HPDE/street pads?
HPDE/street pads? My plan right now is to eventually go with the CTS-V set up (still deciding between 4 piston and 6 piston) but for now I was wondering what a good upgrade for my front pads would be for trying out some HDPE events. I am currently running the brake motive rotors and brake motiv ceramic pads and though dead quiet, low dusting, and more than enough stop for the street I know it would not be enough for an HPDE. I was taking a look at the HPS, HP+, DTC30 on stranos webpage. I have tried calling to talk to him for the past couple days and they have taken my info but I am sure he is super busy right now so I wanted to check in here to see if anyone had a recommendation for a street/HPDE pad that was low on noise? If that doesn't exist I may just pick up a set of DTC30 or 70s and swap them with my ceramics for when I do an event.
I'm running dedicated track pads/rotors and street pads/rotors now, however I used Hawks DTC-30 (front) and HP+ (rear) for dual purpose for a couple years.
The pads were great at the track and bearable on the street. The cold stopping power was there and the DTC-30 is surprisingly gentle on rotors, however they dust a lot and both squeak a good bit (there are ways to help remedy that).
The pads were great at the track and bearable on the street. The cold stopping power was there and the DTC-30 is surprisingly gentle on rotors, however they dust a lot and both squeak a good bit (there are ways to help remedy that).
I had an excellent conversation with Sam Strano who recommended (if I couldn't do his first recommendation of a Wilwood set up w/ race pads) a dedicated set of race pads/rotors akin to the following recipe: Front pads | DTC 70 or DTC 60, Rear Pads | HT10, quality blank rotors, stainless lines, and Motul 600 fluid. For dual purpose he recommended a front and rear set of EBC Yellows, stainless lines, Motul 600 and said that my current rotors (Brakemotive) would be OK to keep on there for now. He was not a fan of cobbling a CTS-V brake conversion on the front as that was my initial plan.
using ATE fluid is fine. motul is very expensive, and ATE can be found at amazon with free shipping, probably cheaper then anywhere else. ive had ATE blue/clear in my car for years, bleeding with every brake swap, and havent had any problems.
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ATE fluid is by far the best for the money, Echo is right as I buy mine from Amazon.
I flush fluid once a year. I open the caliper bleeders here and there when swapping pads to empty the caliper.
I did a lot of research on the CTSV deal, a C6 conversion is a better option in my opinion.
I flush fluid once a year. I open the caliper bleeders here and there when swapping pads to empty the caliper.
I did a lot of research on the CTSV deal, a C6 conversion is a better option in my opinion.
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