better rear brakes

[JShadzi at aol.com]

Ditton on the Hawk HPS, I run the on the street and at the track in my 13" big reds (no, not stock, GHASP!)

Javad

In a message dated 5/23/2003 9:01:05 AM Eastern Standard Time, l.leung at juno.com writes:

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>Date: Thu, 22 May 2003 20:41:31 -0400
>From: TM <t44tq at mindspring.com>
>Subject: RE: better rear brakes
>To: 'Brett Dikeman' <brett at cloud9.net>,
>    'no1of consequence' <iin10ded at hotmail.com>, brett.goetz at rtp.ppdi.com
>Cc: quattro at audifans.com
>
>Brett-
>Without commenting on the stuff about rear brakes, your comments
>on brake pads are, IMHO, off-base.
>
>One major consideration of a car manufacturer is cost- if ATE can
>make a pad for the application at a low cost compared to some other
>manufacturers while still fulfilling the manufacturer's specifications,
>they'll get the contract.
>
>Some (but not all) aftermarket pads far exceed OEM specs but usually
>at a significantly greater cost. That said, I am an advocate of using
>better brake pads. IME, aftermarket pads are not necessarily "grabby"
>by any means- I'm very happy with Hawk HPS for street/light track use,
>far better than OEM ATE pads in every regard save cost. I'm also quite
>happy w/ using Mintex Red Box pads in pure street applications because
>their performance IME has been comparable to OEM while producing far
>less brake dust.
>
>I need to get a new set of Hawk HPS because the OEM Textars are pitting
>and destroying my wheels as I write this.
>
>Taka
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