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Mike,Mar 31 2008, 06:29 AM Wrote:all very true , the stock brakes and pad just go away too fast though , a few stops and i was in the mush, and boiling the brakes would happen fairly quickly with some spirited driving and slightly grippier than stock tires .
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how often do you bleed/replace the brake fluid? if you've left it in too long that could very well explain what you experienced

i wish P51 would chime in on this thread.. i recall he once posted that the stock brakes on his turbo zx3 were sufficient for track use, but i don't recall if it was 100% stock down to the pad material or if he just meant that he kept the stock rotors and calipers


about pad material.. the stoptech website has a lot of interesting white papers on the subject

here is a link about pad bed-in that is very informative. at the very bottom of the page is has a chart that buckets pads into street, 'club race' and 'full race' categories. it looks like the 'street' pads have a MOT of 750F, 'club race' are 1000F and full race are '1300ish F)

the ferodo ds2500 pad is very interesting because its operating range is ambient to 1000F, which suggests it is a decent choice for a 'crossover' street/track pad

another pad that isn't listed that i think is worth looking at is carbotech panther plus. its operating range is 150F to 1300F, but it supposedly is very rotor friendly even when cold, so it is streetable if you don't mind the dusting and noise.

i'm shopping for a set of panther plus at the moment, and i'll post a review as soon as i get them on the car