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Old 06-21-2008, 05:53 PM
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I should refrase my comment on the original brake pads in My CS. Temperatures here fluctuate between 85 anf 95 degree farenheight. At the track they go up to 100 maybe 105 because of the cement and asphalt. In a tight track under those conditions they lasted only 6,000 miles with 5 track days short duration say 3 20min sessions. The oem pads never failed and worked ok, they just wore quickly. They still beat the hell out of most any other car stock set up. I never had noise problems with the original pads, (they were textar). My pads started relatively warm because I never get temperatures below 70 to 75. I guess if I had to cope with temperatures below 60 to 50 degrees a little noise while warming up would be normal.

I was also starting to get a little softer pedal feel at the end of the sessions. The fluid gets changed regularly, it is Motul 600, and I have steel braided lines. When I changes to Pagid orange the pad felt easier to modulate and more positive,( they also squealed loudly on the street). I finally changed to Pagid Yellow and it is bullet proof at the track, but it squeals quite a bit in the street. Keep in mind the temperatures I live with, and the tight tracks I go to.

Sorry if the above comments misslead anyone.
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