New pads required. Tried everything...suggestions?

Fblee · Postby **Fblee** » Thu Dec 11, 2008 12:14 am

Time for new pads for my titanium NB. I have tried Endless, Project Mu, Bendix Ultimate, Ferrodo and no-name ones. Each has pros and cons.

I have found Jap pads like Endless and P.Mu, in general, have decent stopping power, a lot of dust and wear out quickly.
Bendix did overheat on the track but last a good while and are cheaper. Ferrodo DS was in the middle....good grip (please excuse my layman terms), medium dust and reasonably priced.

Anyone got any suggestions on others to try? Mazdaspeed? Usage/requirement: (want to stay under $380 for the set of front and rear. I track the car every six weeks or so and use it everyday for communting)

philz · Postby **philz** » Thu Dec 11, 2008 12:15 am

dixcel brake pads?

How about a rotor upgrade and decent brake fluid, good brake fluid is always overlooked.

edit: If you are tracking every 6 weeks, which is quite a bit, I'm sure a full brake kit would be awesome.

kazjim · Postby **kazjim** » Thu Dec 11, 2008 12:19 am

May not relate to the MX, but when i raced my Turbo Mini I found the Green Stuff pads and a good fluid were a great combo ...

Green stuff seemed not to wear the rotor at all (good english ones, not chinese), and remember these were solid unventilated, undrilled discs ...

very little warm-up, great stopping and no dust .... a little expensive though ....

My $0.002

Cheers
J

Fblee · Postby **Fblee** » Thu Dec 11, 2008 12:33 am

I have wanted to do a complete brake conversion but given the costs I might stick it out abit until I change to a complete different car. Need to save up heaps though. Everyone is in the same boat...no matter how wealthy you are...cos the wealthy will be looking at Zondas.

Ok..Greenstuff...Where can I get some and are they expensive?

SuperMazdaKart · Postby **SuperMazdaKart** » Thu Dec 11, 2008 12:43 am

Image C2s (i think thats what they're called) from Japan? Drift King Keiichi uses them

philz · Postby **philz** » Thu Dec 11, 2008 12:48 am

EBC green is sh*t imo, eat stock rotors for dinner.

Try Dixcel brake pads, they are a brand of AP racing.

Postby **mx52nv** » Thu Dec 11, 2008 9:00 am

Hawk blues - tried and tested on the track :mrgreen:

Fblee · Postby **Fblee** » Thu Dec 11, 2008 4:05 pm

Thanks for all suggestions guys.
I ordered some Green Stuffs this morning. A little on the pricey side but still within my budget. $352 delivered and including gst. Prices vary a lot from store to store. Had to ring around a bit.

Will let everyone know how they are in a couple of weeks!

TieNN89 · Postby **TieNN89** » Sun Dec 14, 2008 11:32 pm

has anyone tried QFM pads?

Damo · Postby **Damo** » Mon Dec 15, 2008 1:06 am

AZNTieN wrote:has anyone tried QFM pads?

I used them on a S4 turbo RX-7 a few years back and they did a good job on the track... though I probably wasn't braking so close to the limit then.

green_comet · Postby **green_comet** » Mon Dec 15, 2008 4:04 pm

Did you look at any of the pads 949racing have on offer? The Miata.net guys swear by them.

http://949racing.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=56

Fblee · Postby **Fblee** » Sun Dec 28, 2008 3:03 pm

Went to Wakefield with the Greenstuffs and they were great! No fade at all! Highly recommendable guys!

I think I have found my favorite pads! Will try Redstuff next and watch my rotors turn to sheet metal.

Red 2f MX5 · Postby **Red 2f MX5** » Sun Dec 28, 2008 4:45 pm

I ran red's on the front and green's on the rear of my 2F racecar for about 5 race meetings and they were great.

Disc's were fine.

That was the best combo i ran on the car.

Didn't last that long but worked great.

cheers
Brett

16bit · Postby **16bit** » Mon Dec 29, 2008 9:36 am

Damo wrote:
AZNTieN wrote:has anyone tried QFM pads?

I used them on a S4 turbo RX-7 a few years back and they did a good job on the track... though I probably wasn't braking so close to the limit then.

what grade where they - was the a1rm 780 degree ones? I am also very interested in these. they have some really good reviews on skylines australia. if they can pull up those big chunks they should go alright on a 5.