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Final decision on brakes for Track Day
- Thread starter legandrex
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legandrex
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Are you thinking about going to any of these fall events John?
BIG FAT UNCLE PAULY
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http://www.racerpartswholesale.com/product/GForceProEliminatorFullFaceHelmetSA2010/FullFaceHelmets Comes with free bag and shipping.
Other inexpensive open and full face helmets here also. I went with the SA2010 over the SA2005 knowing the later will become obsolete sooner.
Other inexpensive open and full face helmets here also. I went with the SA2010 over the SA2005 knowing the later will become obsolete sooner.
legandrex
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So if I go that route which ones do you suggest? Any out there other than $350 Endless pads that can be used on street without excessive noise or dust? If I go with a more dedicated track pad and use them for the few weeks while I attend my one or two events, can the stock pads I have about 7,000 miles on be put back on or will rotor not work properly with them anymore? This is all new to me so I appreciate the advice.
i havent had a chance to test other pads yet.
i plan on going a set of new oem rotors + xp10 fronts and xp8 rears just for track.
If you do go dedicated track pads, when you put your old pads on they will work, but you have to re bed them in everything you swap pads.
Gunkata
Drag Race Newbie
Grattan on 9/9, maybe Road America in October with MVP, if time/money permits, lol. You?
soldier0829
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Get a Helmet, pads and fluid and go have fun....Enjoy your car....
+1 In the green group that's all you need.
legandrex
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MVP or March of Dimes event on 10/19. March of Dimes event is same format as MVP I believe. $250 includes lunch and a dinner event with guest speaker Derek Bell. Might be fun to attend the dinner. Also a friend is a corner sponsor(he drives a 911-4S) for that event.
legandrex
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As expected there are sure a lot of different opinions on which pads are up to the task...Wish it was a little easier to determine.
troyguitar
Go Kart Champion
Grattan was one of my favorites! Do you get air going over the jump in a big heavy car like ours? :lol:
RacingManiac
Drag Race Newbie
John(Gunkata) tracked his GTI with Stoptech Street Performance I believe, and he wasn't exactly hanging around on track. He did think that it is probably on the limit(also note though he had Stoptech BBK with 2 piece rotor on his car, which will help with cooling. But he was also running RE-11 on his track wheel/tire setup. Your ultimate limit is going to be the tire you run, on the stock all season you won't be able to brake as hard and the stress in the brake IMO will be less. The same event I had front track pad and basically the Carbotech equivalent of the street performance pad in the back(probably worse actually) and my setup held on through the day. IMO you need to kinda have an idea what your limit is and drive accordingly. Be it as the limit of the equipment(brake, tire..etc) or limit of the driver. You don't win anything at track day so no need to be all gun-ho all the time. Its going to be way above what you can do on the road and even at 6-7/10th on track its going to be massive fun. Get that first one out of the way and kinda decide where to go from there...
I can't wait for the Grattan day in 2 weeks....
the bruce
Go Kart Champion
There are chances to get them at a reasonable price:
http://www.golfmkv.com/forums/showthread.php?p=3438673#post3438670
In most cases yes.
In general it's a good idea to use the correct pads for each purpose. Most track pads will squeal
at low speeds, most street pads will wear quickly on track (and fade). Pads are swapped easily.
On the other hand there are lots of Porsche (and Renault Megane RS) owners running Endless MX72
for both track and DD without any issues and they praise the longevity of these.