Help find right brake pad for the track

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May 1, 2012 | 03:24 PM

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May 1, 2012 | 08:25 PM

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May 3, 2012 | 11:39 AM

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Originally Posted by Tahoe55

For those who wonder why I stagger the pad material F-R, The RS doesn't have ABS so I tend to stagger pads to give me a little more front brake bias. I'm going to experiment with running balanced sets now and as long as I can be quick with braking modulation, I should avoid locking up the rears.

i have RS with no interior, and rear is really light with most of the weight removed from the rear. when i first got the car, it had ST43 front and rear. i was running Hoosier R6 and the rear locked up so easy. it's unproductive to try to modulate rear lockup because you're not using full bake force of the front. i kept going to lower rear compound till i ended up with street pads for rear, which seems to balance the brakes out. problem with street pads is although the torque is low, they just can't seem to handle the heat.

i'm now looking at installing a proportioning valve for the rear so i can run race pads that can handle the heat but lower the brake force in the rear.