C.J. Ichiban

probably monza and spa?

C.J. Ichiban

you sir are a hero and an inspiration

damn skippy. P50 are amazing but I was getting ansty and put on my second set of green pads last week. They worked great at infineon/sears point this weekend! still have the old ones and they've got a lot of material left.

to the OP- make sure you really take the time to bed in all your new pads on the car- emergency stops or tracking with unbedded "cold" brakes do more damage to the PCCB than anything else

roberga

you should see my fast ball. A blazing 47mph

C.J. Ichiban

hey that's only 52% slower than mine!

roberga

i bet it is about how much slower on the track i am as well

Backmarker

I tried out some green pads this weekend as well, they are a true track pad with incredible bite

The downside is that (per TRG) they are a lot harder on the rotors

Oh well, we'll see how the rotors hold up, 5 track days now and they still seem fine

mooty

roberga and other PCCB users, please clarify.
i was told the p50 green bad is better in that it had bitter bite, less fade, AND easier on rotors?

what exactly is the fact??

i am new to PCCB.

sws1

DITTO this. I've heard 2 conflicting statements.
1) This pads are rougher on the rotors.
2) These pads generate less heat and are therefore easier on rotors.

Inquiring minds want to know.

997gt3north

The pads are clearly made of a "harder" material that needs more heat in them to function

- under extreme track conditions stopping distances are shorter (but i'm not sure if it is because of more friction or "less" fade at higher temps

- the pads last longer for two reasons (they are thicker 13mm versus 10mm for stock) and they just plain last longer at higher track temps

- at cold temps, the stock pads will stop the car in much shorter distances
- on lap 2 they seem to be the same
- on lap 5 the P50 pads make for shorter stopping distances

If I had to guess, "at track temps" the friction co-efficient of the P50 is higher than the stock pads - and at street temps the friction co-efficient is higher with OE pads - and this is the big guess, if I had to guess, the P50 pads at high temps may have a very slightly higher friction co-efficient than the OE pads at street temps (but this is a guess) - I'm sure Pagid will have the specs

I have not noticed an "increased" rate of rotor wear from P50 pads but I think that this is an impossibe task to actually know as my guess is that ceramic rotors are good for somewhere between 30 and 180 trackdays given so many different variables

So far I see no reason not to use the P50 pads for track days - they work just as good if not a bit better and they last longer and do not cause "noticably" more wear

mooty

great first hand data,
thanx.