Two days from leaving for Summit I thought I should probably get my butt in gear and do things. I noticed my Stoptech Sport pads were getting lower on pad life after a quick look with the wheels on, pedal having to travel further, and the red ebrake light flashed (low brake fluid according to online). I checked on Monday for low brake fluid and yup sure enough the brake fluid was low. Meaning the Pistons are extended far = low pads.
Without inspecting I ordered new pads and new rear rotors. I had new front ones already.
Rotors and pads got here this week. Decides to go out around 7:40 to get started. Jacked the car up, took all 4 wheels off, and went to town.
When removing the front current pads I noticed how low on life they were haha.
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If I was lucky those would probably be one HPDE3 weekend and would have literally no material left.
I noticed also how scorched/hot the pad got and how some of the pad was slightly crumbling (I noticed them slightly crumbling in the same edge spots after the first hard HPDE3 weekend).
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I did not get a chance to do the rears tonight but they have a little more material left. Easily one HPDE3 weekend and maybe half of another.
Overall, they lasted 3 weekends (22 total sessions that are 20 minutes long) and about 2-3k street miles before replacement. They held mostly together with some good abuse of late and hard braking not dragging my brakes. They could have lasted about 4 weekends if I pushed it. But I like not worrying about losing brakes on track
. I'd definitely recommend these for lighter cars dual duty (street/track) or beginners! I had no problems with fade but they sometimes had inconsistent pedal feel.
Got both fresh rotors on and got the new DTC-60s on for the front and called it a night around 9:00 after a quick front bolt check. My only thoughts are I hope the 60s last more than 4 hard weekends or some brake ducts will be in order. Seems like that's a lot of wear. I've been thinking race pads should last close to a full season or at least 3/4 (~8-9 weekends)? Would rather not be replacing pads on a Miata more than once a season...
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I'll be finishing the rears tomorrow, along with finishing a bolt check, adding some rubber tape to where the brake line hoses were rubbing, and fixing the hard top to have a small amount of weather stripping, and clearing the hard top rear window. This is so I can transport the Miata with the hard top on to and from the track if it's raining and have the interior not get totally soaked! There is a gap between the side windows and top I'll hopefully mostly be able to seal
Without inspecting I ordered new pads and new rear rotors. I had new front ones already.
Rotors and pads got here this week. Decides to go out around 7:40 to get started. Jacked the car up, took all 4 wheels off, and went to town.
When removing the front current pads I noticed how low on life they were haha.
If I was lucky those would probably be one HPDE3 weekend and would have literally no material left.
I noticed also how scorched/hot the pad got and how some of the pad was slightly crumbling (I noticed them slightly crumbling in the same edge spots after the first hard HPDE3 weekend).
I did not get a chance to do the rears tonight but they have a little more material left. Easily one HPDE3 weekend and maybe half of another.
Overall, they lasted 3 weekends (22 total sessions that are 20 minutes long) and about 2-3k street miles before replacement. They held mostly together with some good abuse of late and hard braking not dragging my brakes. They could have lasted about 4 weekends if I pushed it. But I like not worrying about losing brakes on track
. I'd definitely recommend these for lighter cars dual duty (street/track) or beginners! I had no problems with fade but they sometimes had inconsistent pedal feel.Got both fresh rotors on and got the new DTC-60s on for the front and called it a night around 9:00 after a quick front bolt check. My only thoughts are I hope the 60s last more than 4 hard weekends or some brake ducts will be in order. Seems like that's a lot of wear. I've been thinking race pads should last close to a full season or at least 3/4 (~8-9 weekends)? Would rather not be replacing pads on a Miata more than once a season...
I'll be finishing the rears tomorrow, along with finishing a bolt check, adding some rubber tape to where the brake line hoses were rubbing, and fixing the hard top to have a small amount of weather stripping, and clearing the hard top rear window. This is so I can transport the Miata with the hard top on to and from the track if it's raining and have the interior not get totally soaked! There is a gap between the side windows and top I'll hopefully mostly be able to seal