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From digest.v7.n217 Tue Sep 23 19:56:27 1997 From: Duane Collie <trapdnce_at_erols.com> Date: Wed, 03 Sep 1997 23:00:58 -0400 Subject: Track Brakes
> From: Lowell Seaton <SEATON.LOWELL_at_EPAMAIL.EPA.GOV> Lowell, I agree that the stock Jurid pads in the M3 are not up to the rigors of a 'hard' Driver's School, but they are perfectly adequate for the street or those drivers running easy at the track. If you shop for a track pad, don't buy one solely on the basis of its compound. While certain compounds are excellent at pure racing, they tend to be very rotor-unfriendly. Most race teams consider rotors a disposable item and trashing a set in a race weekend is of little importance and to be expected. Tossing a set of $ 400 rotors after a Driver's School is kind of painful for us common folk. And, In spite of what what you may hear in Digest-land, PBR/Repco Metalmasters are NOT track pads. They have slightly more heat capability than the Jurids (90 degrees I seem to recall), but are no substitute for a good track pad. I run Will Turner's Carbon Kevlar Pads on my M3 for these reasons: 1) Cheap, relatively speaking, under $ 200 for all. 2) Rotor Friendly - my 2-piece rotors stay nice and smooth. 3) They stop like nobody's business when warmed up. 4) Will tells me to <grin>. You do have to break them in, but that's easy to do. So far, I've not run out of brakes, warped a rotor, or had even a hint of fade. In fact, at my last Driver's School, my Instructor (who drives a bone stock M3) was convinced I was out to immolate him and me both as I was going far deeper at speed into the turns than he was used to in his BMW. Good brakes give you lots of confidence! <When, oh when, will the upgrades ever end??>
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