[s-cars] one word: ferodo

[LL - NY]

Hawk HP+. Great pedal response, great bite, good modulation,  low fade at
less than full track speeds, and REALLY tough on rotors. Mine on the Saabaru
always looked polished clean and smooth, and they wore 2 full mm in less
than 10k miles. Oh, they dust a ton too. I figure that the dust must all be
rotor from what I saw.

You'd love 'em.

LL - NY

On 11/19/07, Mark Strangways <StrangConst at rogers.com> wrote:
>
> Well, Speaking of brakes...
> A quick little search of this web site reveals lots of choices.
>
>
> http://www.topbrakes.com/order.cfm?page=searchresults&cYear=2000&cmaket=PORSCHE&cmodel=911%20%28996%29%20TURBO&cnotes=3.6L%20-%20Turbo%20and%20GT2
>
> I need a pad that will be very abrasive on the rotors.
> My car sits way too much and the rotors really rust up something fierce.
> Either I get pads that will clean the rotors up in short order, or I get a
> brake machine.
> Both sound usable, the first sounds easier :-)
>
> I look forward to the list suggestion son the pads to choose from
>
> Thanks
>
> Mark
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mike Fitton" <rfitton at vt.edu>
> To: "s-car" <s-car-list at audifans.com>
> Sent: Monday, November 19, 2007 7:57 PM
> Subject: [s-cars] one word: ferodo
>
>
> > Like that weird guy down at the bar, I feel the urge to tell everyone
> > who'll listen how great my Ferodo DS2500 pads are.
> >
> > I first heard about them from an SCC article a couple years ago when the
> > Evo/STI first came out.  They put the pads on those cars and drove them
> > full tilt down some mountain.  There were pictures of the brakes on fire
> > and the cars were still stopping admirably.  Sounded like the pad for
> > Mike.
> >
> > So when I installed the 928GTS brakes on my urS6, I felt the time was
> > right.  3800 lbs and 300bhp puts a lot of demand on the pads.  So I
> > installed them back in March or so and didn't check them until today
> > when I switched to winter wheels.  They work perfectly when cold and
> > they also work perfectly after 45 minutes of hard driving on one of the
> > best roads southwest Virginia has to offer.  Don't think I ever set them
> > on fire, but it sounds like they still work fine then too.
> >
> > They dust an awful lot, so I was expecting to find my pads about half
> > spent.  That's fine, because I think I cheaped out on the rotors and
> > they're starting to get a little twisted (the $180 pair of 323x30
> > Zimmermans).  So I was planning on replacing the rotors with something
> > better, or at least something more expensive, along with some new pads
> > in another six months or so.  But what do I find this unseasonably warm
> > afternoon as I'm switching to snow tires?  The pad depth looks like
> > they're brand new.
> >
> > How refreshing is that?  They work when they're cold.  They work when
> > they're hot.  They work when they're on fire.  And they're durable as
> > hell.  Back in my A-chassis days, it was 2600 lbs, 200bhp, and EBC
> > Greens that lasted about 9 months and faded hard on track.  I'm in the
> > completely absurd position of having to machine down my pads in order to
> > replace my rotors.  I feel like I bought a wear item that will outlast a
> > good chunk of the car itself.  They're the kind of thing that makes me
> > happy about modern materials engineering.
> >
> > So buy them whenever you can.  You won't regret it.  www.topbrakes.com
> > has decent prices.
> >
> > -Cheers!
> > Mike
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