Gymkata

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A little present just showed up on my doorstep from the UPS fairy. Looks like I'll be working on the ISF this weekend...Things are coming together nicely. I'll get the 2pc rotors and semi-track pads on this weekend and get my Enkei PF01s back from powder coating within the next few days. The Potentza RE-71R tires in 275/35R18 should arrive at the tire shop early next week.

All this in time for a Summit Point HPDE weekend on 6/7 June.

Bedding in these rotors and pads isn't going to be easy though. I think I'm going to have to do it in the middle of the night on an empty freeway out in the country where repeated high speed near stops won't be dangerous for other drivers. Anybody else have experience with this? I did this with my Proj Mu pads a few years ago and it was a hassle but not too bad, but these are new (harder) rotors and higher temp pads. Thanks in advance.

...oh yeah, got to give a shout out to Mike (FIGS Engineering) for another good purchase experience.

chris07is

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ohhh yeah..... the joy feeling of getting ready for track day...

I8ABMR

Congrats buddy. Exciting!!

2URGSE

Nice looking rotors, who makes those?

ZaxF

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It won't be as hard as you think to bed those rotors with carbotech pads, a couple of threshold brakes from 80-20 and you should be good to go. Nice setup! What brake fluid are you running?

quarius

Ahh yes the 2 piece RacingBrake rotors. You're gonna love em. They feel great on mine, they're a bit lighter and brake great. Plus they look awesome Enjoy!

cremaster

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nice rotors! would love to rock them just for the weight savings but too $$$ for my blood, esp since i don't track the car.

M4rk

Impressive looking rotors. In the past, I have done bed-in procedures on empty highways as you suggested. There is always that one car appearing out of nowhere..

Justind27

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^agreed above, bedding isn't any different than any other car I've done brake/rotor swaps on. Good job buying a terrific product from a great vendor!

Gymkata

You really think that's all the bed-in that's necessary? Carbotech only included track bed-in instructions for the pads. BTW, I had this brake fluid put in by TMI at VIR before my hyperdrive earlier this month.

I8ABMR

those pads are the ones that can handle those 140 mph stops. I have been fine with my oem Brembos but I have been told for tracks with huge straights the Carbotechs are the way to go.

Other than weight what is the advantage of the 2 pc rotors?? Easier to change out rotor and keep the center hat??

ZaxF

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Those three steps performed on the street are much easier than having to run multiple laps, especially if you're in a group. Bedding pads on your test laps is frowned on unless you're the last car out. I bed my carbotech pads to brand new OEM rotors in about 15 minutes. Warming them up would finding your way to a road that lets you get up to speed and jam on the brakes safely. As long as you're not running OEM fluid you should be good. I run motul 660 and had zero fade on all my previous days. Im interested to see how they hold up in 90 degree heat at AMS in July (150+ speeds from what I hear)

Gymkata

From what understand, the RacingBrake 2 pc rotors are lighter, dissipate heat better, are more resistant to cracking, and are a harder metal than the stock rotors so they last longer...and if you wear through the rotors you can just replace the outside instead of the entire assembly.

Gymkata

I imagine you will have high oil and transmission temps in those conditions in addition to stressing the brakes.

SoulFreak

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Please post pics of the final install! Very curious to see how they look and perform!