Yep guys I've been testing these including hammering on them at a private test day at Thunderhill on the 5 mile track where the tack was just open all day with no run groups. That day alone I put over 50 gallons of fuel through the car beating on them and I can say that the pads worked flawlessly! Warren touched on some of the key points of the new pad material but they are:

1. Intial Bite. This pad material offers significantly more initial bite than OEM especially when cold or on cold tires. With cold R7's it only requires moderate brake pressure to get ABS to kick in and once the tires come up to temp bite is perfect.

2. COF. I'll let Warren get into all of the numbers and what not because honestly testing and going back and forth comparing stuff I really do not want to know so that it is almost like a blind test. All that I can say is that it feels like there is quite a bit more not only initial bite as mentioned above but also overall maximum braking force available! It's like taking the OEM pads and adding about 20% more stopping power to them!

3. Consistency of Brake Torque. There is zero fade with these pads and pedal pressure and brake force seemingly stays consistent no matter how hard you push the brakes. I never really had issues with OEM but with these I did not even think about the brakes and also the pedal seemed to stay harder, while with OEM after hammering on them it felt like the pedal would get a little spongy at the end of the session.

4. Responsiveness to the brake pedal.

5. Modulation and brake control.

I really think that 4 & 5 go hand in hand so I'm lumping them together. The big issue that I have with OEM pads is the the braking feels almost "digital" meaning that it's either "on or off" and when it's "on" it full brakes, when it's off it's fully "off" and there are no brakes. There is no mid point, there is no ability to modulate well. Not with these lol! It's totally different, you can easily trail brake into corners and feel the difference in braking force even with the slightest adjustment of pedal pressure! It's truly night and day different! Also when approaching full brake, the harder you push the more brakes you get. Maximum pedal pressure required is higher than OEM but maximum braking force then achieved is also much higher than OEM.

6. Durability. No question about it, on my car I get about 35-40% less wear on these than OEM. A very considerable boost in pad life!

7. Wear pattern. Pad taper was also less than OEM. I know this is really dictated by caliper flex but I'm guessing that as the material wears less than OEM we are also seeing less tapered wear also.

Overall I can not say enough about how pleased I am with how these pads have ended up turning out to be. As I mentioned to Warren we spent over a year working on nothing but compound and material testing and while it has been a lot of work the ultimate product I think far exceeds any expectations that I had going into this!

To give you some feedback on lap times that we were pushing the brakes under at T-hil I was in the 3:03 range which is quite fast there. I also had my buddy test my car with these pads who took 3rd overall at last years Optima Street Car Challenge Finals in Vegas and took 1st at the First Optima Challenge Race this year, so yes he is smoking fast! He loved the brakes and mentioned how much better modulation was with the pads versus OEM. He clicked off a 2:59 and was on pace to turn a 2:57 on only his 3rd lap out with the car/brakes until he hit traffic, so that shows you how easy to use and comfort inspiring the pads are! A 2:59 is about the fastest that I know of any car going, a 2:57 might have been a new track record!