[Shotimes] Brake Upgrade time... again

[Ron Porter]

And you are complaining about the pedal going away and/or boiling fluid.
 
The Ford pads are good for OEM pads that can stand up to an occasional track use. For your setup with track tires and more than a couple of track events each year, better pads will do you well. I think that you will have a new respect for the brakes on the car if you get better pads. The big difference is in heat resistance. The Porterfield R4S had no fading for me throughout a session. I have heard the same on the EBC Reds. I also considered running the Porterfield R4 on the track, and those are tried-and-proven good track pads (a bit noisy for the street, and a touch cold-blooded, as I understand).
 
IMHO, having pads last that long is like saying you got 75K on a set of tires. Nice, but not the optimal performance setup. Better pads, as with better tires, won't last as long, but will work much better during their life.
 
Ron Porter

Paul Nimz <pnimz@v8sho.com> wrote:
Well with the Cobras that's going to happen right?

I've had this set of brake pads on now for three Gingermans and the
convention......


Paul


On 11/1/2005 2:45:02 PM, Ron Porter (ronporter@prodigy.net) wrote:
> The ATE fluid (blue or yellow) is only marginally better than Valvoline,
> and
> it is 2x the cost
>
> DRY WET
> Castrol LMA DOT 3/4 446 311
> Ford Heavy Duty DOT 3 550 290
> Valvoline Synthetic 3/4 502 343
> ATE Super Blue Racing 536 392
> ATE TYP 200 536 392
> ATE SL DOT 4 500 329
> Motul Racing 600 585 421
> Castrol SRF 590 518
> Performance Friction 550 284
>
> IMHO, Paul needs to get better front brake pads than the Ford units. The
> Ford pads are good, but other pads work far better, like EBC reds or the
> Porterfields.
>
> Ron Porter
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net [mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.
> net]
> On Behalf Of Paul L Fisher
> Sent: Tuesday, November 01, 2005 7:28 AM
> To: 'Paul Nimz'; '`V6 SHOtimes'
> Subject: RE: [Shotimes] Brake Upgrade time... again
>
> Have you tried using ATE Blue instead of Valvoline?
>
>
> Paul L Fisher
>
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