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Originally Posted by pgranberg11
I overheated my brakes as my HP+ were smoking after a few laps at gingerman raceway up by south haven michigan. What brake pads do you recommend? I ran this with no brake ducts, sti brembos, and castrol srf fluid. (brz is also supercharged)
I thought about getting brake ducts, but i haven't really been sold on one yet. So maybe a better brake pad may do the job?
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You've got 2 problems. First, you should definitely get better pads. HP+ are dual purpose pads that do neither purpose great so you should step up to something more aggressive as you get faster at the track.
Second problem is that STI Brembos have a significant front bias compared to our standard brakes and that doesn't play well with our cars on track because your fronts get overworked. You should get a kit that is properly engineered for our cars but a band-aid solution is to run staggered pad compounds front and rear with less aggressive pads in the front. Examples I can think of are Hawk DTC-60 in front, DTC-70 in rear, Winmax W4 in front, W5 in rear or Carbotech XP10 in front, XP12 in rear.
I'll reiterate that staggering pad compounds is a band-aid solution and you should really invest in a proper BBK that is engineered for our cars. AP Racing and RR Racing make some great kits for our cars so you should look at one of their offerings.