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Originally Posted by Jstyle
So it’s just the way I’m holding it. Largely speaking the pads were pretty even across all four. I would show pictures of it but in a fit of rage I threw them in the trash.
The rears are probably 60% or so.
I get it that it may perhaps be how I’m braking. I don’t feel the ABS but maybe I’m hard on it. All that being said… there is no way these should have died so fast.
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Can you go dig em out so we can get more photos?
Do you have any photos of the rotors and calipers?
Any photos of the rears?
Help me help you.
Modern ABS is so good you won't feel it in the pedal; you have to see it in the data. Typically in scenarios like this where pad wear is even, inadvertant ABS over-use is the usual culprit.
If the rotors have radial banding and juddered deposit along the swept path, that's a good indication of ABS.
How much power are you making and what does the car weigh? Fade with C2 is highly unusual. Even guys using slicks don't fade the C2 in HPDE/Sprint sessions. All pads will lose thermal capacity as they wear; this is just a function of mass. A thinner pad will run hotter, and thus, overheat faster. That said, I'm not sure I've actually ever heard of anyone fading the C2 on the 86, even with a base caliper. The fact that the pads ran without issue previously would indicate that it's not a defective pad, as a defect would have manifested immediately the first time they get hot.
Are you gently squeezing the brake pedal or mashing it and hanging on for dear life?