Pads for my first half season of HPDE's

[balooshinakus]

Alright, so i know eventually i will need to get some real brake pads, but i am getting into my firsy season a bit late, so I'm not sure if ht10's are needed.

I have an s50 with e36 5lug running pbr ceramic pads, and will be doing about 6-8 HPDEs with my remaining summer. Ive never done any driving events, so Im wondering if these pads will gen me through the season or if I should bite the. Bullet and get some ht10s and a separate set of rotors to use at the track.

What do you guys think? Start of with real pads or use ceramics and get good pads next season when my driving improves?

[jlevie]

While you might get away with those pads for your first or second DE's, they really aren't suitable for the track. I'd suggest that you use PFC-06 pads (available from Bimmerworld). They'll last longer than HT-10 pads while providing equivalent performance.

[Slick92GS-R]

My HPDE set up has been Hawk Ht-10's front and hp+ rear, with Valvoline synpower brake fluid & IE brake lines.. never had a problem..

[Massive Lee]

My HPDE set up has been Hawk Ht-10's front and hp+ rear, with Valvoline synpower brake fluid & IE brake lines.. never had a problem..

Any reason for using pads with less friction at the rear? Did you fit a much heavier motor or softened the suspension?

[balooshinakus]

Good info. I think I will want to do a grippy pad in the back as well because I will already have a lot of front bias with the e36m3 front brakes.

I'll look at the pfc06's as well as the ht10's, they cost a good deal more, do they last that much longer?

Anyone with the e36 setup care to comment?

[Massive Lee]

If you run e36M3 front brakes, what do you run in the back? Anything but rear MZ3 brakes is too much front bias to start with. If you run rear 318Ti, you have 40% too much front. Yup. That much.

[balooshinakus]

Running the 318ti rear, I understand I have a lot of front bias, which is why I ask if I should mix and match pads. At some point I'd like to address the rear brakes but it's not going to happen immediately, I have removed the rear pressure limiter that came with the car though.

I'm thinking that I won't be a good enough driver for the bias to hurt me too bad, but I'm open for pad based or cheap solutions to help correct the issue.

[Massive Lee]

Having removed the bias valve is already a good step toward the right direction. Maybe PF06 at the front and PF01 at the rear.

Anyone has graphs for the PF's coefficient of friction?