Diary of a Madman; TitaniumTT's see you @ DGRRXI RE-REbuild

[WE3RX7]

I'm ashamed you haven't powdercoated those parts yet!

Looks pretty damn good though man. Must have had a nice wet day out there. Ironic that a RWD rotary blew off an AWD I-4 on a straight like that. Your traction control working now?

[TitaniumTT]

Originally Posted by WE3RX7

I'm ashamed you haven't powdercoated those parts yet!

I know, She'll be back up on jackstands on Monday/Tuesday to inspect the brakes. Dude.... GET CARBOTECHS!!!!! BED THEM IN AND GET COMFORTABLE WITH THEM. They are incredible in the modulation department which, as far as I'm concerned, is the most important thing for pads. Heat management is for rotors and ducting. I'm sold on Carbotechs. I was out for 30 minutes on the last session and smelled the brakes when I was getting comfy with them and braking hard and trail braking through turn 1. I FINALLY after 14 years of FC brakes have total confidence in my brakes and I'm still adding rear bias.

Originally Posted by WE3RX7

Looks pretty damn good though man. Must have had a nice wet day out there. Ironic that a RWD rotary blew off an AWD I-4 on a straight like that. Your traction control working now?

pssssssssshhhhh... pure POWA baby Traction and Launch Control is working now, but I turned it off for the event. Was more comfortable with it off. Still haven't gotten used to just letting the MoTeC keep the ass in check and I was a little concerned that between the traction control and me lifting and controlling the slide with my foot (by sheer force of habit) it would whip the other way. So I turned it off. I'll be out with my old Azenis' or my RA1's in the wet around town to get used to the TC

[j9fd3s]

Originally Posted by TitaniumTT

I know, She'll be back up on jackstands on Monday/Tuesday to inspect the brakes. Dude.... GET CARBOTECHS!!!!! BED THEM IN AND GET COMFORTABLE WITH THEM. They are incredible in the modulation department which, as far as I'm concerned,

you should try the performance friction stuff. our drivers liked the carbotechs, but they LOVE the PFC pads.

they had us guinea pig a couple of compounds, so they will do specials too. we have honda pads with the daytona prototype compound, for example.

modulation is better PFC vs carbotechs, wear is incredible we can run the same set of pads for 25 hours straight. wear on the rotors is basically zero.

its amazing really, remember when hawk blues were good?

[TitaniumTT]

Originally Posted by j9fd3s

you should try the performance friction stuff. our drivers liked the carbotechs, but they LOVE the PFC pads.

they had us guinea pig a couple of compounds, so they will do specials too. we have honda pads with the daytona prototype compound, for example.

modulation is better PFC vs carbotechs, wear is incredible we can run the same set of pads for 25 hours straight. wear on the rotors is basically zero.

its amazing really, remember when hawk blues were good?

I'll give them a try when these things wear down. I haven't had them off the car yet to inspect them but there was definately a little wear on the rotors. I do remember back in the day when Hawk was the shit, not only because they were better than just about anything, but because they were really the only option. I'll be putting them on the 'vert, that much I do know.

I can't find any application specific notes though. I'm not running stock cali's and wondering cost/availabilty of them

[j9fd3s]

Originally Posted by TitaniumTT

I'll give them a try when these things wear down. I haven't had them off the car yet to inspect them but there was definately a little wear on the rotors. I do remember back in the day when Hawk was the shit, not only because they were better than just about anything, but because they were really the only option. I'll be putting them on the 'vert, that much I do know.

I can't find any application specific notes though. I'm not running stock cali's and wondering cost/availabilty of them

hmm, worst case you can call them, but some where on their website there is a bunch of drawings for pads they make so you can see if they make something for your caliper.

[PhillipM]

Originally Posted by j9fd3s

you should try the performance friction stuff. our drivers liked the carbotechs, but they LOVE the PFC pads.

they had us guinea pig a couple of compounds, so they will do specials too. we have honda pads with the daytona prototype compound, for example.

modulation is better PFC vs carbotechs, wear is incredible we can run the same set of pads for 25 hours straight. wear on the rotors is basically zero.

its amazing really, remember when hawk blues were good?

Hmm, we went the other way, went away from PF as although the outright power was perhaps slightly higher with PF01's, found them inconsistant with temperature + wet weather, and a lot harder on the rotors than the Carbotechs, we used to suffer with the odd cracked rotor on the PF's that disappeared with the Carbotech pads.
If you're on XP8's TT then you should find after your day of track abuse they will have laid down a nice transfer layer on the disc, and pad + disc wear should drop dramatically.