Upgraded front brake pads for track use

[dastrups]

Anyone found an upgraded brake pad that they like? Not that the brakes are lacking. Just curious if anyone has tried something with a little more initial bite like you would get from a track compound.

 

[Lndshrk Steve]

Usually you have to heat up track compounds. They have NO initial bite. That is why, on the pace lap, you see cars accelerating and braking. It's to warm up the brakes.

 

[dastrups]

Usually you have to heat up track compounds. They have NO initial bite. That is why, on the pace lap, you see cars accelerating and braking. It's to warm up the brakes.

For sure. I was thinking about a street/track compound like they make for motorcycles. Not entirely useless without being really heated up a lot but still compromising in that area to get a little more initial bite.

 

[TheNuker]

I'm running the power stop Z23 pads all around, They seem to work great.

Nuker-

 

[dastrups]

Thank you!! Do you have a part number for those by chance?

 

[Tinkles]

Hawk Performance sent me Street 5.0 pads for street driving, HP Plus for autocross/light tack use, and DTC-60s for heavy track use/road racing. I told them what I was looking to do with the Goblin and the basic specs of it and that is what they came up with.

 

[dastrups]

I think I may try the hp+.

 

[Fozda]

I think I may try the hp+.

Do these fit the base cobalt brakes? I'm having a hard time figuring out if they'll fit or not. From what I can find it doesn't look like they will.

 

[dastrups]

Fronts

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Rears (with solstice rears)

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I technically haven't installed them yet so I can't say for sure but I could let you know. I'm planning on doing it this weekend.

 

[Fozda]

I don't have any of the donor brakes on the car, they were all supplied by DF so I'm not entirely sure which calipers I have at this point...
edit: I looked back at a previous pad order and it looks like I'd need to run Hawk HB517 pads which only has 2 options.

 

[dastrups]

I also had all of my brakes supplied by DF. I have the E-brake option for the rear.

 

[Fozda]

I also had all of my brakes supplied by DF. I have the E-brake option for the rear.

Let me know if those pads fit since the HB517 HPS pads fit in mine so I'm skeptical that the HB524 will fit. I don't have the ebrake option so I have the same brakes on all 4 corners.

 

[dastrups]

Oh I see. Hopefully I have the right pad. Maybe I will try and pull them off tonight to see if they are the same. This is the HP+ so maybe that is why they are a different part number.

 

[Fozda]

Oh I see. Hopefully I have the right pad. Maybe I will try and pull them off tonight to see if they are the same. This is the HP+ so maybe that is why they are a different part number.

I don't believe so, it looks like Hawk uses the same base part number (IE HB524) and then changes the second part to denote the pad. I'd really like to run the HP+ since that's what I used on my last track car and they were amazing but I just don't think it's possible. I'm curious to see if others have different calipers though.

 

[dastrups]

I think you're right. Well that sucks haha. I will let you know what I find out.

 

[Fozda]

I think you're right. Well that sucks haha. I will let you know what I find out.

Sounds good! Thanks!

 

[Ross]

Here is the brake calipers that DF supplied with my kit. It also lists the donor vehicles.

 

[dastrups]

Sounds good! Thanks!

Yep you were right. So they only make it in the HPS? No chance of getting a HP+ huh. Dang.

 

[Fozda]

Yep you were right. So they only make it in the HPS? No chance of getting a HP+ huh. Dang.

Evidently! It's so hard to tell which calipers we have if they're both from base model Cobalts from around the same time but it looks like G-Loc brakes have some that might work so I might give them a shot. The Hawk HPS pads don't feel any better than the basic Duralasts in my opinion.

 

[dastrups]

I see. Let me know if you find anything you like. It would be nice to get some more initial bite. I know on my R1 it had terrible pads from the factory and I tried the EBC epfa pad and it completely changed the brake feel. It would be nice to find something more aggressive.