[DeTomaso] Brakes!

[Ken Green]

Asa,

    It may just mean that they don't work well at seriously high temperatures the pads might see from many many repeated high speed stops. Unless you're gonna really push your car lap after lap, you may never see those temps.

Ken



--- On Fri, 6/20/08, asajay at asajay.com <asajay at asajay.com> wrote:

> From: asajay at asajay.com <asajay at asajay.com>
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Brakes!
> To: detomaso at realbig.com
> Date: Friday, June 20, 2008, 10:17 AM
> This brings me to an interesting question.  I just got my
> Porterfield  
> R4S pads for the Pantera.  A note on the invoice says the
> R4S pads are  
> -not- for racing use.  So does that mean sanctioning bodies
> won't  
> accept them? Or does that mean there is a specific
> performance  
> characteristic that is not suitable to the track?  If a
> person wanted  
> to autocross their driver Pantera, would these be the wrong
> pads to  
> have?  And if so, what would be the better recommendation?
> 
> Asa Jay
> 
> Quoting Jim Hendrickson <chendric at bellsouth.net>:
> 
> >
> >
> > I have no experience with Carbotech. The three
> aftermarket pads most popular
> > with the local SCCA autocross people are Carbotech,
> Cobalt, and Hawk. I use
> > the Hawk HP Plus on my Honda S2000. I have driven an
> Acura Integra with the
> > Cobalt pads. I found that I was braking about 30 feet
> earlier than necessary
> > with the Cobalt.
> >
> > http://www.ctbrakes.com/performance.html
> >
> > http://www.cobaltfriction.com/distributors/
> >
> > http://www.hawkperformance.com/
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: detomaso-bounces at realbig.com
> [mailto:detomaso-bounces at realbig.com] On
> > Behalf Of Göran Malmberg
> > Sent: Thursday, June 19, 2008 1:18 PM
> > To: DeTomaso at realbig.com
> > Subject: [DeTomaso] Brakes!
> >
> > I have a request to all members.
> > Do anyone have experience using Carbotech brake pads?
> > Goran
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