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#22
I don’t have first hand experience but apparently when used hard continually for 2-3hr stints in a 16-24hr race they leak. The seals must cook or something. Again this over long abusive use not 20-30 minute session with an hour to cool down. Also on cars with more then 140hp and more like 180-250hp and in the 2100-2500lb range.
#29
Ran Sport brakes for 3 years in WRL with 130ish hp @ ~2250 lbs.. Had lots of trouble with the sliding action. New, rebuilt, etc. didn't seem to matter. Seemed like we were always dragging a caliper. Sport brakes have a diminished pad choice. ST43's have the life you are looking for. Skip G-LOC for enduros.
#30
Ran Sport brakes for 3 years in WRL with 130ish hp @ ~2250 lbs.. Had lots of trouble with the sliding action. New, rebuilt, etc. didn't seem to matter. Seemed like we were always dragging a caliper. Sport brakes have a diminished pad choice. ST43's have the life you are looking for. Skip G-LOC for enduros.
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ST43s are great if you want a pad to last, and you do not care about anything else. Initial bite? Poor. Modulation? Very poor. Release? Poor. Rotor wear? Horrific. They are like stepping on someone else's brake pedal and feeling your own car slow down, that's how little feedback they provide. They will probably last 16hrs, though.
#33
Glocs definitely feel better on all fronts, but we couldn't get a set to go longer than ~16 hours on sport brakes or on the V8R Stoptech kit, thought admittedly the V8R has less pad volume compared to sports. I haven't met anyone down here that can get the Glocs to last. Maybe it's that California air.
You are correct Dan, so I'll change my statement. We are moving on from Gloc's after trying them for ~3 years. Loved the feel but couldn't justify the cost to wear rate.
You are correct Dan, so I'll change my statement. We are moving on from Gloc's after trying them for ~3 years. Loved the feel but couldn't justify the cost to wear rate.
#36
oh yeah, piece of cake! It’s lemons so running a mega squirt is kinda frowned upon. Last race we finished top 5. Sure I was probably leaving more power on the table but that doesn’t matter now. I made the mistake of using eBay pistons in the rebuild and #1 ripped apart (long story... another lemons team said that have run them for 9 races without issue) should have bought oem pistons. Anyway, we’re upgrading to something designed in this decade 2.4 Chevy ecotec.
#39
Savington, you are quick to **** all over the Ray pads but offer up no good or “better” experience otherwise. Not here to pick a fight, just here to get some data points.
#40
My team has been running Raybestos ST42 for the last 2 years and couldn't be happier. I was a 10yr carbotech user (track days, TT, and sprint racing) before this but they were wearing way too fast for enduros. I haven't tried ST43 yet and have heard mixed reviews about the feel and modulation, but I could barely even tell we'd switched to a new pad the first time we ran the ST42. Pad life is at least double the carbotechs we were using.