Thread: Power Stop Brake Pads

I have those on my car right now...no problems here.. they work pretty well imo.. i have had them on my car for over 2 years and they are a little over halfway, so they seem to have held up ok. and i tend to be on the aggressive side when driving .. I am however going to switch to Hawk HPS with my new CTS-V setup

They are middle of the road. Not the worst and not the best.

Mine arent loud.. cant hear them at all

Had 'em, 10k later they were on the squealers. These were F-body calipers, and I managed make them smoke after a proper bed-in by doing One On-The-ABS stop from 110 down to about 30 for a real tight off "ramp". I drove easy for another 20 or so minutes to cool the rotors and later bled out some thoroughly burnt fluid from the fronts and some less burnt fluid from the rear. *Disclaimer* Now I must say that I am by far the most aggressive driver I know, particularly on braking. Now I have Hawk HP Plus(s) on the front (skipped over the HPS) and so far the seat of the pants impression is very positive. My rear Power Stops still have ~2/3rds lining left so they're not getting changed. And so far as mixing compounds/ components, that's the beauty of ABS! So if you're a bit of a demon on the brakes, I totally endorse HP Plus-initial bite is amazing!

*AFTER* properly bedding-in the pads, i.e. several 60-40 moderate applications to complete friction material transfer, AND to "temper"/ stress relieve the rotors ,followed by driving for some time to properly cool everything, followed by another slightly more aggressive repeat of the protocol, and then after driving fairly enthusiastically for about a month, I bled the brakes, drove for another few weeks AND THEN made that ONE High Speed ABS stop, which made smoke and a bad smell. And just to be clear, A friend, who is no idiot, Bought Baer's for his Nissan 350Z, and despite following the instructions, warped the rotors on Bed-in. Baer made good on a new pair (fronts) with the stern warning that he was given the benefit of the doubt and that if he ruined another pair he was paying. Subsequently He tasked me with doing the Bed-in, and that was several thousand miles ago, and his rotors are just fine. So I believe I know what I'm doing and I'm merely commenting that if you drive like you're on the track, Power Stops can be made to smoke. fade and wear as quickly as some race compounds. And admittedly, I believe I am the 1%, just look at the Pics I posted of "Clamshelled" F-bodies, which I read somewhere "Will only Clamshell on the track, and even that takes some doing"....

Actually this new guy is right.

High speed moderately high braking in rapid succession followed by 10+ minutes of cooling.

I will never buy F bodies due to risk of clamshell.

I'll probably go stock iron calipers with 12" rotors at most.

I absolutely destroyed 11" rotors with EBC red pads on the street.

As a result: no more go fast.

Matt, I love you for calling me "New", I may sound, act and generally exhibit all things "juvenile", but in reality I'm err, gack, how do i say this- fifty one...(somehow it looks "less bad" in words as opposed to numbers)...And another though on the High Friction pads like HP Plus. My theory, which I have backed-up with some marginally slightly scientific testing (using an optical IR thermometer) is that pads with a high coefficient of friction don"t work so hard or require as much system pressure, so as a result, not as much heat is transferred to the caliper/ fluid for the same relative amount of stopping energy applied/absorbed-(whatever the correct terminology), and with the same resultant rotor temperature. But I only did this After installing the C6 calipers, so perhaps the F-body calipers with the more aggressive pads would have performed similarly...

You seem rather well composed thus far, so your interpretation suggests you've recieved flack for this before or you're overly concious of your age.

Either way: It doesn't matter.

Short and simple way to determine "new" around here is the following:

Join Date: Mar 2012

Upgrading brakes period just seems like a waste to me when I cooked quality rotors and EBC's while barely making 26x WHP.

Especially in light of my move to make 200 WHP at most.

Nah, I knew what you meant, It's just my jersey sarcastic/warped sense of humor but thanks again-P.S., my cousin lives in Kitchener...

But I've only heard stories of Kitchener...

They have cheap maple syrup, Sleemans Ale, A Mongolian grill and they run roadblocks EVERYWHERE on the weekend to deter drunk driving-(not such a bad thing).

Honey brown sweat down?

No problem, My "writing" doesn't always read as clear as it sounds in my head!. BTW, I don't know if you know exit 82 on the GSP, but that's "my exit", and it's a tight one N and S bound...

Locking your brakes up at 60 MPH is fun.

Scares the **** out of passengers.

Originally Posted by matt5112

Locking your brakes up at 60 MPH is fun.

Scares the **** out of passengers.

I used to have a 3/4ton Chevy, '83, and it had a 14 bolt rear with BIG drums; get up to ~60, push in the clutch, take a good jab a the brakes, and watch the well-worn 35" BFG's send up an Impressive cloud in the rearview... and even at 4 or 5 seconds of lockup , the rear was so light and the old tires so hard, they never Flat-Spotted that I could notice!