brake discs and pads

[SpAm@FC]

Hi guys!

its time to change my brake discs and pads... but not with the stock ones... cause we all know, stock sucks  :chat  :chat  :chat

which one should i get? and from where? (europe will be nice...)

thx 4 your time

[MattR]

DBA with either EBC or ferodo pads..great setup..use them on my own... and DBa are austrailian not quite eu..

Let em know if u would lik prices

[20B_boy]

What are u intending to use the car for?

[clive]

Sorry to contradict but Ferodo don\'t make an aftermarket pad for our cars and please don\'t use EBC as its well documented on MRC that these really don\'t work on our cars.

Look to buy Black Diamond ( pads & discs) or Hawk ( pads) for your car as these brands work well depending on your purpose for them.

BTW Mintex don\'t make pads for our cars either.

Hope this helps.

[Brett]

Hi, sorry for this hijack.

 Whats the history with the EBC pads then?  I\'ve used them on the FC (Greenstuff V4) for aggressive road use and never had a problem.  Just wondering what problems people had come accross?

:Wave

>Hijack over, go about your business!<

[clive]

Some EBC pads are concrete and some are cardboard, thing is they come out of the same box, in other words they have no quality control !!.

I have seen RX-7\'s with blue and cracked  Disc\'s with EBC products fitted.

[MattR]

i used ebc with there own dics  on my scoob ne yes they were total crap... but they dont seem to work to bad witht he dba... yes you ay get better but ill be more..ah well... we allhave  our own views..and i aint ggonna start arguing lol...

Well at least the discs r good..we all agreeded on that

Matt

[clive]

DBA\'s are good, my company has sold them for RX-8\'s and the results have been very good, not sure if they make em for RX-7\'s though.

BTW, l have known EBC work on other makes of car but just not our\'s !!

[antnicuk]

if its an FC as your title suggests,  i fitted Black diamond discs and pads,  drilled and grooved.  Also fitted FD callipers while i was at it as they are a straight swap.  Brakes are fine for fast road but i dont think they would survive a track day but i might be wrong.  Shy will get the discs for you at a reasonable price and dont take long.

[SpAm@FC]

car only used @streets and maybe 2-3times in the year on the track...

[cjr]

BTW Mintex don\'t make pads for our cars either

Please explain

[iaint]

car only used @streets and maybe 2-3times in the year on the track...

The Black Diamond/Hawk combo should be good for moderate track use unless you\'re putting down massive power but if you\'re doign that you really need bigger rotors than standard to dissipate the heat anyway!

If you\'re planning on doing very high speed stops (i.e. repeated 150+!!!) you definately need to stick bigger stuff on - not sure how good FC brakes are but the FDs with uprated pads will cook brakes used that hard.

For street I can\'t fault BD/Hawk but I\'d steer clear of the drilled stuff.  I had a set of fronts fail after a play @ Bruntingthorp although this may have been a 1-off problem.  The discs got hot enough to turn blue when cold so were probably glowing (if I remember my O-level metalwork theory.)!!!

Iain

[Sy.]

not a fan of drilled disc\'s . Had some on my Pulsar and they all cracked after a few hard braking runs on the motorway .

[Ada7]

Ive got Black Diamond discs (grooved) and EBC pads on the front, with the standard set up at the back. Have to say i\'ve had no problems with them, but i\'ve never been on a track or really given them a lot of abuse over a long time.

Adam

[banned advertiser]

Mosy of our customers have been happy with the Hawk/Black Diamond  combo, I used that at Spa, Brands, Silverstone and was great for track days, as generally you only get 6-8 laps at time. Black Diamond and Hawk in stock for immediate dispatch, and my web site quotes in Euros.
http://www.rotaryart.uk.com/acatalog/Black_Diamond_rotors.html
http://www.rotaryart.uk.com/acatalog/Hawk_performance_pads.html
If your looking for something more serious we have Endless complete kits.
http://www.rotaryart.uk.com/acatalog/Endless.html
Would just need to sort delivery charges.