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even the brakeman himself says they're crap
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stephendell wrote:even the brakeman himself says they're crap
He didn't say that exactly, he said they weren't suitable for the type of use you wanted on the Spider i.e. (circuit/race use). We know they're no good for that.
Dave wants to take the car down to Tesco as well as a bit of fast road. And he wants them to look nice
We'll see how he gets on with these and go harder if he wants. They are already a massive improvement on the normal crap seaweed mix most GTA owners fit.
And as you say they are also massively cheaper than the other options.
I agree in my experience the green aren't really up to hard use on 300mm disks, but even the black are OK on the 330s on the GTA as even those don't get that warm it's such a huge size upgrade from the weeny 259s.
And yes EBC black will also over heat and kill you after a few laps of Croix as I found out... And they are still on for Macon
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my spider is road use mate with the same 4 pot kit dave has..... i've been telling you for a long time to steer clear of EBC pads mate they'll end up killin ya
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stephendell wrote:my spider is road use mate with the same 4 pot kit dave has..... i've been telling you for a long time to steer clear of EBC pads mate they'll end up killin ya
It's not the same kit though apart from the caliper. He has 330mm x 30 disks and the EBC pads cope much better with those. It's a huge 60%+ disk size increase over the standard GTA ones and much less stress/heat whereas yours is still standard size and much more stressed. Also Dave has the new curved vane heat treated rotors so less heat still.
Yes the standard size 300mm disks and EBC pads can overheat on the Spider/A610 with the 300mm x 24mm standard size staright vane disks as you know and I found out at Croix. Looks like Mr Gardner managed to warp his as well. Also feel is worse on Spider maybe due to no servo so you have to push harder!
Personally I'd like to try some of the decent pads (Mintex) that you suggested in the A610 with the 5mm higher material with the 310mm x 26mm rotors in curved vein IF (and its a BIG if) I can can get him to get his finger out and actually get them made...
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darrenbiggs wrote:Have to agree with Andy on the EBC issue. After having one pad break up in the caliper I wouldn't touch them again..... I'm sure they've improved but not impressed!
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