As per the title,
Just put the 18" BBS CH on with Michelin Pilot Sport Cup 2s'. I've also put Endless MA45B endurance pads and Castrol SRF in as well.
The weather is perking up and i'm off to the Nordschleife early next month so i thought its a bout time to bed those pads and tyres in.
A note on the standard pads, I have only done around 1000 miles mostly the commute and a few B road blasts (fairly quick ones) and the pads have started ever so slightly started to break up around the edges. This leads me to the conclusion that they definitely won't hold up to track abuse.
The Endless pads have the same kind of feel and consistency like my old Pagid RS29. So they're good.
I haven't really thrashed it so can't say what they will be like lap after lap but initial impressions seem promising. I've been re assured by Raeder Motorsports they're upto the job and they know a thing or two about racing, so i'm hopeful.
The Cup 2s' (now scrubbed in) are a revelation, the laterally grip is sensational and the dif now feels like it can put the power down without getting power understeer (it has hard on the RE050s even if i was careful with my throttle modulation).
They take a little while to get the heat in them and i've found on a reasonable drive that the pressures went up 4 psi front and 2 psi rear. Michelin say the optimal pressures are between 36-33 psi HOT so i'm going for 30 psi front and 30 psi rear COLD and go from there for track use, if anybody is interested in these kinds of things.
Now I think the car can use its full potential and will report back after the Nordschleife to see if these small mods did the trick to keep its all round ability but make it a Porsche baiter.
Anybody else taking their Seat/Cupras' to the 'ring this year?
Just put the 18" BBS CH on with Michelin Pilot Sport Cup 2s'. I've also put Endless MA45B endurance pads and Castrol SRF in as well.
The weather is perking up and i'm off to the Nordschleife early next month so i thought its a bout time to bed those pads and tyres in.
A note on the standard pads, I have only done around 1000 miles mostly the commute and a few B road blasts (fairly quick ones) and the pads have started ever so slightly started to break up around the edges. This leads me to the conclusion that they definitely won't hold up to track abuse.
The Endless pads have the same kind of feel and consistency like my old Pagid RS29. So they're good.
I haven't really thrashed it so can't say what they will be like lap after lap but initial impressions seem promising. I've been re assured by Raeder Motorsports they're upto the job and they know a thing or two about racing, so i'm hopeful.
The Cup 2s' (now scrubbed in) are a revelation, the laterally grip is sensational and the dif now feels like it can put the power down without getting power understeer (it has hard on the RE050s even if i was careful with my throttle modulation).
They take a little while to get the heat in them and i've found on a reasonable drive that the pressures went up 4 psi front and 2 psi rear. Michelin say the optimal pressures are between 36-33 psi HOT so i'm going for 30 psi front and 30 psi rear COLD and go from there for track use, if anybody is interested in these kinds of things.
Now I think the car can use its full potential and will report back after the Nordschleife to see if these small mods did the trick to keep its all round ability but make it a Porsche baiter.
Anybody else taking their Seat/Cupras' to the 'ring this year?