potster Posted March 4, 2006 Posted March 4, 2006 What pads do I need for these wilwoods? *I think the hubs are westfield alloy ones. Also what pads are good to go with drilled and vented disks? I've currently got green stuff and struggle to get heat into them during road use (I mainly use the car for road use and a couple of track days a year) Cheers Stuart Quote
cng1 Posted March 4, 2006 Posted March 4, 2006 Green stuff should be the easiest pads in the world to get heat into. Do you perhaps have too much braking to the rear, it's a very common problem with sierra rear calipers as their pistons are far too small. It's an easy problem to solve though with a bias valve/bar. The calipers look like standard dynalite pads, lots of places will be able to sell you pads. Personally I always go to questmead for pads as they're able to supply the specialist compounds that I run which seem to last forever. FWIW I was running Mintex 1166s, which are 2-3 grades harder than your greenstuff but they're still fine on the road, they've still got a bit of life left in them even after 3 years, 15k miles and about 10 trackdays! For this year I'm moving to the newer mintex F-series compounds which are better throughout the temperature range, particularly when cold and are supposed to last even longer. Can't wait. Quote
potster Posted March 4, 2006 Author Posted March 4, 2006 The brake bias bar is set to be front bias (Set last year by Plays Kool) What are standard ferodo/mintex pads like compared to Green stuff? Would they warm up any quicker? Quote
pete g Posted March 4, 2006 Posted March 4, 2006 try rally design i use standard black hawk in mine no problem. Quote
skids Posted March 4, 2006 Posted March 4, 2006 cover the grease a bit or it will be new bearings as well Quote
Blatman Posted March 4, 2006 Posted March 4, 2006 Greenstuff should be fine from cold. If not, you may have glazed discs or pads. Check this first 'cos if you have glazed discs, new pads won't fix it. And I have to say, that disc looks pretty shiny... If you want to try something else, Mintex 1144's are comparable and work well in a Westfield. Hawk Blacks are known to be aggressive and will wear your discs out. Ferodo DS2500 and DS3000 get good reviews and have been reported as an excellent upgrade. If money is no object, Pagid RS14's or RS15's are the way to go... And as Skids has said, you need a dust cover over the castellated nut... Quote
potster Posted March 5, 2006 Author Posted March 5, 2006 And as Skids has said, you need a dust cover over the castellated nut... Am I right in thinking the dust covers I need are the same as you find on the front of a transit? Would it be worth getting the discs skimmed at the same time as replacing the pads? Cheers for the advise guys Quote
Blatman Posted March 5, 2006 Posted March 5, 2006 As I said, that disc looks pretty shiny. No need to skim though. Attack it with some coarse sandpaper. No idea if Transit dust covers are the same as Cortina ones... Quote
Mark B Posted March 7, 2006 Posted March 7, 2006 As I said, that disc looks pretty shiny. No need to skim though. Attack it with some coarse sandpaper. No idea if Transit dust covers are the same as Cortina ones... Mark 3 or 4 escort, fiesta mk3 rear hub covers, transit & others are the same, cost about 4 quid each from ford. HTH Mark. Quote
potster Posted March 7, 2006 Author Posted March 7, 2006 Thanks mark, I'll head down to my friendly ford parts dept at the weekend. Quote
potster Posted March 7, 2006 Author Posted March 7, 2006 I was thinking of emery cloth or is this too rough? Quote
Blatman Posted March 7, 2006 Posted March 7, 2006 Emery paper will be fine. You'd do well to find something too tough for a disc brake rotor... Quote
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