K17 CAR Posted January 15, 2020 Share Posted January 15, 2020 During the winter fettle I've decided it's time to try new front pads, anyone care to share what they feel is the best pad for sprints/hill Climbs? Ive the 7600 AP calipers fitted currently with the Westfield supplied ferodo pads. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Waterfall Syman84 Posted January 16, 2020 Share Posted January 16, 2020 im sure someone more in the know than me will be along but for quick warm up off the line i use 1144 mintex and seem to work quite well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamR Posted January 16, 2020 Share Posted January 16, 2020 What's wrong with / you don't like about the current pads that makes you want to change them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K17 CAR Posted January 16, 2020 Author Share Posted January 16, 2020 They stop when I press the pedal, however there 3/4 worn so thought I would treat her to a new set, wondered if there was some magic pad out there that work better from cold, not that these are bad, some price tags on pads made my eyes pop out, Pagid for example Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arm Posted January 16, 2020 Share Posted January 16, 2020 Pagid worth the extra. Miles better than mintex. Others out there also but def worth spending more. I used to go through 3 times as many mintex as pagid. Now on an ap pad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkm_dave Posted January 16, 2020 Share Posted January 16, 2020 16 minutes ago, Arm said: Pagid worth the extra. Miles better than mintex. Others out there also but def worth spending more. I used to go through 3 times as many mintex as pagid. Now on an ap pad. Road legal Pagids, Ash? Think John's in road going so 1144 might be one of the only options. I got on well with them myself, not felt the need to use anything else. You must be braking harder than me as I've never worn a set out, just replaced due to being oooooooold. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Everall Posted January 16, 2020 Share Posted January 16, 2020 The Mintex 1144 are great at stopping the Westfield but I do find that after a couple of seasons they start to crazed crack a bit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arm Posted January 16, 2020 Share Posted January 16, 2020 1144 glazed and got wooden when used hard. Night and day difference when swapping from 1144 to the others. The Pagid was a road legal pad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marto303 Posted January 16, 2020 Share Posted January 16, 2020 I’m using Wilwood Polymatrix B’s on the front, blooming awesome. Mind you it’s not stopping I have trouble with, it’s going faster 😜 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanD Posted January 16, 2020 Share Posted January 16, 2020 interesting thread. I have Willwood Powerlites and have been using Polymatrix E which have been fine but felt there was room for some improvements. Looking at Marto's comments made have a quick look at the rally Design web site and there is some interesting graphs showing the different Polymatrix compounds if they are to be believed. https://www.rallydesign.co.uk/product_info.php?products_id=6597 Sorry slight thread drift and may not be any good for your calipers. Ian 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Algar - Competition Secretary Posted January 16, 2020 Share Posted January 16, 2020 There are two aspects to a Pads performance I have found the first is pretty obvious Ultimate stopping power and zero fading as you stop again and again very hard. Then there is the feedback the pad gives you as a driver as you are pushing the brake pedal, does it allow you to modulate the pedal and "feel" what the brakes are doing, the best pads do this really well. Only when you have tried some of the really good pads do you realise how bad the others really are. I wouldn't use Mintex 1144 personally 😉 Some interesting developments on the horizon 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark.anson Posted February 4, 2020 Share Posted February 4, 2020 I know a lot of folk hate them but I've found the EBC Greens have been the best I've tried so far. Mind I've only tried Ferrodos which didn't suit and the car only weighs 320KG. Id like to try some Pagids or Carbon Lorraines if I can find out which compound gives the best initial bite from stone cold. They are an expensive mistake to make if you get it wrong. In the Westfield I found Hawk Blacks to be better than the Mintex 1144's Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Loudon - Sponsorship Liaison Posted February 4, 2020 Share Posted February 4, 2020 Brake pad manufacturers will have temperature / friction charts for their pad compounds. Basically you want high friction at cold temperatures without the friction dropping away at higher temperatures. Typically an operating range 100 deg F to 800 deg F or higher is what you should be looking for to identify something decent Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Loudon - Sponsorship Liaison Posted February 4, 2020 Share Posted February 4, 2020 On 16/01/2020 at 18:46, IanD said: interesting thread. I have Willwood Powerlites and have been using Polymatrix E which have been fine but felt there was room for some improvements. Looking at Marto's comments made have a quick look at the rally Design web site and there is some interesting graphs showing the different Polymatrix compounds if they are to be believed. https://www.rallydesign.co.uk/product_info.php?products_id=6597 Sorry slight thread drift and may not be any good for your calipers. Ian Polymatrix A look like a good pad from the graphs linked if available in your pad shape Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ACW Posted February 8, 2020 Share Posted February 8, 2020 I used to like DTC-70 (Hawk) - kills rotors though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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