[F500] what brake pad compounds?

[Jim Libecco]

and going to blue gave me better balance...
 
John- I agree with Jeff.  I use Black for solo and works very well since it will work cold.  The blue takes a little temp to come in.  The black bites quickly and modulates well when you stab at it.
I use Blues all around for club racing in my car.  With unvented rotors and little ventilation they just start to fade at mid ohio.
 
jim

Jeff Blumenthal <jblumenthal at bbappliance.com> wrote:
John,
The Hawk Blue is better for Roadracing. At the DC Tour I was using 
Hawk Black in the front and Hawk Blue in my single rear caliper. It was 
terrible! I kept dialing in more rear bias, trying to get it balanced 
but could not keep from locking up the front. At the Toledo Tour, we 
did a swap and put the Hawk black in the rear....made a big difference 
and gave good balance.
-Jeff

John Whitling wrote:

> Thanks Phil.
> I was looking at the Hawk blue pads but it seems they don't works as 
> well cold and they might be more fade prone too. Is that what you've 
> found?
>
> Phil Green wrote:
>
>> I liked the "B"s on my Red Devil. I switched to a Hawk Blue, but 
>> want to go back to the "B"s to kind of do a back to back comparison. 
>> Phil
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: John Whitling 
>> Sent: Jul 8, 2004 6:30 AM
>> To: f500 at f500.org
>> Subject: [F500] what brake pad compounds?
>>
>> Hi everyone,
>>
>> I'm getting ready for some new pads on my autox car and I'm 
>> considering the Wilwood "B" compound because of it's wide temperature 
>> range and high torque. Has anyone tried these pads for autocross or 
>> road racing? I need a pad that's pretty consistent, hot or cold 
>> because I have a single rotor on the rear axle. I prefer to use a 
>> single compound on the car for front and rear. Any input?
>>
>> Thanks
>> John Whitling
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