Brake pads

[Randy Grein]

Thanks for the recommendations guys - I'd forgotten about the need to  
clean for organics, and the sintered Ferodo pads are insanely  
expensive. I was thinking more about next year - the last race got me  
to thinking about it for contingency money like tires. Gotta admit the  
Pirelli dealer was a big help at the last race, but I'm considering  
changing because of price - Bridgestone finally has SV sized DOT tires  
and they're like $140 less a set.

Guess I'll stick with EBC for now and get a fresh set of the kit pads  
for next year. The theoretical advantages of payout to 5th instead of  
3rd is negated by the high price/cleanup for Ferodo; it would take a  
long time to make it pay off.

Randy Grein, WMRRA #141

On Sep 7, 2009, at 1:59 PM, Ernest Montague wrote:

> dont use organic pads Randy, they wont even work on your current  
> rotors unless you clean them with a blaster.
>
> I have been so happy with EBC kit pads or Vesrah RJL I never want to  
> change
>
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> On Sep 7, 2009, at 1:52 PM, Randy Grein wrote:
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>> OK, it's time to think about one last race this year. Traditionally  
>> rain is likely in October which is great for me. But it got me  
>> thinking about contingencies, and WMRRA has a decent one with  
>> Ferodo. (Yes, considering jumping from EBC.) Has anyone tried their  
>> XRAC and CP2.11 pads and can say anything rational about the  
>> difference? I know the former is a fully metalic and the latter is  
>> organic; does that mean crappy wet braking? Kind of important here  
>> in Washington...
>>
>> Randy Grein, WMRRA #141
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