Replacing stock brake pads

[danhuberty]

I was fine on RA. I was braking at the 200 zone consistently on 200 tread wear tires. I had a pro driver go out in my car too and he said they started to fade a touch but nothing earth shattering and this only after 20 minutes of abuse.

I was running R-Compounds with a 100 tread-ware rating. They were Nitto NT-01's.

So at RA with a 3800 plus pound car doing 140 MPH going into T5 downhill and 125MPH into T12 @ Canada Corner you were beginning your braking at the 200 marker? If so that is utterly amazing! The 200 marker is Formula car territory @ RA. I've raced both touring and Formula cars at RA have never been able to get a touring car much past the 300 zone at RA with the exception of T8. You must be running lap times under 2:30 than....

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[nastang87xx]

I was running R-Compounds with a 100 tread-ware rating. They were Nitto NT-01's.

So at RA with a 3800 plus pound car doing 140 MPH going into T5 downhill and 125MPH into T12 @ Canada Corner you were beginning your braking at the 200 marker? If so that is utterly amazing! The 200 marker is Formula car territory @ RA. I've raced both touring and Formula cars at RA have never been able to get a touring car much past the 300 zone at RA with the exception of T8. You must be running lap times under 2:30 than....

I sense some sarcasm but to be fair, I understand why. Absolute typo. 400 marker. My goal was to be consistent though so no braking earlier than the marker but not later either. Held up better than I thought it would.

 

[danhuberty]

I sense some sarcasm but to be fair, I understand why. Absolute typo. 400 marker. My goal was to be consistent though so no braking earlier than the marker but not later either. Held up better than I thought it would.

My apology on the slight sarcasm. The 400 marker makes sense. My goal is to get between the 4 and 3 markers at RA when running slicks or sticky R-Compounds with race pads in order to keep in the hunt with a GT3. My BMW e46 M3 race car would begin braking just before the 3 marker doing a 136 MPH, weighing 3100 pounds, and running a complete PFC big brake kit with PFC 01 race pads.

 

[nastang87xx]

My apology on the slight sarcasm. The 400 marker makes sense. My goal is to get between the 4 and 3 markers at RA when running slicks or sticky R-Compounds with race pads in order to keep in the hunt with a GT3. My BMW e46 M3 race car would begin braking just before the 3 marker doing a 136 MPH, weighing 3100 pounds, and running a complete PFC big brake kit with PFC 01 race pads.

Yeah, 200 tread wear, 200 brake marker...same difference. :doh:

You could possibly hit the 200 markers on a few of those corners but MAYBE like 3 of them.

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