[F500] what brake pad compounds?

[Cory McLeod]

I thought that Wilwood changed thier pad designations about a year ago and expanded their offerings to many more compounds than just the good old "B" for asphalt and "D" for dirt.  Is this incorrect?  Does anyone know if there is a new name for the equivalent of the old "B" compound, or is it still just called "B"?
 
Thanks, Cory
 


John Whitling <alliancemillsoft at att.net> wrote:
Thanks Jeff, that kind of input helps me out, as I also have a single 
rear caliper. I'm trying to use the same pads front and rear in order to 
get consistent performance but it takes a wide heat range pad to do that 
because the rear runs hotter than the front. Have you tried all blue or 
all black pads?

Jeff Blumenthal 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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