Brakes again..............

[Swiss_Tony]

Does anyone have any suggestions to improve the standard brake set-up?

Which pads are suitable for road and trackdays or sprints?

 

Thanks in advance

James

 

[KenEvans]

EBC Green Stuff brake pads for sprints and road.

EBC Red Stuff for track days.

 

I think the above summarises (perhaps over-simplifies) the brake pad debate based upon what I've seen on previous similar threads.

 

I've just put Green Stuff on the front for sprints and I might get a front set of Red ready if I do a track day because I understand Green is likely to start fading after three hard laps.

 

[Swiss_Tony]

I am having the same problem with the green pads.

I was hoping to get away with the standard brakes for a bit longer.

How about the rears?

Is there an equivalent Mintex compound?

 

James

 

[julians]

I use mintex 1155 in the standard brakes, no problems with fade or overheating on track yet.

[Swiss_Tony]

Thanks for the replies.

Is the Mintex 1155 the standard one or is that 1144?

Does anyone happen to know the part numbers for the front or rear pads?

 

James

 

 

Edited by - james on 5 Jun 2002 22:54:42

[F355GTS]

MDB1287 is the part no for the rears don't know the fronts as I have uprated type

 

Caterham now fit Mintex 1202's but used to fit 1144's.

 

I also use 1155's as the car is mostly used for trackdays but they're fine for road use as well

 

Mark

[Chelspeed]

Simplistically Mintex do competition pads in three flavours, these are M1144 which are "fast road", M1155 which are "race" and M1122 which are "hillclimb". These are loose terms and what's fast road on a BMW M3 is quite likely a good track day or even race pad on a Caterham.

 

Mintex road pads seem to have a range of compounds, I've seen M1133, someone else posted M1202.

 

Again simplistically M1122 are rough equivalents to green stuff, M1144 to red stuff and presumably M1155 to yellow stuff.