virtually every aspect of a race car and a street are are in direct
opposition. thats why i have two cars. but once you start to trailer a car,
then to me it ceases to be a car, but is instead a special toy and why not
just get a formula car? so i may have to put on more serious brakes anyway
(esp after i install the 530 hp all motor stroker).
-james
Happiness isn't around the corner, it IS the corner!
----- Original Message -----
From: Navid Kahangi <nkahangi@interwoven.com>
> Sorry to break this to you, but R4Ss suck just a little less than your
> street pads on track. They are not made to withstand that kind of a heat.
> R4 (without the S) is a decent track pad, but not as good as Performance
> Friction PF90s (if you can live with the rattle). Neither R4 nor PF90 is
a
> good street pad. There is no magic answer here, if you want the stopping
> power on track, you need to suffer the pad swapping pain. It's like
street
> tires vs. race tires.
>
> --Navid
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-ba-autox@autox.team.net
> > [mailto:owner-ba-autox@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of James Creasy
> > Sent: Monday, November 27, 2000 12:24 PM
> > To: Smokerbros@aol.com
> > Cc: ba-autox@autox.team.net
> > Subject: Re: c2 automotive
> >
> >
> > whats "green fade"?
> >
> > the pads had about 12,000 miles on them at the time. i have since
swapped
> > them for porterfield R4S.
> >
> > -james
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Smokerbros@aol.com <Smokerbros@aol.com>
> >
> > >
> > >> i can report that pep boys brake pads lasted 2 turns on my car
> > at laguna.
> > >> then the pedal went bye-bye.
> > >>
> > >>
> > >
> > >Did you green fade the pads, or just put them on and run them? You
might
> > >have green faded them in that 2nd turn...
> > >
> > >CHD
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