First HPDE in my 986 - next mod?

[steved0x]

Originally Posted by CrisZenithBlue

RS3's are going on the front today so i will have a complete set all around. Yaay!

will do a break flush with Motul 600 tomorrow and an alignment sometime next week.

i was thinking.. i should be fine for a first time with the street pads right? they are only around 3.000 miles old all around.
or do i REALLY need track pads like EBC?

i know it depends on my driving style and this first time around i will be focusing on car control, being smooth and getting a good race line, i wont mash the breaks in each corner that's for sure.

what do you guys think?

I ran my first few track days on the stock pads and they were fine. Then at Road Atlanta I used up about half of my fronts in one event , and I also melted my front brake sensors, and a brake light came on as I was braking into turn 10A going down the hill after the back straight. I *knew* I had plenty of brake pad but I still pitted to visually check them all. After that I moved to the EBC Red and also ditched the sensors (cut the wires and taped the ends together)

If your pads are newish and greater than 50% you would most likely be fine, once pads get below 50% they can allow a lot more heat into the braking system, and also they heat up more which can cause them to wear more quickly.

EBC Red is a good dual street/intro track pad, but when this current set wears out I am moving up to something else (Yellow?) since I don't do much street driving anymore.

I've never been to PBIR so I don't know if it has a reputation for being hard on brakes.

Have fun! Take pictures and make a report when you get back!

[CrisZenithBlue]

thanks for the tip Steve!
i will stick with the street pads and move to EBC Red maybe when they go out. at that time i would prob also need new rotors.

do the EBC Reds make a lot of dust and noise on regular street driving?

track day is in July so still a while to go but trying to get prepared because i will be in Mexico with work for a month soon.

will have my GoPro mounted and everything when the day comes so you guys can see what an amateur i am

[steved0x]

Originally Posted by CrisZenithBlue

thanks for the tip Steve!
i will stick with the street pads and move to EBC Red maybe when they go out. at that time i would prob also need new rotors.

I would use 50% as the metric for when to replace your street pads if you are going to take them on the track. Once they get under 50% the rate of wear goes up very fast and you could find yourself out of brakes while at an event.

Originally Posted by CrisZenithBlue

do the EBC Reds make a lot of dust and noise on regular street driving?

Not really, sometimes they will squeal a very little bit but it is minor and usually getting on it a little will solve it. dust.... since I mostly drive on the track, my wheels usually look like this:



Then I wash them and they stay pretty clean until the next time...


I don't recall whether it was bad on street driving but I don't think it was.

Originally Posted by CrisZenithBlue

will have my GoPro mounted and everything when the day comes so you guys can see what an amateur i am

Yeah! Videos are great!