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If the discs feel like they are warping and/or crack then the discs are overheating which is strongly related to the pad compound.

DS2500 cause exactly the same problem.
Hi Lower

The funny thing is I had 2 sets of the Ferodos DS2500 on the same disc it was perfect nothing happen, I had some better disc coming that can take bit more temperature and gona run it and see what happens!
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The carbotechs do run very hot, especially on the s2000 if you are running 16s.

I cracked a set of bremtechs, running xp10s I ended up replacing them with some PF 2 piece discs no issues whatsoever and they are also silent.

Many seem to run cheap discs with them but from my experience it's important to use good quality discs.

I once ran them on my Evo with some cheapo camskill discs and it ate them in no time, again I switched to PF 2 piece discs and the discs lasted 4 years with many track and road miles.
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