Best street & track brake pads

[Wufei]

I'm in need of some new brake pads, so I'm trying to find a pair that is the best balance between low noise/dust and big stopping power/heat resistance. My car is mostly a daily but I have plans for autocross/track once it warms up. I've been looking at Axxis Ultimate Ceramic, Akebono ProACT Ceramic, Hawk HPS, and Porterfields, among others.

Any inputs?

Thanks and merry Christmas!

 

[illeffekt vr-4]

I have a set of Porterfield R4S on my daily driven galant. I installed them about 4 months ago and I can't complain. no noise, not too much dust, and they work right away even when cold out (about 25* was the lowest so far this winter). I did about 5 hard stops in a row from 80-0 with no fade at all. no track time yet but I plan on autoxing this coming year.
merry Christmas to you too.

 

[Poloturbo]

I'm a big fan of Carbotech pads...
Try the Panther +, very good initial bite, awesome modulation a high temperature and low on dust. A bit of noise but rotor friendly.
I tried Panther +, XP10, XP11, Porterfield R4E, R4, Performance friction 97, Hawk HP+, HPS, Black, Bleu. I would take the panther plus for track and street....

 

[Wufei]

Awesome, illeffekt, how much dust does it give out?

Poloturbo, when does the noise occur?

Thanks!

 

[TSIMonsteR]

link me to a vendor for the Panther +, I am also interested in this. I was looking at a ton of Ceramic Pads, but I'm not sure what I want. I plan to AutoX mostly, but retain the DD ability. I really HATE dust, but I don't mind noise as much.

 

[Wufei]

http://www.machv.com/capabrpa.html for the Carbotechs

Goals for my setup is winter DD til the 8th, then it'll be put away til April or so, when it'll be a DD/autocross/track car.

 

[Poloturbo]

I got them from Carbotech USA directly. Their website is down presently.

The noise is not bad at all for this kind of performance.

I've got Mustang Cobra calipers upfront also...

 

[gsxtacy]

EBC Green Stuff?

Best Daily Driver brake pads ever....IMHO.

No dust, no noise, no fade...win/win.

http://www.machv.com/ebcgreenstuf.html

 

[Elvenhome21]

Red Stuff are very good for street pads also and light track use, But NOT for heavy track use. Once they get up to full temp they smear the compound and they fade a ton.
Right now I have on Axxis (metal master i think or what ever their sub name is) and I am very impressed. Very grippy on the off ramps and not to terrible in the snow either.

 

[FORMONTOYA]

EBC Green Stuff?

Best Daily Driver brake pads ever....IMHO.

No dust, no noise, no fade...win/win.

http://www.machv.com/ebcgreenstuf.html

I use the EBC Green Stuff pads on mine and will agree with most of this...........they've got as good if not better cold bite as OEM, and once up to temperature they have really good heat/fade resistance. A nice set of pads for street/occasional track days. However, my fronts have always "dusted" a lot worse than even the OEM pads.

 

[Poloturbo]

EBC Green Stuff?

Best Daily Driver brake pads ever....IMHO.

No dust, no noise, no fade...win/win.

http://www.machv.com/ebcgreenstuf.html

I disagree with the fact that it is the best if he is using the car for something else than say DD. They are NOT GOOD at track days

 

[Wufei]

Thanks for all the feedback guys! I'm thinking Porterfield R4-S's or Panther +'s, how do they compare?