Yellow stuff pads & braided brake lines

mutleysfriend · Post by **mutleysfriend** » Thu Oct 05, 2006 9:43 am

I quite fancy a go at an airfield track day but want to upgrade the brakes on my R33 GTSt first, can anyone recommend a good supplier for yellow stuff pads and braided brake lines. I also assume I should be using dot 5.1 brake fluid but would welcome any advice on this.
TIA
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duncan · Post by **duncan** » Thu Oct 05, 2006 9:49 am

See the membership deals section - ASP Performance

There is also a group buy on braided hoses going at the moment too.

mutleysfriend · Post by **mutleysfriend** » Thu Oct 05, 2006 10:22 am

Thanks for that I have joined and put my order through for brake lines and fluid, I just need to know where I can get Yellow stuff pads from.
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Post by **Ben** » Thu Oct 05, 2006 10:24 am

I don't like the yellow stuff pads - found project mju to be best.

duncan · Post by **duncan** » Thu Oct 05, 2006 10:25 am

i would go down the Ferodo DS2500 route myself or Mintex 1144

Post by **Stuart** » Thu Oct 05, 2006 10:30 am

Yellow stuffs are ok, but the compounds seem a little inconsistent from one batch to the next ( I used to use them in my trackcar) I have been using DS 2500's from Ferodo for the last few years in my road cars, GTR included, and they are really good. A little dearer but well worth it in my experience. A few of our official suppliers do these, ASP and MOCOM racing included

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mutleysfriend · Post by **mutleysfriend** » Thu Oct 05, 2006 1:03 pm

Thanks for the advice.

I think I might as well go the whole hog and get my discs replaced at the same time. Is it normal to just replace the front discs? I have 17" wheels on and am not intending to change them just yet. Does this mean I am limited to getting 296mm discs or can you go any bigger? I have also been looking at EBC turbo grooved discs, does anybody have any views on these?

Sorry for all the questions but as you may have guessed I am new to all this fast car stuff.

Post by **Stuart** » Thu Oct 05, 2006 6:17 pm

If you want bigger discs I have a really good contact for these :-D You can definitely get 330mm behind there, maybe 345mm if your alloys are spacious enough behind for caliper clearance.

Heat treated Brembo plain discs with fitting kits, bolts etc etc ...........interested?

andycaca · Post by **andycaca** » Thu Oct 05, 2006 6:42 pm

to put my 2p in, i use and highly recommend the mintex 1155 compound. slightly more track oriented than the 1144 and yet still good for the road. they dont need quite as much heat in them for the initial bite compared to other track compound pads i have tried (porterfields).

questmead will sort you out for a set

RX7 · Post by **RX7** » Thu Oct 05, 2006 7:16 pm

What about the Black Diamond pads ? Or Hawk pads ?

Are these any good ?