OEM brake pad material?
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Anyone know if our OEM brake pads are ceramic or kevlar? [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/dunno.gif[/img]
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I've read that Ford may be using 'semi-metallic' pads in OEM appications.
Just wondering if they'll work with performance rotors.
Just wondering if they'll work with performance rotors.
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If you're getting high performance rotors, get high performance pads. The stock brake system just doesn't cut it on the track. heck, I did four hot-lap passes at Englishtown (drag strip) and started to feel the fade.
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Bill and I are thinking about getting rotors from here:
http://www.rotorpros.com/index.htm
The price is right, and they will be more for the "looks" than for the "performance". Neither one of us race, so do we really need performance pads?
If the drilled/slotted rotors reduce heat, wouldn't the stock pads be at least "just as good" as on the stock rotors, if not a little better?
The reason for the question about the material is because Rotor Pros said the stock pads would be ok for daily driving, as long as they weren't made out of ceramic or kevlar.
Bottom line... we don't want to go through our stock pads in 3 months with the performance rotors, but we want something nicer to look at through the openings in our 18" Bullitts. We're hoping they'll last just as long with normal, daily driving.
Thanks for the help!
http://www.rotorpros.com/index.htm
The price is right, and they will be more for the "looks" than for the "performance". Neither one of us race, so do we really need performance pads?
If the drilled/slotted rotors reduce heat, wouldn't the stock pads be at least "just as good" as on the stock rotors, if not a little better?
The reason for the question about the material is because Rotor Pros said the stock pads would be ok for daily driving, as long as they weren't made out of ceramic or kevlar.
Bottom line... we don't want to go through our stock pads in 3 months with the performance rotors, but we want something nicer to look at through the openings in our 18" Bullitts. We're hoping they'll last just as long with normal, daily driving.
Thanks for the help!
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First off let me say I only drive Fords and I for the most part love them. I would say what I have found Ford brake pads to be made of, but the filter would change it to something else.
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<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Eleanor Dreaming @ May 3, 2006, 9:12 AM) Quoted post</div><div class='quotemain'>First off let me say I only drive Fords and I for the most part love them. I would say what I have found Ford brake pads to be made of, but the filter would change it to something else.[/b][/quote]Meaning they aren't ceramic or kevlar? So we're in good shape, then? [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/04.gif[/img]
Let me ask the question another way:
Multiple choice:
Will the performance rotors wear down the stock pads quicker, slower, or the same during normal, daily driving? (See Post #6 if necessary.)
A. Quicker... the performance rotors are made out of a harder material so they are harder on the stock pads.
B. Slower... the performance rotors generate less heat, so they are easier on the pads.
C. The same... a rotor's a rotor.
D. None of the above.
Let me ask the question another way:
Multiple choice:
Will the performance rotors wear down the stock pads quicker, slower, or the same during normal, daily driving? (See Post #6 if necessary.)
A. Quicker... the performance rotors are made out of a harder material so they are harder on the stock pads.
B. Slower... the performance rotors generate less heat, so they are easier on the pads.
C. The same... a rotor's a rotor.
D. None of the above.
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I believe the pad material is ceramic. Also, Akebono is the OE pad & caliper supplier, which is good. We sell Akebono replacement pads and their book shows them to be OE for Ford, Honda and several others.
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That would be my guess, Ceramic.
What are hawk HPS pads made of?
Also Whats better, slotted? drilled? or both?
both looks like it takes away from too much rotor surface.
What are hawk HPS pads made of?
Also Whats better, slotted? drilled? or both?
both looks like it takes away from too much rotor surface.
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Originally Posted by Stoenr
That would be my guess, Ceramic.
What are hawk HPS pads made of?
Also Whats better, slotted? drilled? or both?
both looks like it takes away from too much rotor surface.
What are hawk HPS pads made of?
Also Whats better, slotted? drilled? or both?
both looks like it takes away from too much rotor surface.
Both provide very similar performance. The Performance ceramic won't create as much dust and noise as compared to HPS
Regarding rotors: I understand that the slotted helps clear brake dust off the pads. Drilled is for show only.
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To answer your original question, the OEM brake pad material on the Ford Mustang is dried cat poo. The rears are espicially bad and you can expect them to fail first. Replace your brake pads before doing any serious performance driving.
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