[s-cars] UrS4 brake hardware question

[LL - NY]

Missed that Rolf was talking about full race pads. Whoops.  True, full race
pads would be dangerous on the street, expecially at cooler temps.

Heck, on my Auto-X GTi, I only had Mintex Metals (can't recall what they
were anymore, it's been years) and on a cold winter morn, it took about 1/2
block to come to a stop. Had to press the GTi into street service one day
because the 4000 was in the shop. Learned to drag the brakes for the first
mile or two and in prep for stops. Not a safe situation.

LL - NY

On 10/3/07, Taka Mizutani <t44tqtro at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Rolf was talking about full race pads. I take that to mean something like
> Pagid Orange, Pagid Yellow, Hawk Blue, Hawk HT-14, etc. None of those pads
> are suitable for street use.
>
> As I clearly stated previously, EBC Yellowstuff and Hawk HP Plus are
> suitable for street use. Hawk HP Plus do squeal at times in cold weather,
> but I've never had any issues with them as of yet.
>
> There are better pads for strictly street use, esp. if you like pads with
> a strong initial bite.
>
> Taka
>
>
> On 10/3/07, LL - NY < larrycleung at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > EBCYellow and Hawk HP+ both claim to be functional at cool street temps,
> > as neither are full race pads. I suspect
> > that they'll be quite noisy at cold temps, however.
> >
> > LL - NY
> >
> > On 10/3/07, Taka Mizutani < t44tqtro at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Race pads work great when up to temperature, but they DO NOT work in
> > > cold
> > > weather! Especially for winter use, you have to be crazy to use full
> > > race
> > > pads- how would you ever get the brakes up to operating temp?
> > >
> > > A lot of race pads don't exhibit a decent coeff. of friction until
> > > they are
> > > up to operating temperature.
> > >
> > > Aggressive street pads are fine, but running something like Hawk HT-14
> > > or
> > > Pagid Yellow for the street isn't going to work well.
> > >
> > > Taka
> > >
> >