DS3000, Carbon Lorraine or Mintex?

[Weeman]

Roffle at the carbon lorraines on Toms car, i drove it so he could hang out the window and watch the sparks as we braked.

I had ds3000's on the bmw front and back, EPIC pads, and you roll up at tescos for a loaf of bread sounding like a hero.

 

[Tom]

(PF97's)

 

[Tony Hunter]

they "work" when cold, but are a full on race pad and hence need to be red hot to properly work (if you see sparks they're too cold still!) not exactly a road pad!

Talking of which?.Any news?

 

[calum001]

just found that DS2500's have a friction value of 0.50 (which is fairly constant) so on par with the RC6's

 

[Tony Hunter]

We used to race with them no problems.

 

[.Ben.]

I use Mintex 1144s - Superb all-round performance and £70 delivered!

Only down-side is they are very dusty.

 

[Tony Hunter]

I use Mintex 1144s - Superb all-round performance and £70 delivered!

I have got these in my 182,I like them.

 

[Macca_172]

Don't now why they haven't had a mention, but, I have EBC Yellowstuff on standard disc's fitted to my track car, they have done a couple of outings at Oulton Park and have been fantastic cost was around £130 all round delivered.
Braided lines, race fluid, never seen any fad whatsoever.
Cheers
Col

 

[the_prophet]

ive not used yellows, but wouldnt touch ebc with a dead badger after previous experiences with red's and greens on two occassions. despite how good people say the yellows are, im SURE there is better out there especially for this sort of price.

 

[MarkCup]

IMO

Pagids - 30,000 miles mine lasted, low-ish but consistent force when cold, better bite when hot.

PF97s - Epic and messy. Variable bite, very little when cold then instant when hot. Tricky to modulate on the road as a result but they excel on track.

CLs - Make your ears bleed at town speeds. Quieten down when pressed a bit. Make your ears bleed again when properly hot. Bite/feel is consistent regardless of temperature - good road pad if you can stand the noise.

For what they cost it's CLs for me.

 

[the_prophet]

that the standard rc5's mark?

 

[GodSpeed]

The DS3000 pads are superb! Best Ive ever driven and they are cheap as well. My car is a trackday car only just as youres. You can by them from Demon Tweeks and as a member you have 10% as Im sure you know. They are about £125 without discount and ex vat, but you will have to mail and ask for them not on the website I think. Item number: FCP565R

They dont squeal a lot once worn in and I must say that cold bite is very good.

EDIT: Dont go near those Yellowstuffs FFS, they are absolutley crap. Almost put me in the armco a few times due to massive amounts of fade. I have tried two sets with new racing oil and propper cooling same sh*t.

http://www.cliosport.net/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=37288&d=1263598791

 

[Jamie86]

If you get Ds2500 so hot that they start to fade then you are doing something wrong.

With this, I did around 80laps+ of castle combe in 1day and they never felt like fading at all.. still loads of life left in them 6months on as well

 

[iimushroomzii]

80 laps in one day?!?! Isn't that a hell of a lot?

 

[Macca_172]

Dont go near those Yellowstuffs FFS, they are absolutley crap. Almost put me in the armco a few times due to massive amounts of fade. I have tried two sets with new racing oil and propper cooling same sh*t.

Was this with standard disc's?
Always worrying to hear these kind of reports.
Ta
Col

 

[Fred@BTM]

80 laps in one day?!?! Isn't that a hell of a lot?

we do 150laps + per day when instructing! the high speed passenger car does upto approx 350 round bruntingthorpe (2mile per lap approx!)

our cars run EBC blues and PF01 stuff

 

[iimushroomzii]

Bloody hell! Must get boring after a while surely...

 

[the_prophet]

are you female?

 

[Jamie86]

80 laps in one day?!?! Isn't that a hell of a lot?

Yeah was quite a few definately got my moneys worth..

Went out for about 10-15 laps at a time then 15mins or so break in between.

 

[GodSpeed]

80 laps in one day?!?! Isn't that a hell of a lot?

Yeah was quite a few definately got my moneys worth..

Went out for about 10-15 laps at a time then 15mins or so break in between.

All depends if you do trackdays to pose in the pits or drive on the track :rasp: