I would say an RC6 is a race car only pad, way too aggressive on discs to be a viable everyday pad. I ran DS2500 on road and track and found them to be an excellent all round performer. You don't want to be washing your wheels after every trip out to avoid pitting them with iron filings.

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Cheers for the input, it will be on my track car so it will only be used to get to and from tracks and actually on the tracks.

I think the DS2500's are pretty good to be fair to them, they lasted 20 mins at oulton in november before i had issues, and they stop the car great just daily driving from cold etc.

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Goldie the track car.

If you run a dedicated track car and even consider DS2500's or DS3000's over CL RC6's because of the murderous brake dust you are GAY.

Full stop! No questions - A raving homo with a cherry on top!

Just fyi

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So far with standard brake callipers I used:

OE spec pads: Lucas/Ferodo/Mintex/Bosch/Textar – out of the lot I would recommend Lucas.

Fast road pads:

Ferodo DS2500 – good upgrade, decent cold performance. On race circuit can overheat and coat discs in pad material – feels like warped discs.

Pagid RS4-2 Blue – probably the best road pad (that is what I currently use on my GTi6): last for ages (30k road miles and 3 track days – still 50% left!), good bite from cold, not up to heavy track work – overheat and leave residue on discs.


With AP racing callipers ( CP3215D50 fitment ) I used:

Mintex 1155 – did not like them: poor release (difficult to drive in the wet), after a long session the pedal started to go down.

Mintex F6R – the best track pad that I used to date: feel exactly what the brakes are doing at any time, they do not like slow speed driving in town – chew through the discs.

Carbon Lorraine CL6 – very similar to F6R, even worse on the discs in normal driving.

With both F6 and CL6 – there was virtually no disc wear when used ONLY on race circuit.

Ferodo DS3000 – poor from cold, when hot similar to CL6/F6 but inconsistent in terms of feel.

Carbotech XP10 – have them on the car right now, very high initial bite, very high friction coefficient (can lock up on slicks in the dry) – more stopping power than CL6/F6, little dust, gentle on the discs but not convinced with the feel. Also they squeal in normal driving – bad enough to have to use handbrake around town to slowdown so that people would not turn around!

Going to be trying EBC NDX Bluestuff soon.

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From the most accurate rolling road known to me:

193bhp (166bhp @ wheels) and 161LbFt



As a comparison, standard car is supposed to be 167bhp and 142FtLb.

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Thanks for your input on brake pads Denis

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Goldie the track car.

Nice power curve for the gearbox on the rallye for track work...

As ever the headline figures won't show just how good that would be on track. Sure they don't seem like much extra and i'm sure as a daily driver it'd make little difference, however when you are able to be 100% on it that will make a big difference.

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Nothing to see here

As with most other things on my car – on its own it does not make much difference, but in combination with everything else – the whole package is excellent

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In the mean time, I’ve put a deposit on my new every car. It has 6 cylinder engine, rear wheel drive and 18” wheels as standard
So my GTi is going to be for sale soon.

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Ditto, come on Denis spill the beans...

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Damn good road pad, probably good for some light track abuse, but I'm not sure they'd take long sessions without fading.

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