Track day brake pads - ebc rp-1

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Viren

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Just a quick mention to those who are interested in track day pads. I've tried to make the stock brakes work for track day use and wanted to avoid spending 550 on rs29 pads (although granted they are amazing!).

So I started with ebc bluestuff all round, great pads however I was getting some fade and heavy wear on track. Decided to fit brake cooling front and rear, which worked a treat! Cooling significantly improved, fade improved substantially to the point it no longer became a problem until 20mins into a stint.

However, bluestuff just didn't feel consistent enough, partially due to the crappy single piston floating calipers we have.

So I recently tried the EBC RP-1 track day pads at the front at a trackday at Snettetton, and the difference is quite wide compared to bluestuff. Better feel, stronger braking performance, consistent, but most of all the brakes are now more predictable/intuitive. The braking performance from high speed is immense and inspires much more confidence. I didn't get any fade and it doesn't take long to bring them up to temp, a few touches of the brake pedal and all good.

Overall very impressed with the rp-1 and with fronts running at £190ish its very well priced.

Hope others may find this helpful (BTW I have no affiliation with ebc, if they sucked I'd say so!)
 
Interesting! I also ran ebc blues for a while and also experienced fade and heavy wear. I also added cooling ducts, but went with performance friction pads. Good to hear how these new ebc pads perform.

Next step is how long they last - my pf pads did 8 trackdays and still had some meat, be interesting to see if the new ebcs can match or beat that!
 
brillomaster said:
Interesting! I also ran ebc blues for a while and also experienced fade and heavy wear. I also added cooling ducts, but went with performance friction pads. Good to hear how these new ebc pads perform.

Next step is how long they last - my pf pads did 8 trackdays and still had some meat, be interesting to see if the new ebcs can match or beat that!
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8 trackdays!! Wow. Which PF pads did you go with?

The wear looks very good tbh and also very disc friendly, but only a couple more trackdays will give the true picture.
 
Interesting read. I used Bluestuff pads with OEM discs and calipers extensively on track days back in the UK. I found they gave a good bite from cold and experienced no fade despite very heavy use. They were also disc-friendly. That said, I was running solid braking bushings and additional cooling with higher spec fluid, so I can’t comment on their performance with a pure OEM setup.

I found a lack of consistency to pedal feel even with that set up which made very late braking unpredictable. It was that and the anticipation of much higher temperatures in Aus which drove me to fitting an AP Racing BBK all round before I shipped my car out here.
 
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