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Old 03-04-2014, 12:31 PM
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Originally Posted by ///Bruce View Post
better stopping, cooling, lower dust, no noise and stops good cold.
Unless you upgrade to ceramic discs, you can't have all these characteristics together.
The best stopping brakes (racing pads) have very high dust, are extremely noisy, and only stop ok when cold with sluggish response.
If you want less dust, noise, and good cold stopping, those are characteristics of street pads which don't enjoy repetitive high speed stopping.

Cooling is a trait of how the vanes inside the rotor are designed. Race cars tend to run cooling ducts to the back of the hub to help force air through the rotor. Maybe you should consider this if racing pads still aren't sufficient for you. Super Truck Racing in Australia, they use water cooling for their brakes. This would actually be really awesome to see someone implement in the US.

I'm noticing that none of us have asked what your actual symptoms are that you are trying to correct. Is it brake fade, fluid boiling, pedal feel? Are you having these problems while towing, autocross, lapping days? The fix needs to be tailored to the problem. Look at WRC. They have a few different styles/sizes of brakes they install on their cars to match the racing conditions.
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