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Originally Posted by King Tut
I might have it backwards then. Perhaps you aren't running enough pad and you are WAAAY overheating the pads. I thought I was fine on Hawk HP+ pads while I was doing HPDEs. That changed the day I got to Talladega GP a course with multiple brake zones and no straightaway to cool the brakes. I destroyed my pads at a rate I couldn't believe resulting in getting to the backing plate and then having my piston go through the baking plate till I lost the brake fluid behind it and had a total brake failure. The heat was just way too much for the operating range of those pads and the material went away very quickly. Perhaps just stepping up to a higher heat range pad would have given you that confidence back and kept the pedal firmer. I could see you doing the same thing with your AP setup depending on pad selection. I would recommend running a true track pad that is designed as an endurance type pad like a PFC06 or PFC08 so you won't overheat them and they should last as long as possible to keep consumable costs down.
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Yep, I'm pretty sure that's what's happening. I am already overheating 800C MOT pads. Unfortunately in stock sizing there aren't many choices out there with a much higher MOT that I've found. Winmax W7 goes up to 850C; thats about the highest I found but they have a slightly lower CF so the bite goes down a little bit, on paper at least. They are still more expensive and have a much thinner friction puck than the BBK pads.
A hotter pad still wouldn't completely solve the thermal efficiency issue as my entry speeds and braking demands inevitably increase proportionally to the new suspension coupled with amount of seat time I'm getting. The rotors would then likely become the weakest point. Do not want.