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Originally Posted by NJSPEEDER
I was looking at some parts and planning out what I wanted to get done on my car before spring rolls around and wondered what everyone else was planning.
Stage1 Brakes. C5 fronts, BlaineFab Ducts, braided lines, and new pads(not sure which ones yet)
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Pads were a tough decision for me. Great street pads suck on the road course, they overheat easily and fade big time. Great track pads suck on the street, they don't stop when they're cold and need lots of heat before they wake up. Dual-purpose pads suck both on the street and track.
I spoke w/ a Hawk engineer and went with their HPS pads for street use, and HT-10 pads for the track. The material transfer film is compatible between them, so no need to re-bed when using the same rotors. I just swap on the HT-10 pads for track time, then swap back to HPS afterward.
I've been running this setup since 2004 (HT-8 pads at the time) and it works nicely. Front rotors last a season and a half before the surface tearing develops into cracks, the rears wore out after 3 seasons.
If you're willing to swap rotors for track days, no need to match up the film compatibility but it's a lot of work to get done before tech. I didn't think I could do it in the pits, especially w/ the 3rd gen hub setup using bearings and grease.