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Originally Posted by Irfan (Post 406659)

Just to update...

WOW 200 posts in under 2 months AND a new "status"!!! Cool it's on a post almost exactly like the original one in that thread ;)

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Originally Posted by Carrera51 (Post 406668)

If the 997S will only be seeing a few track days a year, I'd get some PF08s for those days, and put the street pads back in for street driving.

On a car as heavy and will the kind of power a 997S puts down, an in between pad is going to be a huge comprise, especially now that you are used to the PFCs.

I bet Vicegrip would even be kind enough to teach you how to change out the pads. Once you get familiar with doing it, you can do all four corners in less than an hour.

Sounds reasonable, but the thing is that I'm very unsatisfied with the stock street pads for street use, so they need to be upgraded anyway. I'm hoping that an upgraded street pad would suffice for occasional track use, especially since I don't intend to drive the 997 quite as hard as the Cayman (it's more expensive, a cab, want it to be a DD for many years, etc.).

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Originally Posted by Trak Ratt (Post 406671)

WOW 200 posts in under 2 months AND a new "status"!!! Cool it's on a post almost exactly like the original one in that thread ;)

But I probably still won't have over 21 thousand posts in 9 years. ;)

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I don't intend to drive the 997 quite as hard as the Cayman

SO you want to take it to the track but go slow? Bigger, heavier car, more power. ARe you going to drive the car in green forever?

This thread is full of good pad advice. Changing pads on your car is dead simple. Brake pads are used up pretty quickly on the track, you'll have plenty of opportunities to figure out which brake pads you like.

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Originally Posted by Irfan (Post 406675)

But I probably still won't have over 21 thousand posts in 9 years. ;)

LOL maybe but you have a great start on it!!!

My advice, keep the 997S for street use. Didn't realize it was a cab so I must have missed that in an earlier post. Since you have the Cayman R, no reason really to track the 997 Cab.

Hawk HPS (High Performance Street) pads are nice for street use, but still not really suited for the track.

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Originally Posted by Carrera51 (Post 406711)

That's more or less the plan, but hard to have a 911 and never track it. Even if I drive it a tenth slower than the CR, it's still fun, and nice to be able to drive more than one car on the track.

Any thoughts or experience with these pads?

Pagid RS 4-2-1 Black
High Performance compound with low fading characteristics and high cold friction. The RS 4-2-1 is a most comfortable medium friction compound and very easy on the discs (rotors). Very popular for brake up grades or tuning. It is OE on various Super Sports Cars among others Aston Martin, Bugatti, Ferrari, Lamborgini, Lotus or McLaren. Suitable for street and light track use such as track days or driving education.

From the description, they sound like just what I need.

Don't Skimp on brakes. Get street pads and track pads. It really is that simple.