sdxrunner619
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Im probably going to get pads soon, as my front brakes have reached the point where i no longer feel safe pushing them they way i want to... yes, they will squeal and dust like no ones business...but to be honest, my "street pads" rival the dust output of my EBC yellow stuff pads...:thumbsdown:
i'm 99% sure i killed them doing a mountain run on some roads where i hit speeds in excess of 110mph...i abused the shit of them and they worked ok, for about a 10 min, then they just nose dived after that...i had to bring it down a notch, and it kinda surprised me how fast they fully crapped out. I started talking to a few experts, shortly after, about going race compound...
Even though they are "race compound brakes" and in theory, the lower end of "peak bite temp" is too low for street use...our trucks weigh enough to the point where im willing to bet they will hit opo temp after one good stop from as low as 60mph... Hawk engineered this compound for heavy duty track use, and is one step below, from what was discribed as "on-off" style braking of the next step up. The one i'm looking at will have better pedal modulation...I spent a few weeks chatting on and off with a rep from Hawk, and learned a thing or two about brakes pad compound. Becaouse of our trucks added weight, and most of that being over the front, the front brakes do ALOT of the braking....a 6 piston 355kit with "high performance street pads" as rotora calls the stock H2 pads...might be good enough for some mild abuse...FROM A CAR...start trying to get them to stop 2 tons from tripple digit speeds....:ahhhhh:
Infact, i might order them tonight, so i can be the Guinea pig, one again...eventually, i want to hit up real tracks....
...and before any safety nazi comment on my driving, it was past midnight, out deep in the country side...only person i risked hurting was my own self....yada, yada, yada....:rolleyez:
...bad news is the pads im looking at, the cheapest i have found is 324 shipped...
i'm 99% sure i killed them doing a mountain run on some roads where i hit speeds in excess of 110mph...i abused the shit of them and they worked ok, for about a 10 min, then they just nose dived after that...i had to bring it down a notch, and it kinda surprised me how fast they fully crapped out. I started talking to a few experts, shortly after, about going race compound...
Even though they are "race compound brakes" and in theory, the lower end of "peak bite temp" is too low for street use...our trucks weigh enough to the point where im willing to bet they will hit opo temp after one good stop from as low as 60mph... Hawk engineered this compound for heavy duty track use, and is one step below, from what was discribed as "on-off" style braking of the next step up. The one i'm looking at will have better pedal modulation...I spent a few weeks chatting on and off with a rep from Hawk, and learned a thing or two about brakes pad compound. Becaouse of our trucks added weight, and most of that being over the front, the front brakes do ALOT of the braking....a 6 piston 355kit with "high performance street pads" as rotora calls the stock H2 pads...might be good enough for some mild abuse...FROM A CAR...start trying to get them to stop 2 tons from tripple digit speeds....:ahhhhh:
Infact, i might order them tonight, so i can be the Guinea pig, one again...eventually, i want to hit up real tracks....
...and before any safety nazi comment on my driving, it was past midnight, out deep in the country side...only person i risked hurting was my own self....yada, yada, yada....:rolleyez:
...bad news is the pads im looking at, the cheapest i have found is 324 shipped...
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