Quote:
Originally Posted by JusticePete
Braking is simple. Braking is friction. There are two by products of friction. Heat and dust. The more friction there is, the more heat there is, the more dust there is. The dust is part pad and part rotor. They grind each other away each time the brakes are applied. Less dust means less friction. Less friction means less stopping.
Track pads squeal like a stuck pig and create piles of dust as though Pig Pen from Peanuts was there. This is because a track pad is so hard. More friction, more heat, more dust, more stopping power.
|
what do you think about the hawk 5.0 pad for a daily/autocross/1 track day a year car?
__________________
2010 Summit white SS/RS, Manzo full exhaust w/2" primaries, Roto-Fab intake, FE4 conversion, JRI Coilovers built by Ult_Performance w/hypercoils, BMR sway, BMR trailing arms, UMI toe links, solid sub-frame bushings, upper control arm bushings, radius inserts, caster locks, Taylor wires, BTR spec'd cam, tuned by ECS, various little lighting mods, ebay SLP splitter, Heritage grille, ZL1 rockers, Apex 19x11 w/RE-71r's 305/30/19, eaton tru-trac
2007 2500HD Duramax, Built trans, custom tuned beast
|