McLovin1181

Seems to be lacking brake pad data for our cars.
Maybe my experiences with various track or street pads will help ppl decide.

Scott's Brake kit from BBU


Hawk HPS:
The common tried and true pad.
An excellent street pad on basically anything.
Stock brakes or modified.
I ran these on my 92 RS for a long time.
Low dust
Ultra low noise
Low rotor wear
Good cold bite.
They do need some heat in them to work. Maybe not a good pad for sub freezing temps. But idk who drives their Camaro in the snow anyways.
Hawk stated temp range: 100F-700F
Get over 500F and the pad will drop in stopping power by a lot.
Coefficient of friction: 0.4



Hawk HPS 5.0:
Basically identical to the HPS just with a bit more bite.
Coefficient of friction: 0.45
Temp range: 100F-750F
Like the HPS, they stop working if they get too hot.
Some cars with factory sized tires might have issues with locking up brakes/ABS activation with this pad.



Hawk HP+:
A streetable track pad Hawks says is ideal for Autocross.(It's not)
I do not like these pads.
I've used it a lot on my 92 with a 13in 6 piston Wilwood kit from Scott at BBU.
Friction coefficient: 0.58
Pad dust: Medium
Rotor wear: Medium
Noise: Squeaky at lower speeds
This pad has some BITE.
Very easy to lock up tires with HP+
But cold bite is kinda bad, worse than the HPS.
HP+ need a good hard stop to have any bite. But really operate better after a few hard stops.
Claimed temp range: 100F-800F
Claimed Ideal range: 300F-600F
I'm gonna call BS on hawks 100-800 claim.
HP+ have a Very Very narrow operating range
They want to be around 300F and not hotter or colder.
Anything below 300F and they have garbage stopping power.
Above 400F and they glaze over and completely give up.
I've overheated HP+ at autocross events even with front brake ducts.
On top of that, HP+ have very odd sticky modulation characteristics.
They tend to drag so trying to stop efficiently without ABS is very hard.
And these pad will easily upset ABS systems that arn't super great.
HP+ also do not mix well with manual brakes due to their bad release characteristics.
Hawks also claims HP+ can take light track use.
I'd say using these on any car above 2500lbs + 150hp at the track is a suicide mission.




Hawk DTC-30:
Originally a dirt track pad, but also used for street and mild track use.
& My favorite Autocross pad.
Claimed temp range: 100F-1200 F
Claimed optimal: 100F-800 F
Friction coefficient: 0.5
Rotor wear: Medium
Noise: mild but consistent squeaking.
Dust levels: medium
Cold bite: excellent
Hot bite: excellent
Very hot bite (800F+): decent, but nothing like what dedicated track pads can deliver.

These seem to work well with manual brakes.
Most likely because these were originally circle track pads.
Most race cars don't have boosted brakes. Not all pads like manual brakes.

The DCT30 is better than the HP+ in every way except noise.
Better cold and hot bite.
Better temp range
Similar dust and rotor wear.
No weird temp characteristics like the HP+.
Easier to modulate.
But it tends to squeak a bit more than the HP+, but it's not a super loud sequel.
I like these DCT30s, they are my current go-to Autocross pad.
I even run a DCT30 in the rear of my 92 for track use.
Since the rears stay around 400-500F and don't get hot like the fronts.
Note: This pad will NOT survive on the front of a 3rd gen on track if you have a very fast car.
I used the DCT30 for a wet cold track day.
Didn't get any brake fade, but it was 60F and wet.
Rotor temps were 857F
I dared NOT to go over 125mph on the straights and 110mph between turns.
If it was a dry day, NO way would they survive.




Wilwood BP10:
Wilwood's base level street pad
I used these when my 92 had upgraded Wilwood calipers & boosted brakes + 200tw tires.
Noise: dead silent
Bite: low (below the HPS)
Friction coefficient: 0.38
Dust: mild dust, a bit more than the HPS
Rotor wear: Near zero
They have extremely low rotor wear.
After 2 seasons of Autocross my rotors had almost zero wear.
These pads need one quick stop to get up to usable temperature.
Temp range is limited.
They have a very high rate of friction LOSS at higher temps.
I wouldn't do repeated 100mph stops with these.
Overall a very good street pad for someone doing mild Autocross or hooning around town.



Raybestos ST43:
My favorite track pad so far.
Friction coefficient: 0.58
Temp range:100F-1300F
Cold bite: Very good.
Rotor Wear: Mild at high temps.
Very high wear when cold.
Dust: extremely high when cold.
Medium dust when hot.
Noise: Very Squeaky.
Seems like no matter how hard you push them they keep a consistent amount of bite.
I know a guys running the 8-hour lucky dog endurance race using these pads.
Repeated 130mph stops and zero fade combined with my brake ducts.



BAER ceramic street pad:
Used in BEAR brake street kits.
Cold bite: ok
Dust: low
Noise: quite
Rotor wear: Low
Friction coefficient: 0.42
A steet ceramic pad.
Not sure who makes the pad.
BAER doesn't make the pad, but I couldn't find out the brand.
It's basically a slightly worse HPS pad
I overheated these at the track in my rear brakes. But that was my fault for using a street pad at the track.
Not much to say about these pads really.

I'll be trying out the ST47 or DCT70 big boy Track pads next season.