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
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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