Agree, had good time with Hawk during track day time, but once stepped into racing, it doesn't work well for me after some laps.
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Originally Posted by IPGJames
I was just talking to someone at the track this past weekend about this....here is the traditional route i see everyone take....
Hawk HP+ on the car as a street/track car...then they put DTC-60 or DTC-70 on the car because they get more serious and Hawk has the market penetration...and then they find Porterfield, Raybestos, Carbotech, etc and use those and realize the Hawk stuff is not even in the ballpark compared to how good the other stuff is. I sell and believe in the Hawk products as a great entry level option. Easy to get and priced well, once you get more serious though there are better pad options.
i have traditionally run raybestos ST43's on my track cars with great success, currently have Ferrodo DS1.11 on my BRZ loving them
I would recommend you call the manufacturers and talk to the tech people there. They are all smart...they all understand pads, applications, etc...use their direct knowledge. Everyone is going to have different experiences with pads...I have a friend that hates the ST43's that I really like but the ST42's work great for him...just different braking styles get the pads to work differently. Will be worth your time to talk directly to the sources though and worth you time to try a different compound.
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