Topic: Brake pads

[roxer]

Just curious if there are any glaring differences between the Porterfield and Hawk HPS pads offered in the DDM stage 1 kit?  Are all four pretty similar?  Would I get better performance from I or the other as a street driver? I will be adding Meth and a larger turbo in the near future. Just curious if I picked the porterfields if I would have worse performance than choosing the Hawks.

[Critterman]

I am running Porterfields now.  Good stopping power.  I had Hawks before and they are very noisy until they get hot

[Sol Asylum]

Are the Hawks what Kenny was running on the school bus?

[TomatoSoup]

I had Hawks before and they are very noisy until they get hot

I have Hawk Ceramics on front and HPS on rear (which was what DDM Dave recommended at the time) and I have no noise at all.

FWIW:

Front: Hawk Performance Ceramic Brake Pads   Part #   HB524Z740
Rear: Hawk HPS Brake Pads   Part #   HB478F605

[roxer]

So from all accounts, neither hawk or Porterfields really have the edge over the other, right? They are both similar performance pads?

[Kelu]

I run Porterfield R4S from DDM in the last 2 years f+r and I don't have noises, next upgrade would be Willwoods from TCE

[Gentleman Jack]

I don't use brakes. I use my garage to slow me down.

[Critterman]

and guard rails, don't forget them