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Originally Posted by Mr.Impreza
Thank you very much for you feedback on the tires!
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You are welcome and thank you!
Maybe I should change the thread title, "economy" sounds cheap? I can't find a short phrase for "good quality track setup, upgrading the essentials without throwing away money unnecessarily". Anyone?
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Originally Posted by Iceman
I just checked my RC5+'s today, after 14000km and 3 trackdays, they look like yours back on post #51, with plenty of pad material left, i didn't measure it but i'd say they're around 50% or more. While i do brake hard, i don't punish my brakes as much as other drivers, i must say.
Quite happy with them, but i may ditch them after my visit to the Ring this August, it's time to go Essex, probably...
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I was super happy with the RC5+ pads as well. I would highly recommend them still!
I think when the pad got overheated it went into atomic meltdown! With the amount of pad material on the rotors the wear probably increased exponentially.
I am sure I am to blame to some extent. My brake technique is probably lacking a lot. In fact I'm not even sure I have a technique, I just slam the brakes when I want the car to stop.
I read that most beginners don't brake hard enough in the beginning of the brake zone and too much at the end. But my knowledge of any techniques ends there. Any tips are appreciated.
Otherwise Zolder is also to blame. There are a lot of semi-fast straight parts followed by tighter turns. So lots of braking and because the straights are short no time for cooling. The setup I had may work well on other tracks. Zolder is about 1 1/2 hour drive from where I live, they have lots of track days and it's very uncomplicated to participate, not to mention cheap. So I need something that works there.
Some more pictures of the rotors where you can better see how thick the deposits are (probably a good part of the missing 5 mm are smeared all over the rotors):
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