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2013-14 Shelby GT500
2013 Shelby GT500 brakes, are they bad?
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<blockquote data-quote="Jimmysidecarr" data-source="post: 12063354" data-attributes="member: 11681"><p>If they had put a more track oriented pad on the car, they would have thousands of complaints about brake noise and dust.</p><p></p><p>A car that is capable of these track times in bone stock form, technically needs at least a track pad, if not a full race pad to take full advantage of the awesome 15" Brembos the car came with.</p><p></p><p>An OE pad is always a compromise of some sort.</p><p></p><p>When I first started tracking with my 04 Cobra I knew the first day that the OE street pads were not the optimal choice for track duty.</p><p></p><p>On slower performance cars a typical performance OE stock street pad will not be challenged as much and their short comings will not be as apparent as a street pad on a 2013 GT500. </p><p>Lets face it, not many performance cars out there are going to be expecting this much from their brakes.</p><p></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 12px">If you are tracking the car save the OE pads for street driving and use a dedicated track pad for the HPDE work.</span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 12px">Those of us that have done more that a few track events already know this and it is <span style="color: Red">considered standard operating procedure.</span></span></strong></p><p></p><p>It's only an issue for the magazine guys because they can't change pads.</p><p></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 15px">FACT: A really good street pad that is quiet and has good cold grip is never going to be as effective as a track specific pad or race pad.</span></strong></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jimmysidecarr, post: 12063354, member: 11681"] If they had put a more track oriented pad on the car, they would have thousands of complaints about brake noise and dust. A car that is capable of these track times in bone stock form, technically needs at least a track pad, if not a full race pad to take full advantage of the awesome 15" Brembos the car came with. An OE pad is always a compromise of some sort. When I first started tracking with my 04 Cobra I knew the first day that the OE street pads were not the optimal choice for track duty. On slower performance cars a typical performance OE stock street pad will not be challenged as much and their short comings will not be as apparent as a street pad on a 2013 GT500. Lets face it, not many performance cars out there are going to be expecting this much from their brakes. [B][SIZE="3"]If you are tracking the car save the OE pads for street driving and use a dedicated track pad for the HPDE work. Those of us that have done more that a few track events already know this and it is [COLOR="Red"]considered standard operating procedure.[/COLOR][/SIZE][/B] It's only an issue for the magazine guys because they can't change pads. [B][SIZE="4"]FACT: A really good street pad that is quiet and has good cold grip is never going to be as effective as a track specific pad or race pad.[/SIZE][/B] [/QUOTE]
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