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Originally Posted by videogmike
so moose, do you do many hpde events? are the stock pads really that awful if i'm going to be hitting up a road course? the car only has 12k miles on it...i have trouble justifying getting pads now, rather than going and beating the piss out of it at the track and then upgrading pads.
if you think i should get new pads, i was looking at the carbotech xp6 they look to be streetable and certainly good enough for a track day on the stock all season tires. for some reason carbotech's site seems to be down the last few days, if i recall though the temp range for the xp6 is 100-1000...is 100 too hot for dd? i think i could probably get in the habit of heating them up a little bit every time i first get in the car if you think that's actually necessary?
thoughts?
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HDPE ... On average ... About 3-4 a year (30-40 in the past 8 years) ... this year I intend to do more
I "personally" would do two things ...
Change the fluid to a higher temp version ... Motul RBF or ATE Superblue at the least, and bring a spare bottle and bleeder along. This is the most important in my eyes. You are more likely to boil the fluid before trashing the pads.
I personally would also change the OE pads to a more aggressive/higher heat compound. I do not think you need to go as aggressive as the XP6 ... Somthing along the lines of a Hawk HP+ would be a good start. The other thing I like about changing out the pads is that you now have a set (OLD OE) that you can bring along to drive home on just in case.
How aggressive you "need" to go is dependant on your driving style ... if you are a "smoothie" then you need less brake then a guy like me that is VERY aggresive and brakes VERY late. I am hard on brakes. I will be running German Pentosin Fluid (572F (Dry) 473F (Wet)) and Project Mu Titan Kai Pads(0-1450 F)
Moose