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Re: Downside of low dust pads Posted by magalar [Email] (#1325) [Profile/Gallery] (more from magalar) on Fri, 6 Dec 2013 05:56:00 In Reply to: Downside of low dust pads, MI-Roger [Profile/Gallery] , Fri, 6 Dec 2013 03:11:59 Members do not see ads below this line. - Help Keep This Site Online - Signup |
Yes, you're right. Semi-mettalic pads with high carbon are usually quiet and offers a very good bite. These pads are also the best for stop and go traffic, with predictive power and minimal "grab" when the wheel speed nears zero. But they produce a lot of dust, would be quickly destroyed on a track-day event and their life is shorter than harder low-dust pads.
I've noticed that vehicles in Europe (or at least in France) seems to always have dirty wheels. Is it the result of high-carbon pads or the fact that they don't wash their vehicles as often as north-americans ? Anyway, these cars have wonderful brakes, hence the reason I always install these "dirty" pads on my cars.
Car and Driver has two interesting articles about this.
http://www.caranddriver.com/features/z-meets-wall-we-investigate-why-the-nismo-zs-brakes-failed-at-lightning-lap
http://www.caranddriver.com/features/the-power-to-stop
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