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  • newguy
    Senior Member
    • Jan 2011
    • 170

    #1

    understanding brake pads

    i have alwyas just ran the cheap pads from any parts store, im looking into the HAWK pads and im trying to decide on what pad to get. the black, 05, or 30. 3000lb super stock car running metric spindles. also what master cylinder size should i run, i believe im running 7/8 rear/ 1" front. does that sound right?
  • dirtman45
    Senior Member
    • Dec 2010
    • 104

    #2
    Generally people use the black pads. Not sure about your master cylinder question.

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    • newguy
      Senior Member
      • Jan 2011
      • 170

      #3
      thank you dirtman45, i meant to ask do i have the master cylynder sizes corresct?

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      • dirtman45
        Senior Member
        • Dec 2010
        • 104

        #4
        See if somebody else chimes in, we have to use a stock one. Can you run a brake bias adjuster?

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        • DaveBauerSS6
          Senior Member
          • Jun 2010
          • 566

          #5
          Yes , the sizes are correct.
          Gator Engineering

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          • Racer96m
            Senior Member
            • Feb 2008
            • 425

            #6
            1", 7/8", 3/4" is fairly standard for front, rear and clutch masters. I ran the Hawk Black pads on the rear brakes. They do chew up the rotors quickly and I would change them mid season. I actually ran stock semi metalic pads up front and cut the pad area down to a 2" square in the center to get the bias feel I was looking for.

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            • Steve_Voisinet
              Member
              • Jan 2009
              • 38

              #7
              I used to run an asphalt modified and had the best results using Wilwood PolyMatrix B pads. To me they had the same stopping power as the Hawk's, but the rotors lasted twice as long.

              The Wilwoods would work great until the pad material was used up, where the Hawk's seemed to get a little less effective after about five or ten heat cycles.


              Wilwood’s complete line of brake pads includes Smart Pads, PolyMatrix and specialty pads. This page list brake pads for compound: PolyMatrix B
              Last edited by Steve_Voisinet; 01-02-2013, 08:42 AM.

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