Best CHEAP Track pad?
08-05-2003, 06:57 PM
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Best CHEAP Track pad?
i'm going to the track next month and want a set of pads I can go through and not feel bad. My buddy uses Metal Master. What are people using that doesn't cost $100 an axel? Just doesn't seem worth it to spend that much if you just eat them up in a weekend. Oh, I will only be doing DE, so they don't have to be killer performance, just stop.
08-06-2003, 05:30 AM
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Race Director
Metalmasters are a good deal in pads that fits right in between the stock pads and a dedicated track pad like Pagid, Ferodo or Hawks. I've been able to find them for $35/axle. I think that was from Paragon too... They also have some carbon pads for about $80/axle.
08-06-2003, 12:27 PM
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Drifting
Ha - cheap and track in the same sentence - that's funny.
If your just starting out on the track then the metalmasters should be fine, but once you gain experience they will quickly become inadequate. I've used the Hawk HP+ and Hawk Blue with success, but they are both around $100 an axle. But there is no way you are going to eat a set of Hawk pads in a weekend. I used the HP+ for about 2 years going double duty on both the street and track. Had about 7 -8 DE's and 8,000 miles of street driving and they still had about 25% pad left. I went to the Blues because I wanted the extra bite on the track and will switch them out with metalmasters for the street.
My advice is to get a decent track pad for the track and metalmasters for the street. It doesn't take that long to switch the pads - I can switch pads in about 45 minutes, and the tracks pads will last you quite awhile.
If your just starting out on the track then the metalmasters should be fine, but once you gain experience they will quickly become inadequate. I've used the Hawk HP+ and Hawk Blue with success, but they are both around $100 an axle. But there is no way you are going to eat a set of Hawk pads in a weekend. I used the HP+ for about 2 years going double duty on both the street and track. Had about 7 -8 DE's and 8,000 miles of street driving and they still had about 25% pad left. I went to the Blues because I wanted the extra bite on the track and will switch them out with metalmasters for the street.
My advice is to get a decent track pad for the track and metalmasters for the street. It doesn't take that long to switch the pads - I can switch pads in about 45 minutes, and the tracks pads will last you quite awhile.
