I used their Panther Plus compound way back when these were their top race compound. They'd get used up in 2 or 3 track days on a heavyish car (STi). The PFC pads were initially 25% more expensive, but lasted trice as long.
Performance Friction also makes performance street pads that I happily used on my '95 Impala SS, but I run the Hawk HPS's on all my street cars when they need better pads. For me, Road Race Track: Performance Friction, High Performance Street: Hawk HPS. Russ On Dec 15, 2010, at 4:12 PM, Larry Alster wrote: > Saying “racing pads” says nothing with Carbotech. They have many different > compounds and it might have just been you were running the wrong compound. I > have been running Carbotech pads on 4 different cars for years. A > supercharged 1.6 Miata, a NA 1.6 Miata, a Mazdaspeed MX-5 and a Subaru Sti. > Every car has a different set of pads. Most have a combination of 2 > different compounds. Not one of them exhibits the symptoms you mention. > > The best thing about Carbotech is you call them up directly, tell them what > you drive, tell them what you need the pads for and discuss the pads with > them and they tell you what they recommend and why. > > > > > Larry Alster > > 91 Miata White Knight > 92 Miata Silver Bullet > 92 Miata Honey B > 04 MSM MX-5 Whooosh > 06 WRX STi Subie > > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Russ > Sent: Wednesday, December 15, 2010 7:09 PM > To: Miata Power List > Subject: Re: Which Hawk Brake Pads for Street? > > I wonder if Carbotech has fixed the issues I found with their race pads: > Crazy variable bite during the 1st high speed stop after cooling down on a > straight. During the post straight braking instance (from about 140 to 70) on > each lap, bite would start moderately strong, then get stronger & stronger > during that braking zone... then when it was time to ease up on the brakes, > bite was so strong, they almost felt sticky as I had to ease pedal pressure > dramatically. This was another variable I didn't wish to deal with, so > switched to Performance Friction. > > This was with racing pads. Carbotech street pads may not have this weird > ramping friction issue. > > Russ > > > On Dec 15, 2010, at 3:51 PM, Larry Alster wrote: > > > I’d call Carbotech and ask them for what pad they recommend for your > application. Most probably just their street pad. They are much easier on > the rotors than a lot of the other brakes out there. > > > > > Larry Alster > > 91 Miata White Knight > 92 Miata Silver Bullet > 92 Miata Honey B > 04 MSM MX-5 Whooosh > 06 WRX STi Subie > > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Brent Ted Johnson > Sent: Wednesday, December 15, 2010 3:02 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Which Hawk Brake Pads for Street? > > hi all, > > i would like better braking power on my street/daily 92. it has a trailer > hitch and I plan to tow my airplane with it (total weight around 900lb > including trailer) > > years ago someone said hawk brakes were the way to improve stopping power. > > there are HPS and for the rear, HPS or HP Plus > > not sure if one of these are the right ones. > > the car is my daily driver. > > also, the power windows are dead. i did save the last thread on repairing > them and lubing the tracks etc. but one side is totalled. IF i decided to > switch to manual windows (because they area MUCH cheaper regulators to buy, > used or new). can I just put a hole in the door panel for the crank spline to > stick through? > > happy holidays! > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Miatapower mailing list > [email protected] > http://list.miatapower.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/miatapower >
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