Brake Pad RECO

[EGLITOM]

Hi

i would like to purchase the brake pads for my RCR 40
Front WILWOOD SUPERLITE 6 , REAR FORGED SUPERLITE 4

Street and Trackday usage, probably 50/50 not to extreme in the beginning.

Whats your RECO ?

Any experience with Wilwood Polymatrix A ,H, B; C; or E
or BP20 and BP30 ?

According the datas i could find on the Wilwood Site i´m leaning toward

BP 20 or BP 30

there are also FERODO DS 2500 and DS 3000 and DS1.11 available

According the graphs on willwood site ( page 4)

http://www.wilwood.com/Images/BrakePads/data-sheets/Wilwood_Brake-Pad_Data-Sheet.pdf

the high friction/high temp compounds have already a higher CF also at lower temps than the medium friction /medium temp compounds, but have an increase of CF up to 600 °F. So they may feel not so "active " at lower temps, but again according the graphs they should have more friction power than the "Street compounds"

What is your experience and what do i miss ?

TOM

 

[Chuck]

Tom:

We settled on these pads: WIL 150-8854K, BP-10, both front and rear. They are available from <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-comffice:smarttags" /><st1:City w:st="on"><st1lace w:st="on">Summit</st1lace></st1:City>. After a thousand road miles they have proven to be satisfactory. No brake ‘dust’ to speak of, no squeaking, and they stop well. Seem to be a good compromise between road use on one hand and the needs of the track on the other.

Chuck

 

[Ron Earp]

Hi Tom,

We've tracked the A compounds and found them to be good. Great hot performance and surprisingly good performance when cold. I would imagine they could pull double duty as a street pads despite the "race only" tagline.

I did replace the A's (kept them as spares) with Carbotech pads (HT-10 compound) though because I know these compounds well, have raced them for years, and basically trust them more. They'll work for the limited amount of street driving that I'll be doing. HT-10s are a great race compound, high torque, great bite, and will last a long time on a light car. HT-12s are even more aggressive.

Ron

 

[Jack]

Tom, I will confirm Chuck's reply. After consultation with the Wilwood Tech's, this is the exact selection I made for my SL-C.
WIL 150-8854K, BP-10, both front and rear. They are .80" thick. Mostly street SL-C with occasional track days. Seems to be the best compromise. I must iterate that I'm still building and have not used them yet.

 

[Dave P]

Tom:

Ferodo DS2500 for Street track day. We have had good success on Heavy cars with DS1.11 but the 40 does not weigh 2800-3400 lbs. Also take a look at CL Brakes (Carbon Lorraine) for full race use RC6 and RC5. These pads are fairly new and work very well expensive but wear time is a lot longer

 

[EGLITOM]

Pretty good mix here Thanks

I will try the DS2500 ( they are pretty good available here ) . althóugh tHey seem to be a little more abrasive to the disc. experiences ?

Thanks
TOM

 

[Tony Hunt]

Tom, I will confirm Chuck's reply. After consultation with the Wilwood Tech's, this is the exact selection I made for my SL-C.
WIL 150-8854K, BP-10, both front and rear. They are .80" thick. Mostly street SL-C with occasional track days. Seems to be the best compromise. I must iterate that I'm still building and have not used them yet.[/FONT]

Molleur,
You have no need to worry; I fitted these pads 2 seasons ago when I upgraded to Wilwood Superlite 6 fronts, allowing me to discard the servos.
My first impression was exceptional disappointment - they were dead, ineffective and required high pedal pressure. But after 100-200 miles of bedding in, they sharpened up immeasurably and, although a little dead when cold, they work brilliantly and don't overheat, squeal, vibrate or fade. When they're hot, they're sharp as a tack.
After long motorway journeys or general pootling about, if the brakes aren't used much, the 'transfer layer' of pad material wears off. You can see this because the discs become shiny. A bit of bedding in returns them to full efficiency, when the discs regain their greyish appearance.
Tony

 

[Jack]

Thanks Tony, perfect then!

 

[Dave P]

Tom:

Have never had that complaint on DS2500 to my knowlege.