Thread: Brake glaze
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Old 03-09-2012, 02:53 PM   #9
Jittsl
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Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: San Antonio TX
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Originally Posted by san rensho View Post
I'm just going to go with track pads next time I go to the track.
Or use the brakes less.

You will probably find (if you are like most of us) that, in your early learning days, you will overbrake - on them too long and too soft. After a while you will learn to enter faster and use less brakes - on them less time but still too soft. Later again you will learn to approach everything a lot faster and brake in the shortest possible distance using the firmest peddle you can apply smoothly - at that time you might start worrying about brake pads. Till then I would save yourself the issues and costs associated with racing pads unless you have money to burn and have the time to change pads in and out between events.

I would bet that by your 2nd or 3rd event you are no longer be heating your brakes up nearly as much despite the fact that you will be circulating much quicker.

Laurie

Sorry to be repetitive. Brad was typing his reply the same time I was.

Last edited by Jittsl; 03-09-2012 at 03:11 PM.
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