Which pads for the track?

RCZ

Hey

I ran DS2500 pads on my STI as street pads too and hated them. I figured everyone gives the DS3000 a good rep so they gotta be better. Personally, the best (performing) street pads I've used are HP+. Some might argue they are track pads, but I don't think they can hold up too well to a full day of racing.

XP12's? really? Do you have R-comps on the car? You don't gain anything by going to the higher friction compounds unless your tires have enough grip to make use of the stopping power.

I didn't want to get into specifics about your alignment, but yeah..you do have it backwards IMO. I do understand that you are trying to maximize the grip at the expense of understeer, I've had to do that on this car before. I would definitely look into getting some SPL control arms to adjust camber, etc. with.

On my STI I ran -2.7 / -2.3 for my street/track setup

Mike

I have always ran HP+ on my 350z and my corvette, so I am sticking with them for now.

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import111

No R-comps. I run Max performance street tires. I am not looking to gain stopping power, I am looking to not over heat the pads. The XP12's are good up to 2000 degrees, same as the PFC01's I had to use on my STi to keep from over heating on tracks. The XP10's are good to 1650 degrees. Now the 370Z's rotors are much bigger than the STi's and the cars weigh about the same, so my thinking is I wont need a pad rated at such a high temp with the Z, which is why I am leaning towards the XP10's.