Will 6mm of friction material last me one track day next weekend?
 

Hi all!

Have a track day coming up at the Ridge. Car has the PP Brembos and PS4Ses. Roughly 6mm of Performance Friction 01s in the front left. Will it last me 6 to 7 20 minute sessions?

My new pads won't come in on time and I do plan on bringing my stock pads to the track so I will be able to get home in the worst case.

Thanks!

I would think they'd last with room to spare. You probably wanna check halfway through the day, inside and outside, to see how the wear is. PFCs wear slowly, and they don't have big bolts in them. You an wear them way down and still brake.

6MM is more than enough for Ridge as it's not a brake intensive track. I've tracked on about 4MM remaining on Carbotech XP10 and still had more than enough to get home to Vancouver, BC. However, like the above poster said I'd recommend to check it halfway through the day

Ull be fine, 6mm is healthy, new they're 10 or 12mm right? So I'd be nervous under 4mm.

I bet you'll take 1-2 mm off in the day. Carbotech probably don't hold up nearly as much as the PFC do.

Thanks, all!

My other track experiences so far have been two dry HPDE days @ Pacific Raceways and one wet day @ Autobahn Country Club.

Is Pacific more brake intensive than Ridge? I have been driving Ridge a lot in Assetto Corsa (found a good mod) and find the track very technical so I am excited.

Ridge is a lot of fun; you'll like it. It flows together really well. There's only two big braking zones (11 and 13), so your brakes won't be stressed too badly. Turn 11 is roughly 100 to 40, and 13 is 90 to 25.

I haven't done PR yet so I can't compare, but you'll be fine with 6mm of PFC 01.

Should be plenty for those pads.

You could swap the most warn with the least. Assuming the same wear rate.

@SmoothIsSlow I've only gone to PR once but I did find it's heavier on brakes than Ridge

I agree with @kch - Ridge is probably the most fun track I've been to in Pacific Northwest compared to Area 27, Vancouver Island Motorsports Circuit, Mission Raceway Park and Pacific Raceways. Haven't tried ORP or PIR yet though.

ORP is tons of fun in an 86. I'm glad I made the 5-hour drive out there.

Edit: I want to try VIMC but holy cow is it hard to get to from Seattle

PIR sucks. It is like trying to pass someone on the freeway that won't let you by. Two long straits, and the higher HP cars really hurt your run onto them when they struggle through the tighter bits. There is a reason Indy runs there, it's not technical.

So how did it go?

It's happening this Saturday. Will let you know. I am sure the pads will be fine given what everyone said. Excited to try out the car after the new alignment with camber bolts.