New Brake Pads
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What pads do you now have on? If they're stock S2K pads, just do what you did when you first got the car.
If they're R4Ss - an email I got from Porterfield said "The R-4S is 3 to 4 light medium stops."
If they're R4Ss - an email I got from Porterfield said "The R-4S is 3 to 4 light medium stops."
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Originally posted by meat
I thought there was a technique of doing 4-5 stops from 60 with high brake pressure to seat everything in quickly.
I thought there was a technique of doing 4-5 stops from 60 with high brake pressure to seat everything in quickly.
That is the proper technique to bed new pads in...
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Most street pads simply need easy treatment to the obtain good contact and get warmed, then cooled with a little driving before they are pushed hard.
The aggressive pads usually call for a specific break-in procedure. First some easy stops to assure good contact (can be done with a few miles of easy street driving). Then the pads are bought up to temperature with a series of stops from moderate speed, and then allowed to cool. Competition pads just take harder stops to come up to full operating temperature.
I may have confused the issue by posting the procedure for bedding R4 pads when I put my R4S pads on the car. In fact, I did not have to get the R4S pads near as hot as it did.
The aggressive pads usually call for a specific break-in procedure. First some easy stops to assure good contact (can be done with a few miles of easy street driving). Then the pads are bought up to temperature with a series of stops from moderate speed, and then allowed to cool. Competition pads just take harder stops to come up to full operating temperature.
I may have confused the issue by posting the procedure for bedding R4 pads when I put my R4S pads on the car. In fact, I did not have to get the R4S pads near as hot as it did.
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From: Austin
Originally posted by cdelena
Most street pads simply need easy treatment to the obtain good contact and get warmed, then cooled with a little driving before they are pushed hard.
The aggressive pads usually call for a specific break-in procedure. First some easy stops to assure good contact (can be done with a few miles of easy street driving). Then the pads are bought up to temperature with a series of stops from moderate speed, and then allowed to cool. Competition pads just take harder stops to come up to full operating temperature.
I may have confused the issue by posting the procedure for bedding R4 pads when I put my R4S pads on the car. In fact, I did not have to get the R4S pads near as hot as it did.
Most street pads simply need easy treatment to the obtain good contact and get warmed, then cooled with a little driving before they are pushed hard.
The aggressive pads usually call for a specific break-in procedure. First some easy stops to assure good contact (can be done with a few miles of easy street driving). Then the pads are bought up to temperature with a series of stops from moderate speed, and then allowed to cool. Competition pads just take harder stops to come up to full operating temperature.
I may have confused the issue by posting the procedure for bedding R4 pads when I put my R4S pads on the car. In fact, I did not have to get the R4S pads near as hot as it did.
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