Hi,
At 06:02 PM 6/11/99 EDT, you wrote:
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>OK, guys it's been a while and I know many things have changed, but what is
>the hot lick in brakes these days? Should I find some Ferodo DS11 pads (what
>I used to run in the olden daze) or should I look toward some of the newer
>carbon types? DS11 has always worked for me, but if some of the newer stuff
>is better it isn't too late to learn a new trick.
I'm sure some of the road racers will chime in, but for my autocross
car, the newer carbon brakes make a huge difference. I was running
Porterfield pads which worked well, but left *huge* amounts of dust
(much of it apparently iron from the discs, since it would rust if
it got wet and would set up like concrete on the wheels if I left it
for too long). I'm now using Carbotech pads on the front which work
even better, but throw out much less dust. I've got Hawk blues on
the rear and they work fine, but that's a much less critical
application for me.
>Does the carbon stuff leave dust everywhere?
Depends on the specific pad compound as far as I can tell.
later,
John Lye
'59 TR-3A, '62 TR-4, '70 GT-6+
email: rjl6n@virginia.edu
homepage: http://avery.med.virginia.edu/~rjl6n/homepage.htm
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