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Team3S Digest         Sunday, August 29 1999         Volume 01 : Number 270




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Date: Sat, 28 Aug 1999 17:05:48 -0400
From: Shawn Dewey <sdewey@dmv.com>
Subject: Team3S: Re: Porterfield brake pads (another try)

At 01:38 PM 8/28/99 -0700, George Kuo wrote:
>Actually, the R4 carbon kevlar race pads do not need heating up for
>stopping. They actually work pretty well on the streets, rotor friendly
>too, but the only thing is they wear like butter! Also, kinda sqeeky..
>like the city bus.. They are the only pads I use on the track; never
>has any fadding problem with them.. great pads IMO...
>
>I have no experience with the R4e...
>
>I use the R4s on the streets.. good pad for daily driving.. lasts
>pretty long.. and quiet...

They tend to wear like butter because they are not fully up to operating
temperature, that is also the source of the squealing that you hear on the
street. When the pads come up to race temperature they have much better
stopping power and there is no squeal at all.

Try cooking them (BBQ grill) before using them like I suggested in an
earlier message. You will find that the pad life is greatly increased after
initially heat cycling the pads on the grill.



- -shawn dewey

'91 Stealth R/T nonturbo 15.426 @ 90.68 (in the happy hands of a new owner!)
'93 3000GT VR4 12.98 @ 107 mph
'91 Talon TSI AWD 13.6 @ 98.8 (the commuter car, yeah right! :)
'95 Talon ESi SCCA Race Car (SSC class #19)
'81 Mazda RX7 GSL SCCA Spec RX7 #32
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Date: Sun, 29 Aug 1999 16:22:27 +0200
From: "R.G." <robby@freesurf.ch>
Subject: Re: Team3S: Re: Porterfield brake pads (another try)

Thanks for the reply guys,

I'm a little confused :

>>I use the R4s on the streets.. good pad for daily driving.. lasts
>>pretty long.. and quiet...
>
>They tend to wear like butter because they are not fully up to operating
>temperature, that is also the source of the squealing that you hear on the
>street. When the pads come up to race temperature they have much better
>stopping power and there is no squeal at all.
>
>Try cooking them (BBQ grill) before using them like I suggested in an
>earlier message. You will find that the pad life is greatly increased after
>initially heat cycling the pads on the grill.


So, does this now belog to the R4s or the R4 ?? Do the R4s wear like butter
or the R4 ? I plan to have one set for winter and summer, but of course my
aim is to have one good set for all seasons :-) The Pagid Orange did took a
long time with the car standing in the snow with -10°C and I hope the R4s
will work quicker. For the track the R4 will maybe work better then.

I therefore order a set R4 and R4s directly from Porterfield.

Thanks again,
Roger
93'3000GT TT

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