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Old 02-10-08, 12:44 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Wilwood brake pads for RCR

What pads (part numbers) have you other RCR guys selected for street and track?

I'll need the part numbers for both front (6 pot) and rear (4 pot)..

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Re: Wilwood brake pads for RCR

Here ya go Randy,

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Re: Wilwood brake pads for RCR

Hi Randy,
Check out the RCR assy manual, the link to the Wilwood compounds page is in it. Here it is again: Wilwood High Performance Brake Pads

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Re: Wilwood brake pads for RCR

Thanks Fran.. I had done a search on Wilwood Brake Pads and it came back with an ocean of information - I apparently missed these in the hour or so I looked through the links from the search..

I wish that the search function would lead you right to the page where your search criteria was met. In some cases it brought me links to 20 page long build sites where I had to scroll through all the posts and still didn't find what I was looking for.. ((sigh))

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Thanks Rob.. I must have missed it in the assembly manual as well.. I better go back to the shop and start welding and machining something. I obviously suck at computers right now...
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Re: Wilwood brake pads for RCR

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I hear you, it is something I'm going to have looked at for me. I can't solve the problem so maybe an expert can.

I think I went for a Poly A but I'd have to check my notes. Clearly I've not driven the car yet so I don't know how they feel. Well, yes I do, they are rather cold, somewhat heavy, and they lighten your wallet a good bit, yep, that's how they feel.

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Re: Wilwood brake pads for RCR

Randy, use Wilwood's BP 10 pads for the street, Axle set part # 150-8854K on your RCR. For street and track days use their BP-20's Axle set part # 150-9416K front & rear. For a good track only pad use their PolyMarix pad Axle set
part # 15J-6443K. Never use these pads on the street as they need heat in them before they will work. You can switch back and forth between the street BP and race PolyMatrix pads, though I would suggest light DA sanding the rotors to remove any pad residue when you do.
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Thanks Allen - I've ordered the BP-10's for my car...

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Re: Wilwood brake pads for RCR

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Randy, use Wilwood's BP 10 pads for the street, Axle set part # 150-8854K on your RCR. For street and track days use their BP-20's Axle set part # 150-9416K front & rear. For a good track only pad use their PolyMarix pad Axle set
When shopping for replacement pads for the Wilwood brakes on my Pantera (which is a dual-purpose fast road/track day car), I phoned Wilwood and spoke with their tech reps, who also made the same recommendation. The BP10 is very linear and constant regardless of pad temperature. The BP20 has an ever-increasing coefficient of friction as pad temperature rises, and the max operating temperature is higher as well.

I elected to go with the BP20 for this reason, and have been extremely happy with them. They do generate rather more dust than I wanted (I was replacing ancient Wilwood 'green' pads which were enormously dusty) but they do work quite well.

Wilwood pads are actually manufactured by Raybestos, by the way.

On my 427 Cobra (with Wilwoods in the front) I went with Hawk HP+ pads, which are similarly excellent.
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