28-12-2012, 10:27 PM
No I'm very diligent, I always grease the face of the disc on both sides with copper slip first, and then I grease the surface of the pads as I know it aids bedding in. I always like to give the calipers a good tug when they're hanging just from the brake lines, just to keep them supple....
In summary though, a set of mintex discs and pads as I posted above will be fine for a road car. No they will not dissipate heat better than a formula one disc, and no it will not operate at higher temperatures consistent with heavy track or race conditions as it doesn't have a high cf content.
My point still stands that even for dedicated hard track use you can do fine with a set of standard eicher discs or similar from euro car parts as long as you run decent pads.
There are plenty of people on the 6 forum running dedicated track cars with naughty carbon Lorraine pads and oem discs or similar.
In summary though, a set of mintex discs and pads as I posted above will be fine for a road car. No they will not dissipate heat better than a formula one disc, and no it will not operate at higher temperatures consistent with heavy track or race conditions as it doesn't have a high cf content.
My point still stands that even for dedicated hard track use you can do fine with a set of standard eicher discs or similar from euro car parts as long as you run decent pads.
There are plenty of people on the 6 forum running dedicated track cars with naughty carbon Lorraine pads and oem discs or similar.
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