I went to ebc brakes and there is a kit for my lancer Evo 7 = Evo 8 the part number is: DP31210

1- Is EBC a good brake pad?

2- When I ask for that part number Do I have to specify green or red stuff? if yes...

3- Which should I buy, green or red?


Obs: street/road driving with some 140mph road speeds

 

When we tested the EBC Green, Hawk HPS, and Satisfied pads I felt like the EBC's were the softer of the bunch. Push the pedal down on them and it really felt soft. Push on the Hawks and it was a lot firmer. Despite the feel, the EBC's are a good pad to use, but I have Hawks on my cars now.
They are identified by Greenstuff or Redstuff. The Greens are a performance street based pad that works well off the track for every day use. The Reds are more of a track day compound that can also be used on the street. Their a bit more aggressive and demand higher heat for bite.

 

I agree with Neal's comment - the pedal goes very mushy compared to Porterfields - it's as if the pads are not perfectly flat. I've been using Greens on my AEM big-rotor'd 98 AWD, and whilst they work very nicely indeed, the pedal has always been mushy, no matter what I've done to fix it. 3 weekends ago I swapped over to Porterfield R4S and the pedal went rock-hard. Unfortunately there was a problem with the R4S and I had to switch back to the the Greens - instantly back to a mushy pedal.

I used Reds on my autocross car a couple of years ago and could not get them up to temperature, so sometimes I had brakes, sometimes not. I wouldn't use Reds outside of high(er) speed competition for that reason.

Charles

 

Thank you guys

 

Where to buy the porterfields for the EVO 8 ?

 

DSS (805.541.4483), RRE (562.777.1522), carry them, as do several of the long-standing DSM shops. I don't think Buschur carries Porterfields though

Charles

P.S. You want R4S compound for street/autocross use

 

http://www.porterfield-brakes.com/
You can always order straight from the vendor.

You do 140mph on the street??

 

apparently they don't make one for the evo or the sti, as they aren't listed.

 

ok... so they're mushy compared to the race pads.. but in comparison to the stock pads how are they?..

i need a replacement quickly for my daily driven EVO8.. i got almost 25k out of the stock pads.. in other words i don't track much.. but like a good pad in case i do wanna go..

would greens be a good pad as a replacement for the OEM pads? also they're much cheaper @ under $100 for the fronts compared to over $200 ($249 msrp) for the OEM's...

thanks for your help!

also, any vendor who has them in stock, please contact me immediately.. as i need them right now!