[DeTomaso] Brakes!

asajay at asajay.com asajay at asajay.com
Fri Jun 20 15:43:47 EDT 2008


So basically I should be good to go, as long as I don't start doing NASCAR.
:)

Thanks everyone.
Asa Jay

Quoting Daniel C Jones <daniel.c.jones2 at gmail.com>:

> Porterfield has R4S (soft), R4 and R4E (endurance) pad compounds,
> among others.  The R4S is a soft pad meant to have a coefficient of friction
> cold.  That makes it great on the street and autocrossing but they can fade
> at elevated temperatures induced by repeated hard stops.
>
> Dan Jones
>
>> 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?
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