Track Brake Pad Recommendations

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So I'm planning on tracking the Fiesta at Buttonwillow on May 10th. Originally I thought stock pads (Ford Summer compound) plus stock brake fluid would be good-enough but I've had a bit of a rude awakening after taking the Corvette to the track with stock pads and rotors and absolutely destroying said rotors. I've got Powerstop Drilled/Slotted rotors on the fiesta currently (Yes I know they likely will crack and fail quicker than blanks) but want some recommendations for pads. I've already purchased a motive bleeder (to helpfully limit some of the problems I had bleeding earlier) and will swap in Castrol SRF fluid. Yes it's overkill, but of everything that failed on the Corvette during my last track day braking-wise SRF worked like nothing happened. Plus parts commonality is nice.

Right now I'm looking at DTC-30s and Carbotech XP10 pads for both front and rear. When doing replacement-pad research for the Corvette I saw that the Hawk pads have a tendency to leave some pretty nasty brake dust that won't easily come off, at least when compared to the XP10s. I do plan on swapping back to the Ford OEM pads once I return home from track days so a full track pad is what I'm looking for (With the understanding the track pads need to at least semi-work on street as I drive up to the track). So what do people think pad wise?

Edit: Also worth noting I'm on 200TW RE-71RS Tires
 


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Lets stay away from using the OEM summer pads on track. It won't end well. DTC30 is too soft temp wise. Without brake ducts you are outside of their operating range. As mentioned before Gloc and Carbotech both make pads for track use, they aren't cheap. You could test the car out with DTC60s or 70s. Those are pretty reasonably priced, but make sure you clean the wheels ASAP as the dust can't stain your wheels if they get wet.

https://porterfield-brakes.com/search-result/?years=2017&make=19&model=5998&manufacturer=0
 




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