I used a set of XP-8s on my last car, Hyundai Tiburon, for an entire track season and had more than half a pad left.

I've put 400 track miles on the set I have on the RX8 this summer and they look almost brand new.

The tracks on the tiburon were Gingerman, very brake intensive - short tight technical track www.gingermanraceway.com, and Road America which is also pretty brake intensive from the high speeds www.roadamerica.com

All 400 miles on the RX are from gingerman.


Blue, didn't you have some trouble with HP+'s a while back?

L8, how much time are you seeing from those HP+'s?

 

then they may be worth it. I used up 60% of my HP+ at CMP, which is very hard on brakes, multiple braking zones from 100+. that was one event, my first where I really learned to stand on them. I might try out the XP'8's next season.

Thanks for the input.

 

For reference Gingerman has 2 Braking zones from 90-95mph and 2 from 80+

Road America has 3 zones from 120-130 area.

 

wow, we don't have a single track where we hit 120+ more than once. I can't imagine three times a lap, that must be fun.

 

It's actually kind of frustrating. Just think about what the cars with twice our horsepower do on those straights.

 

One of the RX7 guys in the area has some track vids up from this track.

Keep in mind he has a ~400whp FD...

http://myrx7.com/

http://www.myrx7.com/movies/

 

I get a lot of time out of the XP-8's, they seem to wear like iron too. However the stopping power is amazing too.

 

mac is right, coming up the hill on the front straight is normally a good spot to let the Corvettes go by, since you are barely accelerating at WOT

 

are the XP-8's rough on rotors at all?

 

They aren't ceramic crap box's you get at autozone but you won't see your rotors getting thin much quicker with them either. BlueRenesis is the only one in our group I've ever seen have to swap rotors and that didn't seem to have anything to do with them being worn.

 

Not that I have seen. They seem to wear quite nicely.

 

I have ran xp 8's for 2 years. I will not run anything else for open track
xp 8's up fron and bobcats in the back. just swap the fronts for track days. They modulate really really good-makes trailing easier. ground can be gained by trailing...... Awsome pads--Awesome.
Team--whats speeds are you getting too? How long are the G's on your suspenion, rumble strips under load etc etc. I dont think you open track do you? I may be wrong. You certainly have a lot more experience than I in dealing with the different set ups, but there have been some limited occurances of sway bar ends getting out of sorts.
Tires are a matter of choice. and yep--- i run throw a ways. That 1/2 sec diference doesnt bother me! To look at some of them they look brand new. Besides I am not rich (by much anyway) or sponsered or looking fo a national title etc.
Go with the 17's--you will be glad you did.
Suspenion set up is another personnel thing--what works for one driver may not work for the other.
olddragger

 

I will try running XP8's front and rear next season as I have a need for rear brake pads anyway.

 

This weekend will be interesting. Last years SE TTD points winner will be at Roebling Road in his E36 M3. I hope I can stay close...

 

We're cheering for you! And we want full details.

 

very cool, that will be good for you, you can see how you compare to his times.

but biased as I am, I hope you own him.

 

^ +1, good luck.

 

What a great weekend for Time Trialing in Savannah, GA.

Good News - I won on Sat and Sunday

Bad News - the E36 M3 didn't show up so I still don't know I would have done.

Good news - I think that the RX8 could beat the E36 around the track because it is such a momentum track. A TTE Miata was .6 seconds slower than me which shows that a well driven car at Roebling Road can overcome huge hp deficits. Granted the Miata guy is supposedly the regional SCCA Champ so it is trully a well driven machine.

My best time of the weekend was 1:24.21 which was 8th overall out of 30 entrants. The other times were as follows:

1. 1:19.811 TTS Dodge SRT-4 (this guy ran the one lap of america and finished in 3 overall IIRC. As you can tell from his classing, he makes a lot of hp)
2. 1:20.144 TTS Porsche GT3
3. 1:20.881 TTA Corvette
4. 1:22.083 TTA (TTC) RX8 (this car is driven by ROAR Racing's Rob Whitener. It is a street car with lots of parts off the race cars. It should class in TTC but Rob asked to be bumped up in class as he felt he had an unfair advantage over the other TTC competitiors. Not only is he a class act but he is absolutely awesome around Roebling as you can tell from his time. Apparently Jon Krolowicz of AMS EVO Time Attack fame and One Lap fame jumped in Robs car and clicked off a 1:23)
5. 1:23.078 TTS Mustang
6. 1:23.521 TTA Corvette
7. 1:23.840 TTS FFR Cobra
8. 1:24.210 TTD RX8 (Previous TTD track record is 1:29.14)
9. 1:24.399 TTA Mustang
10. 1:24.634 TTB Mustang

The list continues with an assortment of TTA - TTG competitors.

(KurtBob - I think my head swelled a little bit more since yesterday. I may need a new helmet )

 

So you absolutely anihilated the TTD track record, again? Good work.

 

I wish I had an epic beatdown pic to post. Way to go!

 

hows this?

 

^ not quite THAT epic

 

The trophy girls


On track nicely stickered. More stickers = more hp


The trees were hauling @$$. See how blurry they are...


Took L8APEX for a ride to recalibrate his "shitometer"

 

and it worked too. it was a blast to ride along with you again TA. Reminds me of what the car is capable of.

 

AND he is running on stock 18"wheels(my old ones lol!) and 2nd hand ra1's!!
You go dude!
Wish i could have been their to give ya a little competition
OD