Well it turns out the front pads on my S30 have all kinds of hairline fractures in them. I'm not sure why they did this, but I think that age and heat were factors. The pins that the pads are supposed to slide on got rusty and seized up, which is where the heat probably came from.
Those cracks may also explain the very loud barking/squeeling when I got on the brakes.
Anyway, I need to pick out new ones. I do ocassionally autocross with this car, but I don't rack up many miles. My wheels are painted gunmetal gray, so dust isn't an issue. I want a high performance, yet perfectly streetable compound.
My uncle owns a CarQuest store (family discount), so I went there today and they only offer an organic brake pad. However, it seems to me that those from Carquest would be more for quietness and long life rather than performance.
Here's what else I found so far:
http://www.tirerack.com/brakes/results. ... toModClar=
http://store.summitracing.com/egnsearch ... 4294922533
I also looked into Porterfield R4S pads, but from what I've read they are really noisy.
Those cracks may also explain the very loud barking/squeeling when I got on the brakes.
Anyway, I need to pick out new ones. I do ocassionally autocross with this car, but I don't rack up many miles. My wheels are painted gunmetal gray, so dust isn't an issue. I want a high performance, yet perfectly streetable compound.
My uncle owns a CarQuest store (family discount), so I went there today and they only offer an organic brake pad. However, it seems to me that those from Carquest would be more for quietness and long life rather than performance.
Here's what else I found so far:
http://www.tirerack.com/brakes/results. ... toModClar=
http://store.summitracing.com/egnsearch ... 4294922533
I also looked into Porterfield R4S pads, but from what I've read they are really noisy.
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