Best brake pads for club racing?

[Topless]

We used Pagid Yellow/Black for one season but got some pad transfer that caused serious rotor judder at Buttonwillow. Maybe our fault by not getting enough cool down between sessions but we have been running ST-43 for the last 4 years. Better modulation, longer lasting, less $$. Pagid does a ton of advertising and offers a pretty good product. Raybestos does very little advertising but can be found in the calipers on a lot of pro race team cars in the winners circle. Worth a test drive.

[CHRISP357]

What pads tend to run the cleanest while giving good performance?

[MaxD]

What pads tend to run the cleanest while giving good performance?

In the theme of this thread, the answer is none. Race pads generate dust.

Topless - After looking at the price of the ST-43s I am going to have to give them a spin. Been running Pagid oranges and/or blacks for years. Time to buck tradition.

[rastta]

Originally Posted by Topless

We used Pagid Yellow/Black for one season but got some pad transfer that caused serious rotor judder at Buttonwillow. Maybe our fault by not getting enough cool down between sessions but we have been running ST-43 for the last 4 years. Better modulation, longer lasting, less $$. Pagid does a ton of advertising and offers a pretty good product. Raybestos does very little advertising but can be found in the calipers on a lot of pro race team cars in the winners circle. Worth a test drive.

While I'm probably not saying something that you don't already know - but the pad transfer problems were due to the existing pad material not being compatible with the ST material. I've run into that type of issue before when trying new compounds on existing rotors. This is in part why I tend to only switch pads when I switch rotors. I've had some success is running Hawk Blue pads on totally cold rotors (not on track) as "cleaning" pads since they are a very abrasive compound on other cars.

[Topless]

Originally Posted by rastta

While I'm probably not saying something that you don't already know - but the pad transfer problems were due to the existing pad material not being compatible with the ST material. I've run into that type of issue before when trying new compounds on existing rotors. This is in part why I tend to only switch pads when I switch rotors. I've had some success is running Hawk Blue pads on totally cold rotors (not on track) as "cleaning" pads since they are a very abrasive compound on other cars.

That does happen but not the case on our cars. Fresh pads and fresh rotors when we installed the Pagid. We did get 10 good days with them before the rotor judder issue so they weren't a total loss but we have not had the same problem with Raybestos.

[Paseb]

just a quick note,
i installed pagid black rs14 all around on my F class boxster and the brake pedal was really good. I did bleed brakes too. I think that was my problem.

tomorrow are my sprint races so i will see how they hold up. I will bleed again tomorrow morning before going on track.