Which pad?

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jimmydee2007

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99 posts

204 months

Tuesday 4th March 2008
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Got a ring trip planned in my 2002 civic type r , can anyone recommend a pad to go for?

MrFlibbles

7,711 posts

290 months

Tuesday 4th March 2008
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I put Ferodo DS2500's on for my ring trip. Plenty enough stopping power.

Only started to fade if I went out on a 3rd consecutive lap. Doing 2 lap stints they were fine.

jimmydee2007

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99 posts

204 months

Tuesday 4th March 2008
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MrFlibbles said:
I put Ferodo DS2500's on for my ring trip. Plenty enough stopping power.

Only started to fade if I went out on a 3rd consecutive lap. Doing 2 lap stints they were fine.
what kind of disc's did you run them with?

MrFlibbles

7,711 posts

290 months

Tuesday 4th March 2008
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jimmydee2007 said:
MrFlibbles said:
I put Ferodo DS2500's on for my ring trip. Plenty enough stopping power.

Only started to fade if I went out on a 3rd consecutive lap. Doing 2 lap stints they were fine.
what kind of disc's did you run them with?
Standard discs - I should've said mine's an s2k.

teabagger

723 posts

204 months

Tuesday 4th March 2008
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jimmydee2007 said:
Got a ring trip planned in my 2002 civic type r , can anyone recommend a pad to go for?
hi jimmydee,
to decide what pads you need, you need to ask if you require a full track pad or a fast road pad. what kind of tyres have you got on the car? have you taken in to account what type of oil you should use for hard track work?

lets take it from the top, what are the details of your car?


thetrash

1,849 posts

213 months

Tuesday 4th March 2008
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MrFlibbles said:
I put Ferodo DS2500's on for my ring trip. Plenty enough stopping power.

Only started to fade if I went out on a 3rd consecutive lap. Doing 2 lap stints they were fine.
Avoid the 2500s absolute ste for the track. Use them hard enough and they smear themselves over the disk. They will then need a skim to sort out.I used some carbotech xp10 which were good but didn't last that long.


MrFlibbles

7,711 posts

290 months

Tuesday 4th March 2008
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thetrash said:
MrFlibbles said:
I put Ferodo DS2500's on for my ring trip. Plenty enough stopping power.

Only started to fade if I went out on a 3rd consecutive lap. Doing 2 lap stints they were fine.
Avoid the 2500s absolute ste for the track. Use them hard enough and they smear themselves over the disk. They will then need a skim to sort out.I used some carbotech xp10 which were good but didn't last that long.
Really? I was using them pretty hard and had no issues. Grumbled a bit on the way home, but nothing a few hard stops didn't sort out.

jimmydee2007

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99 posts

204 months

Wednesday 5th March 2008
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teabagger said:
jimmydee2007 said:
Got a ring trip planned in my 2002 civic type r , can anyone recommend a pad to go for?
hi jimmydee,
to decide what pads you need, you need to ask if you require a full track pad or a fast road pad. what kind of tyres have you got on the car? have you taken in to account what type of oil you should use for hard track work?

lets take it from the top, what are the details of your car?
From the top then shall we?
The Ring isn't the hardest on the brakes as i'm sure you might know, so maybe a fast road pad would be fine.

tyres-RE04/05 ,
oil Silkolene Pro s 5W-40.

10 Pence Short

32,880 posts

224 months

Wednesday 5th March 2008
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Used to use Mintex 1155s. Not strictly supposed to be used on the road, but they were fine.

teabagger

723 posts

204 months

Thursday 6th March 2008
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[/quote]From the top then shall we?
The Ring isn't the hardest on the brakes as i'm sure you might know, so maybe a fast road pad would be fine.

tyres-RE04/05 ,
oil Silkolene Pro s 5W-40.

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what do you base your comments on the ring and how hard it is on the brakes on?

will you be using the car on the road before and after the ring trip for commuting/ love runs/ fashion buying/ general spice?




jimmydee2007

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99 posts

204 months

Friday 7th March 2008
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teabagger said:
From the top then shall we?
The Ring isn't the hardest on the brakes as i'm sure you might know, so maybe a fast road pad would be fine.

tyres-RE04/05 ,
oil Silkolene Pro s 5W-40.
what do you base your comments on the ring and how hard it is on the brakes on?

will you be using the car on the road before and after the ring trip for commuting/ love runs/ fashion buying/ general spice?

I base them on that i watched my mate play on GT4 once after 8 cans.

PS, The car will be used for all of the above!

billysan

49 posts

211 months

Friday 7th March 2008
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DS2500 are good. An alternative that I now prefer are the Pagid Yellows (RS29's or RS19's depending on how old they are).