How does this sound??

[SASHO91]

A premium low dust, high performance, ultra quiet friction formula....
-ceramic technology and organic friction formula
-smooth braking, fade resistant performance and low rotor wear...
-equipped with angled chamfers
and some other good stuff...


got them in last night...
bendix CT-3 brake pads.... police pads.

they are going in friday, as thats open shop time at school... i have to do it at school so i can turn the rotors. dont have one here at the shop...

these are the only stock pads that i have seen that have chamfers in them... all the other pads are solid...

just wanted to get a thread started..... i will post on how they hold, and whatnot when i get them in....
they were 57 bucks from advance....

Another ? i had was... is there anyway to increase line pressure to the rear, without using the bias plugs? like, either take the "padle" off, or compress it and secure it? i want to get the rear brakes working harder. But, i have heard mixed opinions on the bias plugs....

 

[Entropy]

Sounds like a commercial - did the Advance guy tell you that or were typing from the box Just kidding. Give em' a try and let us know.

I think there are quite a few on the board who have had success with a zip-tie on the bias valve ... hopefully some of them will chime in for ya.

 

[SASHO91]

lol
yeah i know...
thats what was on the box...



anyone else want to chime in about the bias valve(proportioning[sp?])

 

[shofan33]

I have bendix titanium metallix and those pads are amazing. I've tried hawk pads and they dont compare to these.

 

[SASHO91]

so, anyone want to chime in about the Bias Valve??

 

[SASHO91]

well the pads went in friday... but i have been busy, so i havent had time to post.
anyways...

Friday i drove around, fairly easily. Tapped the brakes hard once or twice, and noticed a difference... braking is alot smoother, along with a good grab.

now fast forward to today (sunday AM), i was coming home, and i decided that it was time for a brake check.... pulled her up to about 110... and hit them pretty hard for a couple of seconds, pedal got alittle soft, but not near what the stock would have done, and i look down, and im doing 60....
I was in shock... not only did i not stand on the brakes and have her slow down, but right as i felt the pedal get SLIGHTLY soft, i let off, but when i hit them again, they were fine!!
still in shock and crusin at 50, i hit them again, alittle harder than last time, an with an ever so light help from the abs, and i was stopped.... and stopped very very fast...

so.. still in shock, i decide that im going to really let them bite....

get the car up to about 55.. and i HAMMER the pedal.... i kid you not, i swear it felt like my eyes were going to pop out of my skull!!! it was absolutely amazing.... and **** the car alomost died... dont know what that was about( maybe cause i was low on gas??)
and yeah there was alittle brake fade, and a plentiful brake aroma in the air, i mean c'mon after that... , but not any were near what the last set, or even the ceramic pads had.... these pads are absolutly amazing...
even after the hard stop, when i pulled into my house, the brakes felt normal and like nothing had happend at all...

i know one thing, if they wernt bedded in before all that, they sure the **** are now!!

i highly recomed these pads... i can only imagine what they could do for the guys with the 96+....

i give them 4 out of 5 stars.... that rating might even go up after i test them in the twisties....

 

[SASHO91]

Can anyone inform me about the bias valve???

 

[SASHO91]

pretty please???



c'mon guys.. i know there has to be a way to help that valve out... OTHER than putting bias plugs in...

 

[nc89sho]

pretty please???



c'mon guys.. i know there has to be a way to help that valve out... OTHER than putting bias plugs in...

probably not what you are looking for , but you can buy universal proportioning valves that area adjustable. you'd just have to plumb them in.

 

[Sexymeatball]

the zip tie method seems to be working for me...but then again I think the fact that it wasnt working in the first place is the reason I zip tied it. Seems like my braking is relatively flat. The stock setup is adequate for my purposes so this came out of necessity and not desire.

 

[NJSHO]

My bias valve is zip tied up due to having gm control arms with no place to mount it to. It has been that way for more than a year now with no problems. Make sure your ABS is working before you do this or you'll be swapping your ends while braking.

 

[SHO92]

I am running the SHONut bias plugs, purchased from Midwest SHO. I have not had any problems with the rears locking yet, including panic stops in the recent rain the North East has been having.

I'll be attending a driving school at Lime Rock this weekend, and I'll be interested to see how my brakes perform on the track. Hopefully my 2 piece rotors will be here by then!