Re: Carbon metallic brake pads????

["Graydon D. Stuckey" <graydon@apollo.gmi.edu>]

On Tue, 7 May 1996, Ernest Wong wrote:

> Them folks at Marin MotorSports are selling Carbon Metallic brake pads for
> our Audi's. In street and full race versions.
> 
> Has anyone tried these pads?
Ernest,

	I had these on my '83 RX7 autocross car.  They were fantastic! 
They stopped the car VERY well, and would not fade at all.  They did
produce alot of heat though, and on my stock rotors, they would crack
fairly often (once per year).  I think that if I had been allowed to use
crossdrilled rotors to take away the heat and the gaseous buildup, the
stock rotors would have been OK. 

	Carbon Metallics used to require a bedding period in which you 
would brake from very high speed a few times until the pads faded, then 
stop and let them cool.  This would deposit a layer of carbon on the 
surface of the rotor, and thereafter, it would act like a true 
carbon/carbon brake system.  Black rotors looked way cool!  (or is that hot?)

> Non-bent BBS wheels.(Probably shouldn't have typed that)

Careful there...   :-)

Later,								
Graydon D. Stuckey								
graydon@apollo.gmi.edu								
Flint, Michigan   USA
'86 Audi 5000 CS Turbo Quattro, GDS Racing Stage II