Performance oriented brake pad options
I spent far to much time over the last few days looking for performance brake pad options. I did not see any other threads about this specific topic. I'm happy to add / edit this as I get more info or people share.
In this case I'm defining performance as track rated, or aggressive friction for autocross. Realistically though, performance is very broad and a pad you get at rock auto or amazon could be a performance pad. I'm not going to try to hard to differentiate them all at this point. I'm just trying to capture the pads that are harder to find.
Single Piston D84 (Slider) Performance Brake Pad Options
| Manufacturer | Makes pads | Notes |
|---|
| Hawk | No | |
| EBC | Yes, Green,Yelllow and Red | PN DP2678, DP4678R, DP4678R |
| Porterfeild | No (per website) | |
| Carbotech | Yes | 8 compounds |
| Ferodo | No (per website) | |
| Power Stop | No (per website) | |
Single Piston D39 (Pin) Performance Brake Pad Options
| Manufacturer | Makes pads | Notes |
|---|
| Hawk | No | |
| EBC | Yes | Yellow DP41176R |
| Porterfeild | Yes | 4 Carbon Kevlar compounds!
"AP D-39 R-4", R4-1, R4-E, R4-S |
| Carbotech | No | |
| Ferodo | No | |
| Power Stop | No | |
4 Piston D11 Performance Brake Pad Options
| Manufacturer | Makes pads | Notes |
|---|
| Hawk | Yes | 5 Compounds, HB471 family |
| EBC | Yes | Green DP21157 Yellow DP41157R Red DP31157C |
| Porterfeild | No | |
| Carbotech | No | |
| Ferodo | No | |
| Power Stop | Yes | Z26-011, have to look up the ford part |
| Willwood | Yes | 150-D0011K |
| Bear | Yes | D0011 |
NOTE: I recently learned that new pads which are DOT approved have to have a friction code listed on them! Which is very interesting, it potentially allows an easy option for adjusting front rear bias if you have 4 wheel disk. The Right Stuff rear disk kit, uses the GM 80's Camaro front calipers, and you can get friction coefficients between about .25 and .5 for them. Or if you want to decrease pedal effort you can get a higher coefficient of friction front pad. I only browsed images of pads on Rock Auto, I did not see any codes listed on the pictures of the old mopar stuff there though. If anyone has any real numbers from pads they purchased, I think it would be worth documenting that too here!