[Mgs] Brake pads

[Max Heim]

I recently tried ceramic pads on another car, and I am very enthusiastic
about them. Supposedly they offer the fade resistance of semi-metallic, but
with good cold performance, and less abrasion of the disk. So far I have to
say they have lived up to the hype.

They have great bite dead cold (far better than organic), and on a 700-mile
mountain rally they did not fade in the least (however, I did boil the brake
fluid, but that's another issue). I don't have enough miles to check in on
the wear issue, but this particular car has expensive and relatively
delicate rotors, so that was part of my criteria.

For this application, they were more expensive than organic (+ 50%), but
considerably cheaper than semi-metallic. I don't know how Moss has them
priced.


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Max Heim
'66 MGB GHN3L76149
If you're near Mountain View, CA,
it's the primer red one with chrome wires



on 9/3/09 10:26 AM, Schauss, R. Peter (IT Solutions) at
peter.schauss at ngc.com wrote:

> After more than 60k miles it looks like my '80 B is going to need new
> front brake pads.  I see that Moss lists three grades:  standard
> (organic), semi-metallic, and ceramic.  For normal street driving, is
> there any reason to go for anything other than the standard ones?
> 
> I have had the car since 1991 when it had 39k miles on it so I know that
> the pads on the car are at least that old and probably contain asbestos.
> Thus the pads the Moss is selling will probably not be identical to the
> ones on the car.  Is that going to be an issue?
> 
> On the other hand, can I use the semi-metallic or ceramic pads without
> risking excessive wear on my rotors?
> 
> Thanks,
> Peter Schauss
> 1980 MGB