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<blockquote data-quote="Jimmysidecarr" data-source="post: 10508737" data-attributes="member: 11681"><p>I run Kumho 710 tires on track for reference 275/40/17.</p><p>Once the race pads are hot(warmed up) the braking is very easy to modulate, and is very predictable and linear, with great initial bite.</p><p>Racers often talk about release but not having run any other race pad I'm not sure what they are talking about since I have never had a race pad act like it's not releasing.</p><p>I am still using slightly cut stock 600# per inch springs with stock shocks so these little 13" brakes with these pads and tires will overwhelm my front springs pretty easily, so I have to be smooth and gentle with them.</p><p>I prefer to not trigger ABS at every corner, at least not with the fronts, the rears get unloaded pretty bad though, so often the inside rear will lift off a little and trip the ABS. </p><p><strong>It's all wonderfully predictable though.</strong></p><p>I do have brake ducts so pad and rotor life is fairly good considering how heavy and fast these cars are(can be), and how thin and small the rotors are.</p><p></p><p>Unfortunately for people interested in this discussion, race pads are a new thing to me, this is the first car I have run them on and all I have ever used are Carbotechs. So I am not the best or most experienced witness.</p><p></p><p>After reading multiple horror stories about guys getting rained on at events running Hawk Blues and Blacks, and the awful mess and involved clean up that ensued. I was not going to use Hawks, even though the price is great!</p><p></p><p>There is another race pad that I really want to try and that's the Performance Friction 01 compound.(w/ the 97s in the rear) The Grand Am Mustang drivers and three good friends(instructors) that track heavy fast Mustangs have been using them for a while and they rave about them.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I buy directly from them but I call live and tell them I am active on the forums and that I am not shy about telling people I like them, and they have given me a small discount at least twice.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jimmysidecarr, post: 10508737, member: 11681"] I run Kumho 710 tires on track for reference 275/40/17. Once the race pads are hot(warmed up) the braking is very easy to modulate, and is very predictable and linear, with great initial bite. Racers often talk about release but not having run any other race pad I'm not sure what they are talking about since I have never had a race pad act like it's not releasing. I am still using slightly cut stock 600# per inch springs with stock shocks so these little 13" brakes with these pads and tires will overwhelm my front springs pretty easily, so I have to be smooth and gentle with them. I prefer to not trigger ABS at every corner, at least not with the fronts, the rears get unloaded pretty bad though, so often the inside rear will lift off a little and trip the ABS. [B]It's all wonderfully predictable though.[/B] I do have brake ducts so pad and rotor life is fairly good considering how heavy and fast these cars are(can be), and how thin and small the rotors are. Unfortunately for people interested in this discussion, race pads are a new thing to me, this is the first car I have run them on and all I have ever used are Carbotechs. So I am not the best or most experienced witness. After reading multiple horror stories about guys getting rained on at events running Hawk Blues and Blacks, and the awful mess and involved clean up that ensued. I was not going to use Hawks, even though the price is great! There is another race pad that I really want to try and that's the Performance Friction 01 compound.(w/ the 97s in the rear) The Grand Am Mustang drivers and three good friends(instructors) that track heavy fast Mustangs have been using them for a while and they rave about them. I buy directly from them but I call live and tell them I am active on the forums and that I am not shy about telling people I like them, and they have given me a small discount at least twice. [/QUOTE]
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