for once im glad to have an AP1... no abs issues here

 

Hey all, I run an 06 at half tank or just below. No fuel starve and ABS works like a champ. I engage abs on just about every run and typically more than once per run. I've never had any of the abs issues mentioned.

 

The old GT-Sport. The Panther+ that I have bite from dead cold, the GT-Sport's did not, and were just as loud/dusty.

My Panther+ pads are getting low on life, so I may try the Ferodo's.

John - the ice mode thing seems to be specific to the 06+ cars.

Nick - I suppose it's possible it's a tire diameter issue, I have made the car do it on the street before, but it was on a 255 rear tire. I'm surprised that small difference in rolling diameter would make such a difference, but maybe it does. I'd be interested to see if you tried fixing the tire size in the FP and it fixed the issue.

 

This is one place where my experience differs. My brake performance at track days is awesome. Never had any ABS failure or ice-mode once, and the car has seen its share of track time. Granted, I use yet another set of brake pads for that(XR2/XR5).

 

I'm wondering how awful it would be to try XP8's on the front of the car...

 

That's what I used at the last track day and before that was 12/8 carbotechs.

 

I have never had a ice mode issue in my 07. The only braking issues I have had were that the carbotech bobcats are total crap.

 

I'm going the other direction after some more thought and talking with a few people. We're going to try the BHP's up front with HP+'s in the rear. I like the BHP's a lot so I want to keep them and just add some more rear bias to see if we can get the balance back.

 

BTW I use stock pads for street and auto x.

 

I've talked to several people who swear by OEM pads for autocross. As I understand it, as long as you can engage ABS whenever you need to, the pads are not a limiting factor.