Re: Brake Pads

["Christian Els" <tiAn@usiw.net>]

In my other so-called life ;) there have been many illustrious threads on
the merits of pad X and rotor Y.

Hawk Blues retain the honor of being great dedicated track pads but not
liveable on the street - too loud, too dirty, stop lousy when cold

I have been using Ferodo pads in my 16V, and in previous VWs and I like them
a lot for all around use, although they tend toward the short end of
life-span.

Another good compromise are Porterfield P4S <-- the 'S' is important. These
are nominally street pads, that work well cold. This is typically better in
an AutoX environment where you run short sessions and don't have a lot of
time to build heat up prior to your run. I use these in my 'other' car and
am very happy. Less dust that with OEM Jurid pads, to boot.

HTH,

Christian
stuff...


----- Original Message -----
From: FreshApple <freshapple@mac.com>
To: scirocco list <scirocco-L@scirocco.org>
Sent: Monday, September 18, 2000 12:24 PM
Subject: Brake Pads


I am considering 2 kinds of front brake pads.  The first are Hawk brand
"blue" series brake pads.  The second would be Ferodos.  Any thoughts on
which might be a better application with ATE powerdisc (slotted) 10.1"
front rotors?  Has anybody used either of these?  Good experiences / bad
experiences?  The Hawk brand are 40 bucks more, but seem to be a heavier
duty pad, more for racing and auto-x.  Any thoughts?

--
DanK
'87 16V Black
My Scirocco Page
http://www.uwm.edu/~kroenke



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