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ZDan · 05-15-2014, 08:55 AM

HP+ have worked great for me tracking the S2000 hard for ~15 minute sessions on street tires. Won numerous TT's with them (not that the competition was particularly fierce).

I actually preferred them over XP8s. More initial bite (which not everyone likes) and I never had any issues on street tires.

HPS, on the other hand, were the suckiest suck pads I've ever experienced. Way way WAY worse than OEM S2000 pads. Felt soft and unresponsive on the street, and literally couldn't make it around the track for a single warm-up lap before starting to fade BAD. I'm easy on brakes but I literally could not keep these pads functioning even at a modest pace at the track on street tires. I would have to downshift early to try to help slow the car.

HP+? May be OK, even for some track work. *MAY* be OK... Depends heavily on individual drivers (even fast drivers vs. equally fast drivers can be very different on brakes). They do generate a lot of black dust (in my experience the dust is WORSE than CarboTech XP8 or XP10) and can squeal like mad on the street (more so than any other track pad I've streeted on).

HPS? Stay far away...

05-15-2014, 08:55 AM	#9
ZDan Senior Member Join Date: May 2011 Drives: '23 BRZ Location: Providence, RI Posts: 4,672 Thanks: 1,439 Thanked 4,011 Times in 2,097 Posts Mentioned: 85 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	HP+ have worked great for me tracking the S2000 hard for ~15 minute sessions on street tires. Won numerous TT's with them (not that the competition was particularly fierce). I actually preferred them over XP8s. More initial bite (which not everyone likes) and I never had any issues on street tires. HPS, on the other hand, were the suckiest suck pads I've ever experienced. Way way WAY worse than OEM S2000 pads. Felt soft and unresponsive on the street, and literally couldn't make it around the track for a single warm-up lap before starting to fade BAD. I'm easy on brakes but I literally could not keep these pads functioning even at a modest pace at the track on street tires. I would have to downshift early to try to help slow the car. HP+? May be OK, even for some track work. MAY be OK... Depends heavily on individual drivers (even fast drivers vs. equally fast drivers can be very different on brakes). They do generate a lot of black dust (in my experience the dust is WORSE than CarboTech XP8 or XP10) and can squeal like mad on the street (more so than any other track pad I've streeted on). HPS? Stay far away... Last edited by ZDan; 05-15-2014 at 09:10 AM.