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Wilwood Polymatrix pads conundrum
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04/03/24 09:53 PM
04/03/24 09:53 PM
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I had read where these pads worked better and improved stopping distances so I bought a set. I had also read where they don't put off any more brake dust than the original pads. Well, they stop much better, but the dust is crazy! After a short 30 mile round trip to work and taking it to lunch, my front wheels look like garbage! Maybe I'm just picky, but is there another compound or manufacturer that makes a pad that doesn't put off so much dust yet stops well?!
'63 Dodge 330 11.19 @ 121 mph Pump gas, n/a, through the mufflers on street tires with 3.54's. 3,600 lbs. 10.01 @ 133mph with a 250 shot of nitrous an a splash of race gas. 1.36 60 ft. 3,700 lbs.
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Re: Wilwood Polymatrix pads conundrum
[Re: AndyF]
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04/04/24 08:59 AM
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Depending on the caliper design Wilwood has about a dozen pad compounds. Softer ones stop quicker but wear faster, harder is the opposite. You might be able to just step up a notch or two from the one you have and find a happy medium. It's the Dynalite caliper.
'63 Dodge 330 11.19 @ 121 mph Pump gas, n/a, through the mufflers on street tires with 3.54's. 3,600 lbs. 10.01 @ 133mph with a 250 shot of nitrous an a splash of race gas. 1.36 60 ft. 3,700 lbs.
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Re: Wilwood Polymatrix pads conundrum
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04/04/24 09:33 AM
04/04/24 09:33 AM
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I run whatever compound came with my drag brake setup. They stop very well, they are dusty but not terrible. Adding the rear discs cut down on the dust from the front more than I realized at first.
I always thought Mokan was hard on the brakes until I committed to the first turnoff at Carolina Dragway last year on drag week. It was a confidence booster for my brake system and probably about a %20 hit in pad life lol.
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