Hoping for some decision making replies here :wink:
After doing bedford on monday, i need to improve the brakes, They're good, but not good enough, they are what was on the car when i bought it.
I'm not looking for disc recomendations as such as i have a set of brembo max's sat in the garage, but what i'm after is people's experiences of brake pads (good or bad)
I've tried a search but most threads seem to be from 2 years ago with not too much information in them, they're more about what people are just about too fit, so 2 years on i'm guessing you guy's have done the testing for me
To keep this thread 100% factually correct, i'd rather no one post's with story's if there not 1st hand, chinese whispers and all that :wink: (my mate had ebc wonderstuff on his and when braking you could see the clock going backwards)
Current set up for the front is grooved discs and yellow stuff pads, on the road they're more than ample but at Bedford with several braking points in quick succession from 100mph+ down to 40 or 80mph+ down to 30 etc the current set up seemed to be lacking a little, it wasn't helped by the tyres (r888's) over heating after 2 or 3 laps.
The tyres could have been helped by a different approach to the track, but seeing as there is loads of run off and pretty much nothing to hit, you do tend to push the limits of the car.
At the minute i'm waying up the options for pads, either Carbon Lorraines, pf97's or rs4-2's or if anyone knows of a better pad let me know.
This threads going on and on #-o
I'd also be interested to hear the brake dust horror stories, but please bear in mind this car is only a track car, so it's driven to the track, gently driven round all day :^o and then driven home, no show 'n' shine etc
But while we're on the subject cleaning, it's not one of my hobbies, it's something i do with a bucket, sponge and hose pipe after every trackday (technially everytime i drive it)
I don't want to be scrubbing brake dust off the car with specialised cleansing products unless i really have too, or is it a case of if you wash the car within a day or two of residue dust that it simply wipes off?
Sorry for the long and dull post, that won't really be of any interest to the majority, but i need to get the best out of what's available without resorting too engine mods (can be an expensive past time on N/A cars)
I'm on track next Wednesday at Renaultsports Brands Hatch day, that will be on the current set up but with new fluid and braided hoses.
After that i've got 13 days until the next outing (9th June Donington evening) to make any changes if required, Then 5 days after Donington i'm doing the FCS Rockingham trackday and then 9 days after that i'm at Cadwell for an evening session followed by a 10 day rest before visiting Cadwell again for a full day. After these i've got 5 weeks to make any more improvments, so the brake pads will probably make a show somewhere in the above trackdays, it doesn't allow much time for testing them myself, so i'm putting my life in your recommendations [-o< [-o<
Cheers
Chris
After doing bedford on monday, i need to improve the brakes, They're good, but not good enough, they are what was on the car when i bought it.
I'm not looking for disc recomendations as such as i have a set of brembo max's sat in the garage, but what i'm after is people's experiences of brake pads (good or bad)
I've tried a search but most threads seem to be from 2 years ago with not too much information in them, they're more about what people are just about too fit, so 2 years on i'm guessing you guy's have done the testing for me
To keep this thread 100% factually correct, i'd rather no one post's with story's if there not 1st hand, chinese whispers and all that :wink: (my mate had ebc wonderstuff on his and when braking you could see the clock going backwards)
Current set up for the front is grooved discs and yellow stuff pads, on the road they're more than ample but at Bedford with several braking points in quick succession from 100mph+ down to 40 or 80mph+ down to 30 etc the current set up seemed to be lacking a little, it wasn't helped by the tyres (r888's) over heating after 2 or 3 laps.
The tyres could have been helped by a different approach to the track, but seeing as there is loads of run off and pretty much nothing to hit, you do tend to push the limits of the car.
At the minute i'm waying up the options for pads, either Carbon Lorraines, pf97's or rs4-2's or if anyone knows of a better pad let me know.
This threads going on and on #-o
I'd also be interested to hear the brake dust horror stories, but please bear in mind this car is only a track car, so it's driven to the track, gently driven round all day :^o and then driven home, no show 'n' shine etc
But while we're on the subject cleaning, it's not one of my hobbies, it's something i do with a bucket, sponge and hose pipe after every trackday (technially everytime i drive it)
I don't want to be scrubbing brake dust off the car with specialised cleansing products unless i really have too, or is it a case of if you wash the car within a day or two of residue dust that it simply wipes off?
Sorry for the long and dull post, that won't really be of any interest to the majority, but i need to get the best out of what's available without resorting too engine mods (can be an expensive past time on N/A cars)
I'm on track next Wednesday at Renaultsports Brands Hatch day, that will be on the current set up but with new fluid and braided hoses.
After that i've got 13 days until the next outing (9th June Donington evening) to make any changes if required, Then 5 days after Donington i'm doing the FCS Rockingham trackday and then 9 days after that i'm at Cadwell for an evening session followed by a 10 day rest before visiting Cadwell again for a full day. After these i've got 5 weeks to make any more improvments, so the brake pads will probably make a show somewhere in the above trackdays, it doesn't allow much time for testing them myself, so i'm putting my life in your recommendations [-o< [-o<
Cheers
Chris
