The past few HPDE's have shown me that my brakes are a serious limiting factor for my Z. I don't have the money to blow on a big brake upgrade right now, so I'm weighing my other options.

'04 non-Brembo Touring
ATE SuperBlue fluid (fresh and clean, bled often)

I've gone through a full set (F&R) of EBC RedStuff in only one 2-day track event. The original stock pads lasted almost as long -- EBC disappointed me here. I killed a brand new rear set of Project Mu's (aggressive street compound, but still?!?) in only 2 days at the track.

So, as a stop-gap measure before I'm ready to spend heavy on the BBK, I'm looking at some track compound pads for my stock brakes for my next event.

Is there any problem with running Hawk 9012 Blues on the rear and Hawk DT-60's on the front?

According to this: http://www.hawkperformance.com/motor...unds/index.php

the DT-60's are a higher torque pad than the Blues, so this sounds like a workable scenaio.

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I can't comment on the different compounds you're using. But using different compounds is just fine. When I use to race downhill mountain bikes (they had disc brakes) I would run one lower heat pad on one side of my calipers and a higher heat pad on the opposite side to get the best of both worlds you could say. The rotors on mountain bikes are way lighter though of course, I woudn't try that on a car but as far as different pads front and rear, go for it.

 

You should be fine, will throw things slightly off but probably not as noticable as it would be to Andretti

 

As important as tourque would be the heat range they operate in. Make sure the pads operate in the same range as each other. Always have the higher tourque pads in the front.

 

why do you want to use different compounds?

 

We have Hawk Blue pads in stock for front and rear for the 04 Touring (non-Brembo). We purchased the remaining Hawk inventory back when they were still making the Hawk Blue pads for the front. Give us a call, shipping from Austin it will take just 1 business day to get to you.

 

Appreciate the offer - sent you a PM.

 

When I had the EBC Reds at all 4 corners, the rears wore down approximately twice as fast as the fronts. So, I was thinking of trying a lower friction at the rear, allowing the fronts to do more work, to try and keep a good balance.

Maybe the DT-60's all around would be a better idea.

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