Last year I ran R4s at the Solo 1 events, since Hawk didn't have pads specifically for the S2K.They were OK but I am looking for more(I used to run Blues on my VTEC Prelude with excellent results).

Has anyone tried both on the stook to be able to do an objective comparison?

Also, if you have run Hawks what pad-profile did you run?

Apparently HB-113 is very close to what we need and fits with slight filing.It seems however that this pad is a little smaller than the OEMs and therefore may rattle.

Any comments?

Pierre

 

I'm a Hawk Blue fan. I've used them on a Civic ITC enduro race car and a 1996 Integra track car. The Blues are great pads but pretty tough on rotors and not good for the street due to their high temp operating range. Pierre, are you sure the Blues will be good for Solo 1? Do you have enough time to get them up to operating temp?

The guy that I've been buying the blues from, Larry Narcus at Carbotech, has recommended a new Carbotech pad that is supposed to be an excellent street/track compound called "Panther Plus". If his sales pitch holds true, I will no longer have to change pads to hit the track. I'm installing them this week and will run a track event with them at Mid Ohio in late April. I'll report back.

 

Allan,


In our Solo 1 events we typically do one warm-up lap and four timed laps.The total time of the four laps is what counts as our time, thus encouraging consistency.

The brakes are well within their optimal temperature range by the end of the warm-up lap.

At one of our tracks I reach 125 MPH with the S2K before the hairpin,therefore I need brakes that don't fade!

Pierre

 

Thanks for the education on Solo 1. Agree that operating temps are not an issue with a full warm up lap and 4 timed laps! I'll let you know what I think of these "Kitty Pads".

 

I ran around this weekend with Carbotech Panther Plus pads at all four corners. These are supposed to be suitable for track and street use. They are definitely more aggressive that the stock pads, good bite with less pedal effort. They seem to have good cold stop preformance too. Down side, they are extremely dusty and chirp constantly while moving! Annoying as heck. I'm going back to stock pads for the street and I'll pop the panthers back in for the next track event.