01-06-2021, 11:48 AM | #1 |
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Swap pad depth between street and track?
I have a CP9449 in the rear with which I'm using D50 APF404 pads for street (yes they fit) and planning to get some D42 pagid pads for track. The pad spec I want for track aren't available in other pad depths by both ferodo and pagid.
The D42 pads might leave a small step on the rotor. Is it alright to swap between such a track and street setup? 15 or so track days a year. |
01-06-2021, 12:05 PM | #2 |
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I am going to warn you right away with what happened to me last season.
On my front 9660 kit I ran ferodo ds11.1 for track and Porterfield R4S for street. My vendor told me it did not matter if the R4S were a little bit smaller. I did a track day on a small track with the street pads and fresh rotors but still pushed qui a bit, the day after you could clearly see the rusted ridge on the outside and the squeal was insane. So I swapped to Hawk Blues and tried to get rid of the ridge/rust, I tried really hard two times and now everytime I but the damn smaller street pads that damn ridge squeals like crazy ! May be less on the rear but if you can use a pad that fully cover the disc do it, it will save you this kind of headache later !
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Running a pad with a smaller disc sweep area on track (or any other time) than your road pad and you will have a nightmare once you put your street pads back in. Any vendor that says otherwise needs deleting from your contacts. |
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