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02GF74 - 30/1/08 at 10:23 AM

I want to sharpen my brakes - by that I mean to make them give more stopping power for the same amount of pedal pressure.

Cortina solid disc with M16, pads I don't know but would probably be standard pads you get from halfords or similar shoppe. For road use so high temp pads not needed.

So will green pads help this?

and where is locostest place to buy from?

Dusty - 30/1/08 at 12:08 PM

Rally design say Mintex 1144 sierra pads are for use with cross drilled or grooved discs. Will they be OK on standard discs?
Currently have greenstuff pads, standard sierra discs and calipers but aith twin master cylinders. I can't lock the fronts no matter how hard I stand on the pedal and braking seems poor. Bit better when they are hot but not much.

Howlor - 30/1/08 at 12:32 PM

Agree with Chris that the Mintex is a good pad. The rally lads like these as well as they tend to give more feel and increase braking performance.

I have heard really mixed results with the greenstuff pads about feel and overheating even on light rally cars etc.

Steve

RazMan - 30/1/08 at 12:48 PM

I tried the Green Stuff pads and promptly changed back to standard pads! They felt really wooden and had no feel combined with crap cold performance.

I'd go for the Mintex jobbies as they seem very popular.

Mr Whippy - 30/1/08 at 12:51 PM

glad I never got a set then

rj - 30/1/08 at 01:00 PM

Another thumbs down for Greenstuff , tried them in a Nova rally car, useless hot/cold , fast/slow. Mintex are good , Ferodo better IMHO, but if you want fantastic brakes go for carbon metalic, I used Hawk Black then Hawk Blue, consistantly good , but you do wear out a set of discs for every set of pads ( or at least the Nova did) Blues might be to hash for a light car , have heard good reports about Hawk HPS for road use
www.gprdirect.com do Hawk

procomp - 30/1/08 at 01:06 PM

Hi ask athousand people and youll get a thousand different replies.

having tried just about all over the years theres nothing in them really. The big differences come from how the brakes are setup what size master cyl's are fitted bias setup ect ect .

Take you pick from mintex ferodo greenstuff and the rest. every one has there favorites .

Cheers Matt

02GF74 - 30/1/08 at 02:17 PM

quote:
Originally posted by procomp
Hi ask athousand people and youll get a thousand different replies.

having tried just about all over the years theres nothing in them really. The big differences come from how the brakes are setup what size master cyl's are fitted bias setup ect ect .



ther is no bias and i cannot change master. to increase force on pads I wold need bigger pistons and that wold probalby mean going to willwood 4 pots (even though the combine piston area is less than M16).

basically trying to change the cheap things first.

simes43 - 30/1/08 at 02:56 PM

I use greenstuff on the racing car and I am not looking to change. Castrol super plus fluid, which doesnt boil, is worth a try.

I would invest in a bias valve before pads. Go to an MOT center and use there brake tester for set up, a 70 front 30 rear set up works well.

If the car is set properly, then the aftermarket stuff is not needed. For brake "feel", wear shoes with a thin flat sole and ditch the trainers.

NS Dev - 30/1/08 at 07:12 PM

quote:
Originally posted by chris mason
try and get hold of some mintex 1144's there the best pad i found for use in either the mk or Sprint R, far far better than most of the others.
probably cost you about £50 for a set, rally design are pretty good with them too.

Linky do da


Chris

[Edited on 30/1/08 by chris mason]


Will second chris on that, I've used them in the past and found them great, I use some modified ones in my raceleda calipers on the locost now.

Had greenstuff on the old road rally car and found mintex 1144 much better.

as procomp says though, each to their own!

DarrenW - 1/2/08 at 12:42 PM

Ive had greenstuff from the off and cant ay the brakes are brilliant. They are Ok and no reason to complain but no better than standard. Hard to get heat into them in a light car that you hardly have to brake.