> You sure we are talking the same pads? The Carbon-Kevlar Porterfield R4
> pads should hold up no problems at Buttonwillow, but has terrible cold grip
> just like most any race pad.
Huh? I don't think that the R4 is bad when it's cold at all... Most
race pads still stop you when they're cold, but they are really hard on
rotors until they're warmed up.
> The Porterfield R4S pad is a street compound version of the R4, and is what
> I use on my big heavy Z for daily use and AutoX and they work just great.
> At the track I can fry them in one day (though they work better than any
> other "street" pad by a good margin), which is why I now also have brake
> ducting (since I'm a wus and want to avoid having to swap pads).
Yah, the R4S pretty much sucks. They suck as a street pad, and they
suck as a race pad.
-kit, in hawk blue I trust
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