Another "track pad" thread

[Chri5]

Basically I need a brake pad thats good for fast road and occasional track days/evenings but doesnt cost the earth, i.e. over £100....so that removes PF97's, CL's, Pagid RS4-2's.

I've been trawling past threads but havent really narrowed it down....

1144's seem to only last a few laps before melting, 1166's dont seem to last long at all, DS2500's seem to fade after a few laps also and are £120~, EBC get alot of poor reviews, Green & Redstuffs anyway.
Yellowstuff seems to get average reviews but people seem to be under the impression most EBC pads "fall apart".....

I'm not ridiculously hard on the brakes being reletively new to track days but with experience grows confidence :approve:
At the moment Ive got stock pads in and after a couple of laps, they're shot. Its the main thing letting the brakes down.

Ive got brembo HC discs, Ate superblue fluid (changed very recently), braided lines all round

Any more suggestions?

 

[Fred@BTM]

2500's don't fade after a few laps, go for 3000's if in doubt

 

[sideways danny]

I'm not ridiculously hard on the brakes being reletively new to track days but with experience grows confidence

you'll more likely find that you use the brakes LESS rather than more as you gain experience/confidence. I'd expect that you're relying on the brakes far too much, and once you get braver with cornering speed, you'll scrub off less speed, so less braking strain. On the flip side, you will likely be going faster when you do use the brakes

 

[adamdaddum]

For what its worth I ran ds2500's at donnington with fresh dot 5.1 and was hard on the breaks into every corner and didnt get any brake fade, even after a 30 min session, pretty impressed realy

 

[PhillipM]

you'll more likely find that you use the brakes LESS rather than more as you gain experience/confidence. I'd expect that you're relying on the brakes far too much, and once you get braver with cornering speed, you'll scrub off less speed, so less braking strain. On the flip side, you will likely be going faster when you do use the brakes

This, most people are far harder on the brakes when they're learning, they brake earlier, for longer, and scrub off more speed, all 3 of which are more punishing to be brake system than a late, short, hard braking action is.