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I'm put a couple hundred more mountain road miles on the Abarth yesterday (up to 1,010 miles inside of a week!). In so doing, I verified that in aggressive downhill driving, even in cool ~50°F temps, I can fade these pads.
Now, they did't go away completely, but I backed off when the pedal went soft, brakes started smelling a lot, and I saw smoke off the pads at slow speeds...
I don't have the Brembos (though I might have learned why those are optional!) and I want to use this car for stock class autocross, so need to stay with OEM calipers (I.e. can't use good-win's wilwoods).
I typically like PBR/Axxis ULT pads - great back road pads that also work well at AX, and even some light track work if the car is light enough - but haven't seen those available for the Abarth yet... Anyone know a cross reference for pad size?
Now, they did't go away completely, but I backed off when the pedal went soft, brakes started smelling a lot, and I saw smoke off the pads at slow speeds...
I don't have the Brembos (though I might have learned why those are optional!) and I want to use this car for stock class autocross, so need to stay with OEM calipers (I.e. can't use good-win's wilwoods).
I typically like PBR/Axxis ULT pads - great back road pads that also work well at AX, and even some light track work if the car is light enough - but haven't seen those available for the Abarth yet... Anyone know a cross reference for pad size?