Ape_X

My first trackday out at Willow Big Track, I was on stock gear. After that day I had to replace the fluid due to boiling. Since then I have gone to more aggressive pads, and now have a set of fancy DBA rotors with EBC yellows and ATE Blue fluid. With a mixture of me changing fluid/pads and a shop installing the rotors... I have yet to get the feel back of the stock factory setup... and this makes me very sad. I'd like to find a local shop that can take my baby to but I'm in Santa Monica and there aren't many race shops over here, let alone S2k specific ones.

It felt "OK" during my last session at Cali Speedway a couple of weeks ago... the pedal just never feels as tight as it once did. I guess I need to bleed them more.

Tomatoevo

It is your pads Ape. Why would you buy EBC brake pads? You don't need the fancy rotors either but I'm sure they're not hurting you.

You want to track your car = buy track pads for longevity & high heat capacity.

You want to get the daily driver feel/sensitivity = switch over to low-operating temp. pads (ie. stock) for better modulation.

Follow the advice on this thread and you'll be fine. Its very simple.

s2kobsession

I do as well. I'm sure it heavily depends on the track though. There is one local to me that I can run OEM and it's fun
I only feel fade after 20minutes of driving on OEM fluid, but I upgraded to ATE fluid and have only experienced pad fade at the very end of a 25min session. I guess there is lots of cooling down time for the pads ?
at this track, lap times are around 1:20max, completely flat and a top speed of 165 km/hr - aka Dunville autodrome

INTJ

Tire rack

cdelena

True, I threw away the few EBC pads I tried... wouldn't even pass them on.

pointa-b-c

I used to use Colbalt VR pads, RBF600 and stock rotors and they worked great.

But after changing to some Project Mu race pads, and 2 track days later, this happened.



Hi bellwilliam, welcome to s2ki.

Ape_X

My EBC yellows actually started stopping pretty decent once they bedded in. I think i really just need a gooooood bleed and I'll be good to go.

Hey Walter! Did you get a new Fit?! I see it in your avatar. I reaaaallllly want one as my DD.

Cheers!

Dave

pointa-b-c

Good for you, Dave. Yeah, I got the new Fit and a 94 Miata for track, so I might see you at the track again sometime. (though I will be super slow with this stock powered car, haha)