jimmyblue

iTrader: (11)

I was looking at some info on a brake pads page,
and for the first time saw pads' "mu" (friction
coefficient) rated. That was interesting, I figure
when it's time I want to replace stockers with some
pad type that has higher friction but modestly so,
and nothing with a lower cold friction than stock.

Of course I have no idea about the stockers' mu
value so this makes it hard to gauge the rest,
relative.

Wondering if anyone has compiled a list of the
various pads and friction (cold, hot) values, like
there has been done for spring rates and to a
lesser extent, shocks.

Foxxtron

iTrader: (1)

Excellent thread start, and I have some figures of pad material Mu around, however they're racing pads. As soon as I can retrieve most of the figures for available pads (track, street, or combination thereof) I'll post, provided that someone else doesn't beat me to it.

johnpate01

iTrader: (3)

I forsee a sticky, this would really help with pad selection.

Sam Strano

iTrader: (41)

Friction numbers aren't the whole story.... kind of like a car can pull a lot of G's but drive like ***. Friction numbers don't tell you the release characteristics, the density of the pad material (which leads to a soft pedal) and so on.

Also, those numbers can be much like tire wear ratings in so far as they aren't necessarily equal among different companies.