Track brakes

[nefarious986]

Wow topless, 3+ yrs on the rear even with track use is pretty amazing.

Insite, that hybrid pad are 'false economy' comment i was referring to was your comment here ( Brake pads and DEs ). Laguna is also a heavy braking track, so maybe I'll see the same brake usage that you see.

My concern was with the HT-10 as street pads to 'get to' and 'get from' the track. That way I could just swap them in the day before and take time to bed them instead of have to deal with lugging a jack along with me in the car and swapping them in trackside. If noise is the only problem for short-ish drives ( 1-2 hrs each way ) .. I think I can live with that. Just wanted to make sure that they wont tear up the rotors or mess up in some way if used outside of race condition for a few hrs. Also have you used HT-10 in an AX? I'm thinking that HT10 wont be as effective as HPS in an AX due to the limited amount of time you're actually driving it.

MrMaddbrad, thanks for your advice. I understand that racing is not cheap, and newbie mistakes waste even more time / money so I'm just trying to see what works best for those who've been doing this a while and what combo gives me the best pad life to performance ratio.

[986_c6]

2-3+ years over the course of 20+ track days + street driving is not unheard of with stock Porsche brakes. That is how good the brakes are.

Add race pads and they will stop even better with marginal more wear.

Smoothness and carrying the momentum is key guys. Just like Topless, I have done 75+ track days on Boxster and Vette (some vette guys chew through brand new rotors/pads in ONE day ). They are obviously mashing on the gas/brake too much

[986_c6]

Oops...didn't give a recommendation.

PFC (Performance Friction) Z rated are awesome combo pads. Same with the Porterfields R4S.

If anyone need true race pad opinions, I can give those too as I have used Raybestos ST43's, Cobalt XR2, Hawk DTC60, Hawk DTC70, Porterfield R4, PFC 99's, Mintex Extreme, etc. Never used Pagids.