Brake pads

Fri Apr 5 11:47:14 EDT 2019

I see semi- metallic pads listed for both AD18 and AD22 brakes on Rock Auto,  which i would take over most of the ceramic pads. I put a set of semi metallic Wagners pads on the last B13 i built for a commuter and they worked well.    I hate the lack of initial bite from most ceramic pads I've tried when i first step in the pedal.  Not sure how fade resistant the semi- metallic would be though.  The Metal Masters were great for resisting fade.   Probably even axis are only NOS close out now.

On the R32 GTR (R33 Brembos), I do like the Hawk Blue, stop-tech hot street/ auto-x and carbon tech street pads.   Great initial bite.   Don't care if they are dirty.... just want them to stop consistently.   Lots of pad choices for those calipers.

I'm probably going with a lightweight wilwood setup on the Datsun 510 and probably oem Brembos (350Z) for the 280Z build.   Lots of pad choices for those too.

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From: se-r <se-r-bounces at se-r-list.org> on behalf of Eric Waterman <eric.waterman at gmail.com>
Sent: Thursday, April 4, 2019 7:43:31 AM
To: David Pertuz
Cc: Jaret Rapp; SE-R List
Subject: Re: Brake pads

On all my other cars, I’m using StopTech Street pads. Low dust and no noise that I can hear.  These are on a Evo 9 and 2 Forester XTs, so heavier cars than the B13/B14.

Eric Waterman

On Thu, Apr 4, 2019 at 9:38 AM David Pertuz <d.pertuz at gmail.com<mailto:d.pertuz at gmail.com>> wrote:
After calling my FLAPSes it seems the best thing easily available are Wagner ceramics. It's either those at around $45 or another set of Porterfields for twice that, and as much as I like good brake pads, it doesn't seem worth it for the ~1500mi/year of city/suburban driving that the car sees.

Amusingly Metal Masters showed up in an internet search, but they're apparently NLA.

On Mon, Apr 1, 2019 at 12:43 PM David Pertuz <d.pertuz at gmail.com<mailto:d.pertuz at gmail.com>> wrote:
I didn't think you could date yourself with a brake pad reference...then I finished the sentence :)

I called my nearby dealer just for kicks and asked (I was starting to help navigate the parts-counter guy through the usual questions then skipped the process and just read him my VIN from memory and told him it was a 509 pad - what does that say about me??) and he told me one that it listed for $80 :0 and two it was NLA. If I'm paying $80 for pads I'm buying Porterfields.

On Mon, Apr 1, 2019 at 12:17 PM Jaret Rapp via se-r <se-r at se-r-list.org<mailto:se-r at se-r-list.org>> wrote:
This answer is going to date me, but doesn't this mailing list in general?   I am still running Repco Metal Masters.   I am almost certain they do not make them anymore, or at least Repco is not in business or in business by another name (Maybe DBA)?

They were the pads to have as far as I can remember back in the day.  Came from Australia, lasted forever (literally in my case) , didn't stop for crap until they got heat in them.

I know that probably doesn't help answer your question.

BTW, BOO HISS to Nissan for not making practically anything for our cars now.   But they are putting the RB26 back into production.

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From: David Pertuz <d.pertuz at gmail.com<mailto:d.pertuz at gmail.com>>
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Sent: Mon, Apr 1, 2019 12:52 pm
Subject: Brake pads

What are those of you still driving your SE-Rs using for brake pads? I've had a set of Porterfield R4Ses on the front for a million years, and it's time to replace them. For my use case, OE would be fine but Nissan doesn't sell pads for B13s any more, and they'd probably be overpriced anyway. I have no idea what is decent and what isn't when it comes to the (semi-metallic) options at my FLAPS. I do note that Porterfield still makes pads for the car, so there's always that.

(after sitting for a couple of weeks, I pulled the car out one day last week only to hear an immediate brake-related rhythmic noise from the LF - took the wheel off and immediately saw that half of the friction material had broken off the backing plate and was sort of wandering around.)

David
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