I drive Volvo cars every day and I use
original factory brake pads. The O.E.
pads are usually made by BBA Friction
or Textar (Bosch/ATE). They bite very
good when they are cold. Pad material
have improved a lot in the past 5 years
and Textar T4097 is used for heavy duty
use on later Volvo's. Another Textar pad
material is T428 that is used by Porsche.
This was recently updated to T4128.
Another weird thing about Porsche pad
material is the smell. Just like dry dogfood.
Volvo original material for 4-piston calipers
are Textar TX462 which is a light duty
material. Good for maybe 4-5 hard stops
before they fade.
You can see the pad material type number
printed on the backside of the pads.
For aftermarket pads, maybe EBC greenstuff
would be suitable for you.
Thomas
Peter Long wrote:
> Hey all,
>
> this is an open question to anyone with an opinion, good or bad, about
> brake pads and shoes of any particular manufacturer.
>
> I'm more interested in material with high initial bite (i.e. when
> relatively cold), and would appreciate any commentary from those of you
> with experience with good (or not so good) autocross compounds. Also of
> interest is how rotor friendly any particular compound is.
>
> I'm running Volvo 4-pots up front, and stock drums and cylinders on the
> back. The master cylinder is a 7/8" 240z. Anyone with this set-up have
> a recommendation?
>
> Opinions about:
> EBC 'Greenstuff' or 'Redstuff'?
> Hawk?
> Porterfield R-4S?
> KFP?
> Carbotech?
>
> TIA!
>
> Pete Long
> '68 2.4 twin cam
>
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