ERA standard Camaro brakes - no "tick"?

[patrickt]

Originally Posted by lippy

So another way to frame the question is that, for mostly street driving, ranging from cruising to aggressive, are the Wilwoods a good option? If so, what pads are best for this scenario? Will the Wilwoods work well if they aren't heated/cycled as hard as they would be on a track?

The big brakes are fine for the street, Wilwood or Sierra. I use the soft Hawk pads -- they do fine for the street, and work better the warmer you get them. I don't have the "pop, click" noise, but they will squeal a bit when cold. If you want to see some nice pad graphs for temps, click here: Pad Friction Graphs

[lippy]

Originally Posted by patrickt

The big brakes are fine for the street, Wilwood or Sierra. I use the soft Hawk pads -- they do fine for the street, and work better the warmer you get them. I don't have the "pop, click" noise, but they will squeal a bit when cold. If you want to see some nice pad graphs for temps, click here: Pad Friction Graphs

Thanks Patrick. The ERA guys sure are on top of things - especially for a small company. I checked out the graphs in the link. Am I interpreting this incorrectly, or does it look like Polymatrix A has a higher coefficient of friction across all temps (100-1300F), versus all of the others, and should be the better choice, unless the wear is significantly worse? But those pads are intended for racing only, and not street use.

[Bobcat]

Be careful about those graphs as you can drive yourself crazy with information overload on things like initial bite , coefficient of friction etc . Just call Wilwood ( if that`s who you go with ) and tell them type of driving , car weight , rotor material etc and ask for a pad recommendation . I use Hawk pads for the street , called them and used what they recommended . In my experience , stay away from racing pads for the street . Racing pads generally need a higher temp to really come into their own and are more aggressive on the rotors . On mine , it takes about one lap for the pads and rotors to really start working . On the Hawk street pads , they work from the beginning with ok pedal pressure on the street .