Just put on new rotors and pads....need advice on break in. Thanks!

 

Each pad has a slightly different bedding (or break-in) procedure. Which pads do you have?

 

Powerslot rotors with Hawk HPS pads.

 

1. Brake from 30-35 mph 6 times with moderate consistent pedal pressure
2. Brake from 50-60 mph 4 times with moderate consistent pedal pressure
3. Allow brakes to sit unused for 15-20 min
4. Drive on, your brakes are ready

Jon


[Modified by HondaJon, 5:17 PM 7/2/2002]

 

sounds about right to me.

 

Thanks guys!

 

My friend just put some brembo blanks and hawk hps on his G2, and we went out for the first time and those pads grab like no other, even when they are not up to temperature.

Hawk HPS =

 

HPS are great for the street - initial bite is really good. But at the track - they don't stand up to the heat really well. Porterfield R4s are better imho

 

I used Porterfield R4S for about 1k miles plus 2 track days, and they can lick my ballz. They faded, crumbled in places, and are for the most part cooked/glazed. They were a great street pad, but a poor track pad. They are only designed as an introductory track pad, and don't stand up to heat well at all. I just installed some R4 and they are ten times better...they grip as well as the R4S, even before they get hot, and shouldn't fade at all.

 

R4 pads not the R4S

I'm talking R4 plural when I wrote R4s ( I mean R4's)

R4S pads are no better than HPS

 

Exactly what I'm saying. The HPS seem to be a great street pad to me. They probably would hold their own at auto-x's too, because through the short runs on the auto-x pads will not see nearly as much heat as they do on a 20 minute session at the track.

I have not tried any Porterfields yet, but maybe in the future.

Jon

 

I want to try Endless pads

 

Okay, that makes sense now... At first I was going to ask you what you were smoking, but it's all clear now. R4 are awesome (just be prepared for lots of squealing once they are hot).

 

EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!


Music to my ears

 

Endless CC-X pad do not handle heat as well as Hawk HP+

 

What about the CC-Rs?




[Modified by Phat Bastard, 7:49 PM 7/2/2002]

 

Endless

I've used MA-11's on the track and they are great.

I used the NA-Y pads at my last lapping event (they were used, about 1/2 life left) and was very surprised. I put Autozone rotors and pads on my Si to sell, but since my hybrid wasn't ready in time, I ran the Si. A friend of mine had some used Endless NA-Y's and I figured I would just use those.

Well I was shocked, for the lowest level pad by Endless, they worked great all day, two drivers, 85 degree heat. I didn't drive super hard on them (ask sackdz) but hard enough to expect them to fade.

Good stuff

 

Ever since the two days of ITR Expo, my R4s pads/oem rotors scream like a pig. I guess it's time for me to change them and learn how to swap race pads on lapping days.

 

If you're a little more **** retentive about brake breaking procedure check out:

http://www.baer.com or http://www.apracing.com

Look for their FAQ section and they both have specific break in procedures.

For starters, you want to use new pads on old rotors


and vice versa (old pads on new rotors), a combination of stops to slowly bring the brake system up to temperature and then slowly bring the temps back down and let it sit for a period of time before thrashing on your brakes again.

Hopefully that helps.

-Geo

 

ccr! awesome stuff!

the ccx compound isn't as good as ccm and ccr... but still pretty good

i used to use Hawk as well... awesome initial bite, but not much after that... the strong initial bite fools you into thinking you're braking stronger than you really are. Endless pads have a more progressive bite, which actually make them more streetable, better for brake modulation, and trail braking

 

Yes the initial bite of the HP+ is good, I use this for street, autox, and light track.

Heavy braking track, or long sessions, Hawk Blues plus a set of rotors.

 

Mash them...

erottik-R-who is just trying to past 'post puberty' and get to the 100 mark

 

LOL, it's music to me too! Unfortunately, I think it hurts the ears of other drivers occasionally... I've been getting lots of wierd looks lately when I pull up to stoplights.

 

Damn, I guess I'm not **** enough about the break in... I put on new Brembo rotors and R4 pads at the same time, and then just broke them in according to Porterfield's website. Seems to have worked fine.

 

HP+ here and werd!!!!!!! to the above....