What race pads have ppl used on the track....how good...how long lasted... etc

[Dave88]

Hey guys,

trying to find a good race pad to use that won't get munted in one for two track days.

Tried a mintex race pad and only last one full day at Hampton (brake killer) and one at Puke but most likely had poor brake ventilation so that have now been fixed with removing stone guards and some ducting to get cool air to rotors.

Have heard good things about the Padgid yellow which is real pricey but saves you in long run as last a lot longer

Rather have something that lasts longer/durable that performs awesome but lasts one track day

[Tony]

I recommend Endless N35S Competition compound - they last well, dont eat your rotors too badly, and give really good consistant performance even when reaching their wear limits.

Speak to Richard at Prosport Auto: http://www.endless-sport.co.nz/

They are not cheap (no true race compound pads are), but well worth it.

A lot of guys I race with use the Pagid RS29 (yellows) and have very good things to say about them. Either way, you wont go wrong.

Ducting will also help prolong the life of your pads & discs.

[PhatRS]

I got recomended the Pagid yellows but only managed 9 laps before "an incident" but they were good for that long and still seem fine for fun driving on the road.

[rex-leggy]

after mm jason and i will be able to report back on how znoelli pads go

[caspros]

 Tony said:

I recommend Endless N35S Competition compound - they last well, dont eat your rotors too badly, and give really good consistant performance even when reaching their wear limits.

Speak to Richard at Prosport Auto: http://www.endless-sport.co.nz/

They are not cheap (no true race compound pads are), but well worth it.

A lot of guys I race with use the Pagid RS29 (yellows) and have very good things to say about them. Either way, you wont go wrong.

Ducting will also help prolong the life of your pads & discs.

I use the N35S. They are fantastic. Have lasted a surprisingly long time. But they make my wheels dusty.

[thorpy]

I use Hawk DTC-30

Pro's

Price - $425 delivered for front and rear 4/2pots

Work good from cold with excellent performance

Very little pad or rotor wear , have done 50+ laps of ruapuna , 2 tarmac autocrosses and 4 grass autocrosses and still look unused.

Con's

Rather squeely for the street

Alot of brake dust

Very aggressive , easy to lock a wheel if too hard to quick but very good if you ease on the pressure.

Due to being aggressive they tend to overheat the stock rotors rather quick , usually about 5 laps.

I dont think this would be an issue with aftermarket rotors.

[funkytown]

 rex-leggy said:

after mm jason and i will be able to report back on how znoelli pads go

Been using.these for several years and they are great on 4 pots and brembos. they wear out real fsst but for the price are all g. They arebt harsh on rotors either and have amazing bite when hot.

dusty but dont squeal

[rex-leggy]

 funkytown']

[quote name='rex-leggy said:

after mm jason and i will be able to report back on how znoelli pads go

/quote]

Been using.these for several years and they are great on 4 pots and brembos. they wear out real fsst but for the price are all g. They arebt harsh on rotors either and have amazing bite when hot.

dusty but dont squeal

good to know and the price is amazing!

[T.Rev]

Currently trialling zonellis after using Hawk HP performance plus for years...Hawks were great pads for the track. You chew thru pads like crazy! What did u do to them...!

[Dave88]

Had really poor ventilation so wore out really fast once over heated and didn't bed them in well enough...lesson learnt

[Munkvy]

I abused a set of Zonelli pads in spark38s car at Manfield a while back (Type R with factory 4 pots and Zonelli rotors). Can't say I know how old they were, but found them to be entirely inadequate given we were only on road tyres, so they shouldn't have given up as much as they did... But then maybe I am just soft and use the brakes too much!

In my own rally car, I found Hawk Blue 9012s to be ok, Mintex 1166s worked well but didn't last very long (melted down to the backing plate in 1 day of Targa), however I had small brakes and no ducting, so not that suprising.

Ferodo DS2000s had a tendancy to catch fire a lot and rather overpriced, but still worked well while on fire!

[albaru]

I've used successfully for track days/road use the following:

Mintex 1166, Bendix Metalking, EBC Redstuff Ceramic, Ferodo DS2500, Repco Lucas (1 track day disposable).

[Dave88]

Think I'll try some good endless or go all out and spend 500 and try pagid yellows (wallet goes and hides in corner) and post as to how they were

[MercuryFree]

Who sells Zonelli? BNT?

[gotasuby]

Contact then directly

[MercuryFree]

 gotasuby said:

Contact then directly

Sweet, was having trouble googling them because I can't spell, clearly. Some are on the way as my megameet backup set haha

[T.Rev]

BNT sold me mine..u can also buy them off Trademe but u need to be careful with getting the right ones.

[boon]

I have Znoelli pads up front on my V7 with Znoelli slotted + drilled rotors. I don't terribly like them. They dust like CRAZY, they wore really fast (although that's probably mostly the rotors fault) and they are squeally and feel kinda dead now that they're quite worn.

That said, I've never driven them hard enough to get them to fade, and when they were new they stopped pretty damn quickly.

[MercuryFree]

Did about 7 laps with them on after I bedded them in, reasonably impressed especially for the price! Better than whatever was in there

[rex-leggy]

 MercuryFree said:

Did about 7 laps with them on after I bedded them in, reasonably impressed especially for the price! Better than whatever was in there

+1 one i leaned on mine quite hard and had not fade at all they were really dusty but meh .

and i didn't get much noise but i wasn't listening all that much for brake noises

ill be sticking with them

[NTYCME]

not really much help but be wary of race brakes

theyre very helpful and happy at the start then once you go back to them when you're not happy then they dont really want to help

[Dave88]

Had a chat to Carl at E&H and he runs with endless pad in his WRX race car and said he was getting awesome wear and results outa them so going to give them a go, not sure which ones he uses yet tho so will update

[Guest]

 Tony said:

I recommend Endless N35S Competition compound - they last well, dont eat your rotors too badly, and give really good consistant performance even when reaching their wear limits.

Speak to Richard at Prosport Auto: http://www.endless-sport.co.nz/

They are not cheap (no true race compound pads are), but well worth it.

A lot of guys I race with use the Pagid RS29 (yellows) and have very good things to say about them. Either way, you wont go wrong.

Ducting will also help prolong the life of your pads & discs.

I use endless too, awsome pads, only done two track days on them then blew my motor so don't know how long they last but for stopping power great upgrade.

[Flash]

I used the Znoelli 550 pads on my last track day at Hamton Downs & they only lasted about 10 laps until I had no pedal or front brakes this was not very fun going into turn one slowing down at over 200 ks. They were very dusty & total over heated on the track. They where fine on the street but I would not recommend them as a track pad, I will be switching to padgit or endless.

[T.Rev]

or Hawk HP Performance Plus ??which I have found to be great.