Saying "racing pads" says nothing with Carbotech. They have many different compounds and it might have just been you were running the wrong compound. I have been running Carbotech pads on 4 different cars for years. A supercharged 1.6 Miata, a NA 1.6 Miata, a Mazdaspeed MX-5 and a Subaru Sti. Every car has a different set of pads. Most have a combination of 2 different compounds. Not one of them exhibits the symptoms you mention.
The best thing about Carbotech is you call them up directly, tell them what you drive, tell them what you need the pads for and discuss the pads with them and they tell you what they recommend and why. Larry Alster 91 Miata White Knight 92 Miata Silver Bullet 92 Miata Honey B 04 MSM MX-5 Whooosh 06 WRX STi Subie From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Russ Sent: Wednesday, December 15, 2010 7:09 PM To: Miata Power List Subject: Re: Which Hawk Brake Pads for Street? I wonder if Carbotech has fixed the issues I found with their race pads: Crazy variable bite during the 1st high speed stop after cooling down on a straight. During the post straight braking instance (from about 140 to 70) on each lap, bite would start moderately strong, then get stronger & stronger during that braking zone... then when it was time to ease up on the brakes, bite was so strong, they almost felt sticky as I had to ease pedal pressure dramatically. This was another variable I didn't wish to deal with, so switched to Performance Friction. This was with racing pads. Carbotech street pads may not have this weird ramping friction issue. Russ On Dec 15, 2010, at 3:51 PM, Larry Alster wrote: I'd call Carbotech and ask them for what pad they recommend for your application. Most probably just their street pad. They are much easier on the rotors than a lot of the other brakes out there. Larry Alster 91 Miata White Knight 92 Miata Silver Bullet 92 Miata Honey B 04 MSM MX-5 Whooosh 06 WRX STi Subie From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Brent Ted Johnson Sent: Wednesday, December 15, 2010 3:02 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Which Hawk Brake Pads for Street? hi all, i would like better braking power on my street/daily 92. it has a trailer hitch and I plan to tow my airplane with it (total weight around 900lb including trailer) years ago someone said hawk brakes were the way to improve stopping power. there are HPS and for the rear, HPS or HP Plus not sure if one of these are the right ones. the car is my daily driver. also, the power windows are dead. i did save the last thread on repairing them and lubing the tracks etc. but one side is totalled. IF i decided to switch to manual windows (because they area MUCH cheaper regulators to buy, used or new). can I just put a hole in the door panel for the crank spline to stick through? happy holidays! _______________________________________________ Miatapower mailing list [email protected] http://list.miatapower.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/miatapower
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