cadebytiger
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| posted on 10/8/06 at 01:34 PM |
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Green Stuff Pads
What sort of improvment would i be likely to see by changing from standard to greenstuff pads?
Just trying to work out if it would be worth it
Rupert 
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 10/8/06 at 01:43 PM |
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I've heard mixed stories about the green stuff pads - crumble to dust, wear your disks, etc, etc. However, I have no personal experience so
take a pinch of salt with that!
Many people here seem to rate Mintex 1144 pads very highly - I'm considering whether to move to them in the near future.
Mind you, I've locked my front wheels fairly often with the bog-standard material I'm currenlty using, so it's really not a big
issue for me!
David
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cadebytiger
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| posted on 10/8/06 at 01:46 PM |
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I can get my front wheels to lock but only very very just and i mean pushing hard!
I am thinking that something needs to be done but i am not sure what. Thought i would try pads first
Rupert
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gregf27
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| posted on 10/8/06 at 01:55 PM |
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I recently swopped to Mintex 1144's and have noticed a huge improvement, they have already proved themselves doing an emergency stop!!!
A mate of mine is using Ferodo DS2500 pads, (Demon Tweeks £50 or so set) and uses them on loads of track days to great affect,
dont know anyone myself using greenstuff pads, so cant comment,
regards,
Greg
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matt_claydon
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| posted on 10/8/06 at 02:07 PM |
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Ferodo DS2500 are excellent - a bit lethergic when cold but once you have temperature in the discs (especially track-day type temperatures)
they're just awesome. Still pretty effective on the road, just not as good as when they're up to temperature.
[Edited on 10/8/06 by matt_claydon]
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jimgiblett
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| posted on 10/8/06 at 02:10 PM |
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You may want to consider reducing the size of your master cylinder if you are struggling to lock the car up. Plus give the disks a good clean with
brake cleaner to get rid of any grease and dirt.
As for pads - Green stuff are okay. They work fairly well from cold and on a light car under normal road conditions I doubt you'll have any
issues with the pads. On track they can overheat and fade a bit. Red Stuff might be better.
I have switched to Hawk black pads which are a bit wooden when cold but on track work a lot better than the greenstuff ones.
I too have heard good things about Mintex 1144 and apparently (although stupidly expensive) Pagid Blues are pretty good too.
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Originally posted by cadebytiger
I can get my front wheels to lock but only very very just and i mean pushing hard!
I am thinking that something needs to be done but i am not sure what. Thought i would try pads first
Rupert
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Surrey Dave
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| posted on 10/8/06 at 04:52 PM |
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Mintex 1144
I soldiered on for years with standard pads, the brakes where pretty hopeless.
Looked at all sorts of pads , finally went for Mintex 1144's , they are really good from cold, they are really progressive , the more you push
the more you stop , I can even lock the front wheels now.
Also used them on one trackday (wet) , no problems no sign of fading.
[Edited on 10/8/06 by Surrey Dave]
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dead sierra
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| posted on 10/8/06 at 08:58 PM |
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I have the EBC green stuff pads and discs fitted to my fiesta. They stop the car much faster and can take more punishment than the standards but I do
have air ducts cooling them. When you factor in the money you really cant do much better for the road.
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RazMan
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| posted on 10/8/06 at 09:59 PM |
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Another thumbs up for Greenstuff - ideal for road use and they produce less dust than usual.
Cheers,
Raz
When thinking outside the box doesn't work any more, it's time to build a new box
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