I went to the Unlimited laps event on 2 Nov and got to try out my new set of Ferodo DS3000's. It was really the first track event that I didn't have to worry about fade. The pads look like they're a little glazed, but held up really well. The surface of the rotors are a little beat up to (more on this in next paragraph) but the surface doesn't look any worse than with other pads. I'm waiting for pics of the pads and rotors and will post as soon as I can.
Heat is still really a problem. I put two brand new Brembo blanks on for this event and they are badly warped. I didn't have any problems with my last set of Brembo blanks which survived a couple of track days, so I'm not sure if it was something I did (like using brakes harder this time), these rotors were just not as good as the last set, or if the DS3000's genetate that much more heat. I use ATE super blue and was still having heat problems too. One problem contributing to this may have been for the first couple of runs we really didn't have cool down laps because they flagged us in turn 8 and expected us to exit off in the pits. They took care of this in the latter runs and we had cool down laps (they may have done this after I over ran checker to get a cool down lap after some confusion). I didn't feel warping under braking until the last couple of sessions though.

I though I saw something on someone's website about them developing a brake cooling kit for the Type R. I thought it was Tegsport, Colletti, or someone, but I've gone through my bookmarks and can't find it again. Does anyone know anything about this or can someone direct me to it?

 

are you still running dust shields?

 

I have a hard enough time just getting girls to be friends with me

 

Basically the same setup I have.. I found the DS3000 to generate less heat then the Blue's, about the same as the XP's.. I base this on my tie rod boots melting..

 

Any one know anything about the brake cooling kit I mentioned in my original post? I know I just saw it on a site a couple of weeks ago, but can't find it again.