EBC Greenstuff pads
Discussion
Someone is selling T350 pads in the classifieds at the moment - some fancy composite or something. Not sure if they are any good.
Let us know what you find out and how they feel if you get some. Personally with the rather underservoed T350 I'd be after something with more initial bite such as Ferodo DS2500 ... I'm sure we've done this thread before
Edited to say: No I haven't fitted/tried EBCs
>> Edited by targarama on Wednesday 17th November 20:09
Let us know what you find out and how they feel if you get some. Personally with the rather underservoed T350 I'd be after something with more initial bite such as Ferodo DS2500 ... I'm sure we've done this thread before
Edited to say: No I haven't fitted/tried EBCs
>> Edited by targarama on Wednesday 17th November 20:09
Agree with targarama, earlier thread here;
www.pistonheads.co.uk/gassing/topic.asp?f=7&h=&t=130453
www.pistonheads.co.uk/gassing/topic.asp?f=7&h=&t=130453
The EBC Redstuff pads referred to are the old type pad material.Greenstuff are not listed as they are not recommended. Brilliant on Griffiths and Chimaeras though.
The new Ceramic quality i am selling at £60 are far better plus cheaper by £30 and £90 cheaper than TVR's price. Mine include VAT as well.
They have been used on the Noble M12 Turbo with excellent results.
Ian
>> Edited by ian8542 on Saturday 20th November 13:44
The new Ceramic quality i am selling at £60 are far better plus cheaper by £30 and £90 cheaper than TVR's price. Mine include VAT as well.
They have been used on the Noble M12 Turbo with excellent results.
Ian
>> Edited by ian8542 on Saturday 20th November 13:44
ian8542 said:
The EBC Redstuff pads referred to are the old type pad material.Greenstuff are not listed as they are not recommended. Brilliant on Griffiths and Chimaeras though.
The new Ceramic quality i am selling at £60 are far better plus cheaper by £30 and £90 cheaper than TVR's price. Mine include VAT as well.
They have been used on the Noble M12 Turbo with excellent results.
Ian
>> Edited by ian8542 on Saturday 20th November 13:44
Ian
YHM
Mr F
Ian - please tell us more. Do these pads work well from cold? This ceramic stuff, is it to reduce overheating or to help with braking power? (if so, what is the disk life like with these pads?).
Sorry for all the questions. I'm after something which gives more bite when cold/cool (i.e. normal road driving), but also works better than std on the track. I mentioned Ferodo DS2500 below because they exhibit these characteristics.
Any more info would be appreciated.
T/.
Sorry for all the questions. I'm after something which gives more bite when cold/cool (i.e. normal road driving), but also works better than std on the track. I mentioned Ferodo DS2500 below because they exhibit these characteristics.
Any more info would be appreciated.
T/.
I think this: www.subiegalracing.com/ says it all.
With any performance pad make sure your discs/rotors are in good order to start with i.e not badly worn,scored or rusty.
Consider changing the fluid to a good DOT 5.1 (about £10 for a litre). This will help regardless of which pads you choose and it won't strip paint either.
In any case change the brake fluid regularly particularly if you 'track' the car or if it has been in the system a while, this is one aspect of the braking system people neglect.
With any performance pad make sure your discs/rotors are in good order to start with i.e not badly worn,scored or rusty.
Consider changing the fluid to a good DOT 5.1 (about £10 for a litre). This will help regardless of which pads you choose and it won't strip paint either.
In any case change the brake fluid regularly particularly if you 'track' the car or if it has been in the system a while, this is one aspect of the braking system people neglect.
I know this may seem very lazy of me, but is it possible someone could post both the part numbers and URLs to these places that definately stock up rated gear like brake pads etc that definately fit our cars?
It would be nice if we had one source of info for all the 'alternative' parts we find hard to get hold of, I spend many hours looking on the net for stuff for my Tam, but all these car part sites never include TVR in searches!
Chris
It would be nice if we had one source of info for all the 'alternative' parts we find hard to get hold of, I spend many hours looking on the net for stuff for my Tam, but all these car part sites never include TVR in searches!
Chris
Thanks Ian - looks like the Subaru guy likes these new pads! My car is in for it's 6,000 service this week, but I may be contacting you afterwards. Whatever the case, before my car gets near a track it's getting better pads and these appear worth a try.
Chris - In this instance Ian is selling the right pads for our calipers in the PH classifieds. You'd be lucky finding a parts list for newer model TVRs, best thing is to look for Tuscan bits and see if they fit. What kind of things are you after anyway?
Chris - In this instance Ian is selling the right pads for our calipers in the PH classifieds. You'd be lucky finding a parts list for newer model TVRs, best thing is to look for Tuscan bits and see if they fit. What kind of things are you after anyway?
Targ, wasn't really looking for anything in perticular, (wouldn't mind a spare set of finger folleowers, just in case, sitting in my garage! lol) apart from maybe better pads that don't pepper the alloys as soon as the brakes are applied, but they obviosley need to be as good as/better than the originals.
chris watton said:
I know this may seem very lazy of me, but is it possible someone could post both the part numbers and URLs to these places that definately stock up rated gear like brake pads etc that definately fit our cars?
It would be nice if we had one source of info for all the 'alternative' parts we find hard to get hold of, I spend many hours looking on the net for stuff for my Tam, but all these car part sites never include TVR in searches!
Chris
You will find that most of the parts which need replacing on later model TVR's are not listed with aftermarket suppliers until they are a good few years old and then only after somebody like myself gives them the information.
If i knew what you were looking for then maybe i could point you in the right direction, but expect a lot of parts to be TVR only.
targarama said:
Thanks Ian - looks like the Subaru guy likes these new pads! My car is in for it's 6,000 service this week, but I may be contacting you afterwards. Whatever the case, before my car gets near a track it's getting better pads and these appear worth a try.
Your 6K service should include a complete brake strip down and clean. This means the pads should be taken out of the calipers.
If you give them a new set they should not charge you for fitting as they would need to put the old ones back anyway.
ian8542 said:
Thanks Ian - looks like the Subaru guy likes these new pads! My car is in for it's 6,000 service this week, but I may be contacting you afterwards. Whatever the case, before my car gets near a track it's getting better pads and these appear worth a try.
Your 6K service should include a complete brake strip down and clean. This means the pads should be taken out of the calipers.
If you give them a new set they should not charge you for fitting as they would need to put the old ones back anyway.
Not a problem to fit pads myself, I can wield a spanner (but I've only ever built one engine ... had a pile of nuts and bolts left at the end, but it went well
)ian8542 said:
I think this: <a href="http://www.subiegalracing.com/">www.subiegalracing.com/</a> says it all.
With any performance pad make sure your discs/rotors are in good order to start with i.e not badly worn,scored or rusty.
Consider changing the fluid to a good DOT 5.1 (about £10 for a litre). This will help regardless of which pads you choose and it won't strip paint either.
In any case change the brake fluid regularly particularly if you 'track' the car or if it has been in the system a while, this is one aspect of the braking system people neglect.
Well PH becomes a source of information again, Cheers Ian, Thanks for the mail, You have one in return...
>> Edited by Mr Freefall on Saturday 20th November 22:53
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