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You crazy kids with your Lady Gaga and "change the brake pads".
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My 996's brakes have been long overdue for a changin' - and since I'm going to take it to the track in a week, I figure I'd better give it some attention.
I thought you guys would like to see the condition of the pads I pulled out...
FYI, this clearly won't pass tech!
Luckily, it's getting new pads, new rotors and stainless steel brake lines.
I don't know what kind of pads those were... But I'm putting in Pagid Yellow (R29) compound. That should serve my needs for an occasional track day car, but still give me good performance on the street when they're cold.
Unfortunately my work bench is usually pretty messy... because I have 6 projects going on at once! My current major projects are: install engine in 914, strip interior in 944 to get it ready for a race, get 996 ready for a track event, and rebuild a 944 turbo engine for a friend. Then there are numerous sub-projects.
Wow - and I thought my pads looked bad when they came out. Those are nasty!
Let me know how the Pagid Yellows are.... I was thinking of doing the same ones.
Not a smart idea to run those pads on the street. They will do nothing other than wear through your rotors. Pads are designed to work in a specific temp range. For the street (with even spirited driving) you want stock pads in there to get maximum braking and rotor wear at the temps you are generating. Don't be lazy. Put the track pads in for the track and swap back for the street when done with the track event.
You'll love the Yellows. They look dicey upon removal (cracks, brown/white) but I haven't seen a real failure yet....
You'll see why most teams use them...Daytona, LeMans, Sebring.........
That's not normal wear and tear. You've been heating those puppies up a bit....
Don't forget a quality brake fluid. After years of SRF with no complaints, I switched to Endless RF-650 Racing Super Fluid as Porsche starting using it in their new Cups. I've gone almost a year now, that's 38 race days, and I haven't had to bleed them yet though I could feel it soften a little at Cal Speedway recently. I'm also on the same Zimmerman cross drilled rotors
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Good stuff at half the cost of SRF....
Don't worry about the Pagid 29's eating up your rotors. Your stock rotors will start cracking before the pads wear thru them.
This is based on experience running at Texas World Speedway which is a track that is actually pretty easy on the brakes (especially if you go as slow as I do
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You will love the Pagid yellows, I installed them last year and have done over a dozen track days with them. No fade, and amazing stopping power. I was shocked how pads could make such a big difference. I still have the original stock rotors, although the spider cracks are getting closer and closer to the edge, which means replacements arent far away.
These pads love heat, for street use you may expierence some squeel, which should remind you its time to get back on the track ASAP...
Have a good summer...
Which tells also REMINDS you they aren't operating in the proper heat range and stopping power is diminished (although I prefer your reasoning
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It's not hard guys, street pads for the street and track for the track. Don't be lazy and you will have not only the proper braking power you need but you'll have it in the proper environment.
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