When I bought my Stoptech brake kit I had to decide what pads to run. My street choice was easy... the brakes came with AXXIS ULT pads. Mission accomplished. For the track I decided to give HAWKS new DT-70/60 track compound pads a try. All my previous track days were on the OEM Brembos with the OEM pad. I had to go easy on the brakes since I could have easilly exceeded their limitations with a 670HP 3300lb car in the Florida heat on R-compound Proxes R888 tires. On the long straight I could hit speeds of over 180mph. I needed a serious pad.
I wanted to go with Endless but I'm not rich. No denying thhey're top of the line when it comes to everything they make. I got a pretty good deal on the Hawk pads and decided to go with them. I had to start evaluating pads why not these I thought.
This past wekend was my third time to the track with these pads and they are phenominal. When cold I was quite suprised how much initial bite these pads had even more than the AXXIS street pads have throughout the entire heat range. These pads are so good cold that I stopped switching back to my AXXIS ULT pads for the street.
When hot... the brake tourque is nothing short of astounding. I was amazed. Modulation was also easy with these pads. I run no brake cooling ducting and these pads never got hot enough to off-gas and cause loss of breaking even in a heavy car with 2 people in 100 degree ambient temps. These pads were very easy on the rotors which was also suprising. After 3 track days the rotors look new minus the transfer of pad material.
These pads were $260 for Stoptech ST-40 front calipers on the front and $155 for the rear calipers which are OEM Brembo 2 piston rears. These won't break the bank (no pun intended). I recomended these to a friend and he was equally amazed by the pads performance on the track. One bad thing about them is that they produce thick black brake dust like crazy, but all race pads do. Bottom line... pick yourself up a set. You won't be dissapointed.
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