Braking Improvements: 21st September 2008

The brake pads in the car were starting to get down to their last bit of meat, so I saw this as a good opportunity to upgrade the car’s braking performance further by replacing them with some quality pads.

After asking some of the seasoned track goers in the club what they thought, I settled on Project Mu HC+ pads. They’re marketed as a high performance street pad, suitable for track use. They still operate effectively from cold, but have quite a high temperature threshold before performance deteriorates. Perfect. They weren’t cheap, but their performance was immediately evident. I spent a good 20-30 stops bedding them in, and after warming them up with a few stops from 60, I tried a fully committed stop from 100. I was rather impressed. Strong initial bite, but easy to modulate. I locked it up once, but got the hang of it quite quickly. I think this will improve my track times again, as it shortens my braking distances over the standard pads.

After having had them on the car for a while now, I've also noticed that these are very dirty pads. They shed a HEAP of dust, and make the wheels filthy very quickly. Lucky i'm not too worried about shiny wheels then eh?