I believe that "film on the rotors" concept. I had that with some EBC Green Stuff pads, only they deposited the film unevenly so that the pedal feel simulated a warped rotor. "Stuff" is a euphemism, I'm sure.
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ken Bogart Sent: Thursday, December 16, 2010 3:09 PM To: bvl Cc: [email protected]; Robert M Subject: EXTERNAL: Re: Which hawk pads? Perhaps the issue is changing pad compounds on existing rotors? There is supposedly a film on a rotor that needs to be compatible with the pad compound. (I am not entirely convinced of this.) I have replaced pads with HPS for a lot of people, and then PROPERLY bed them. They then grip with excellent feel. I have never had a disappointed customer yet. Of course, they are generally upgrading from stock (or worse) pads. Ken Bogart ----------------------------------------------------- 96 Montego Blue FFS Coldside (His) 97 Black & Tan (Hers) 90 Crystal White (sons) ------------------------------------------------------ http://www.miatacare.com http://www.cincimiata.com http://www.bcchallenger.org MiataMail.com list owner On Thu, Dec 16, 2010 at 3:58 PM, bvl <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: On 12/16/10 12:20 PM, Robert M wrote: When I was running my FMII on the track I used HP+. They were dusty, noisy, spendy, and had great initial bite and easily modulated friction. Once I stopped going to the track I switched to HPS. They were quiet, clean, and may as well have been made of wood. Terrible feel- I really hated them. Weird that I had such a bad experience contrary to everyone else; I've no explanation for this. I don't think you are alone. Though not the same car, I went from HP+ to HPS on the subaru and the feel of the HPS is very soft in comparison. The initial bite is not there with a dead feeling post switching. Its been years since I had stock pads on the WRX, but I gather the HPS feels similar or a tad better then OEM. Reason for changing: HP+ is a high friction pad, plenty of dust (I do clean the car, but its heavy dust that does not like to be washed away easily), and the accelerated rotor wear I observed which for a street only car seemed a bit over the top. - b _______________________________________________ Miatapower mailing list [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> http://list.miatapower.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/miatapower
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