Brake Pad Opinions

#1

Well, I’m stuck, and frankly a little overwhelmed in choosing a brake pad… For the HPDE’s, I was running F:Hawk Blue and R:PBR Metal Masters, then Mintex C1144’s…

In order of importance, I’m looking for:
[ol][li]Good modulation[/li]
[li]Good pad/rotor wear[/li]
[li]Good initial bite[/li]
[li]Non-corrosive dust[/li][/ol]

The choices I’ve found:
Front:
[ul][li]Carbotech XP10[/li]
[li]Pagid RS-29[/li]
[li]Hawk HT-10[/li]
[li]Porterfield R4[/li]
[/ul]
Rear:
[ul][li]Carbotech XP9[/li]
[li]Hawk HT-10[/li]
[li]Porterfield R4[/li]
[li]Mintex C1144[/li]
[/ul]

I’m not asking for anyone to give up their secrets, just wondering if anyone’s had experience with, or has opinions of these options… Thanks.

#2

I run Hawk HT10’s front, Hawk HPS in the rear. Works well with not corrosive dust like the Hawk blues

brain

#3

Last year I used HP10’s in front & HP8’s in rear. I’d get 3-4 weekends out of the fronts, whereas the rears lasted the entire season. I switched to HP9’s for the rears at Phoenix Int’l a couple of weeks ago to get a bit more rear bias, and was happy with the results. This was also my first weekend out after rebuilding the calipers, which made a world of difference.

I’d be interested to hear if anyone would have a back-to-back comparison of the bite of the HT10’s and R4’s vs the HP10’s. The Carbotech’s have good modulation but could use a bit more bite in my opinion.

#4

I’ve had good experience with the Carbotech XP8s & XP9s. Perhaps if there was lack of bite with the XP10s, maybe the temps weren’t high enough?

#5

I’ve been using the Hawk HT-10’s for a while and find them to be consistent and smooth with plenty of bite. I’ve been thinking about trying the Carbotech’s but haven’t had a good enough reason to stop using the HT-10’s. I guess the fact that the Hawks are cheaper doesn’t hurt either.

#6

I love the Porterfield R4’s. After going through a lot of the other brands, this one was night and day better. Amazing initial bite and torque. The modulation is awesome too. I get about 3-4 days out of a set of front and the rears seem to last about twice that. It doesn’t eat up rotors, but they do generate a ton of heat and the rotors do get tiny cracks from heat checking so I end up replacing rotors way before wear is an issue. I got heat checking from other pads too.

Porterfield also just introduced the R11 which is supposed to have even more torque than the R4! I’m going to pick up a set and try those out probably in Aug.

#7

I used to run the Hawk Blues and HT-10’s but just switched over to Hawk’s newest compound the DTC-60.

Haven’t run them at the track yet but from what I hear they offer the same or slightly better performance when compared to the Blue’s. Also the DTC-60 compound is supposed to have slightly better life and none of the corrosive dust like the blues make.

DTC-60 Part: HB195G.640

Post edited by: brain, at: 2006/07/19 20:30

#8

Will there be a problem with running HT10’s on the front and the
rear?

#9

Steven540i wrote:

[quote]Will there be a problem with running HT10’s on the front and the
rear?[/quote]

That’s the combo I’m running right now, and I’m fairly happy with it (so long as you keep the pads up to temp).

#10

Steven540i wrote:

[quote]Will there be a problem with running HT10’s on the front and the
rear?[/quote]

Update: I’ve done 2 DE with the HT10’s front and rear and didn’t have any problems.

#11

HT10’s gave me great results. I hate blues, ruined a set of brand new Enkeis on a rainy weekend.
Trying Mintex in the rear next.