Reinstalling OEM brake pads for CF8 NCM Track Event

wrankin · 07-02-2018, 01:27 PM

I currently have the PowerStop Z26 low dust pads on my car. I have been advised here and later verified from a call to PowerStop that I should reinstall the OEM pads for the track event at CF8. I was planning on roughing up the old pads a little with 80 grit sandpaper and a sander. Is this the right approach and should I follow a bedding procedure?

Thanks,
Bill

kropscamaro16 · 07-02-2018, 01:43 PM

yes i did the same thing and also washed my rotors with soap and water and was fine...i also purchased a set of track day pads for my next event and will be using those instead of the stock ones or z26 pads

wrankin · 07-02-2018, 02:47 PM

Yes, you were the one that provided the advice!! Thanks

Bill

kropscamaro16 · 07-02-2018, 03:33 PM

haha oh yea sorry but yes sir u will be good u also going to install the track package in the trunk and upgrade your brake fluid?

wrankin · 07-02-2018, 05:42 PM

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Originally Posted by kropscamaro16

haha oh yea sorry but yes sir u will be good u also going to install the track package in the trunk and upgrade your brake fluid?

not even sure what the track package. Please explain. I don't think I am going to do DOT 4. I will try not to push it to hard. This will be only the second time on a track. Last time was my 2013 SS in 2014.

Are you going to CFest8?

Bill

kropscamaro16 · 07-02-2018, 05:47 PM

its the lil brake duct/backing plate package that should have been in the trunk of the car. Its for track use only and i would recommend swapping brake fluid also but you do have the 6 piston kit so you should be better...

as for camaro fest i live in california and i work monday to friday in sales so probably wont happen this year but maybe sometime! lol

wrankin · 07-02-2018, 06:30 PM

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Originally Posted by kropscamaro16

its the lil brake duct/backing plate package that should have been in the trunk of the car. Its for track use only and i would recommend swapping brake fluid also but you do have the 6 piston kit so you should be better...

as for camaro fest i live in california and i work monday to friday in sales so probably wont happen this year but maybe sometime! lol

I purchased the car used from a young man who ordered a ZL1, so I don't have any of that stuff.

Again thanks for the advice.

Bill

kropscamaro16 · 07-02-2018, 06:38 PM

oh ok weird he should have included it...you can always purchase it from the dealer or wildhammer motorsports i think its only $40-50 but im sure you will be fine unless you are driving at 100%

trohde78 · 07-09-2018, 08:27 AM

On the same topic, would I be better to put the stock pads back on the front for track duty rather than the Hawk HPS pads that I currently have installed?

Alpha1BC · 07-09-2018, 02:23 PM

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Originally Posted by trohde78

On the same topic, would I be better to put the stock pads back on the front for track duty rather than the Hawk HPS pads that I currently have installed?

Yes, I'd highly recommend switching both front and rear. HPS is a street pad and won't stand up to the heat from the track (friend of mine tried running his Chevy SS with 5.0's and glazed them within his first session). IMO since it's so easy and fast to swap pads on these cars it makes sense to swap all pads and preserve the factory brake balance, especially for track use.

At a minimum you'll want to re-bed after switching pads, but as others have stated cleaning the rotors prior to re-bedding is fine too.

trohde78 · 07-09-2018, 03:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Alpha1BC

Yes, I'd highly recommend switching both front and rear. HPS is a street pad and won't stand up to the heat from the track (friend of mine tried running his Chevy SS with 5.0's and glazed them within his first session). IMO since it's so easy and fast to swap pads on these cars it makes sense to swap all pads and preserve the factory brake balance, especially for track use.

At a minimum you'll want to re-bed after switching pads, but as others have stated cleaning the rotors prior to re-bedding is fine too.

Thanks for the input! I guess I could swap them all and do the standard rotor scuffing before a track event. Do I then have to follow Chevy's crazy 50 stops bed-in procedure, or can I do something with fewer stops like Hawk's?

Alpha1BC · 07-10-2018, 06:55 AM

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Originally Posted by trohde78

Thanks for the input! I guess I could swap them all and do the standard rotor scuffing before a track event. Do I then have to follow Chevy's crazy 50 stops bed-in procedure, or can I do something with fewer stops like Hawk's?

Shouldn't need to do the whole procedure in the GM documentation again (light burnish, heavy burnish, then light burnish). I'd think you'd be OK with something between the GM "heavy" burnish procedure and the hawk procedure. Worst case if you don't get it fully burnished on the street the first track day session will finish it up. Just don't dive in and brake super hard/late on your first corner

trohde78 · 07-10-2018, 08:34 AM

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Originally Posted by Alpha1BC

Shouldn't need to do the whole procedure in the GM documentation again (light burnish, heavy burnish, then light burnish). I'd think you'd be OK with something between the GM "heavy" burnish procedure and the hawk procedure. Worst case if you don't get it fully burnished on the street the first track day session will finish it up. Just don't dive in and brake super hard/late on your first corner

Got it! Thanks!

07-02-2018, 01:27 PM	#1
wrankin Camaros Of Northwest Ohio Drives: 2016 Black 2SS Join Date: Nov 2013 Location: Perrysburg OH Posts: 878 View My Garage	Reinstalling OEM brake pads for CF8 NCM Track Event I currently have the PowerStop Z26 low dust pads on my car. I have been advised here and later verified from a call to PowerStop that I should reinstall the OEM pads for the track event at CF8. I was planning on roughing up the old pads a little with 80 grit sandpaper and a sander. Is this the right approach and should I follow a bedding procedure? Thanks, Bill __________________ 2023 2SS 1LE Red Hot 2016 2SS Black / Black & Arenaline Red (sold) 2023 GMC Canyon Denali 2013 2SS / RS - AGM / Jet Black (sold) 1970 1/2 Z/28 Classic Copper / Tan (sold many years ago)

07-02-2018, 01:43 PM	#2
kropscamaro16 Drives: 2016 1ss camaro Join Date: Feb 2016 Location: 909 Posts: 9,817	yes i did the same thing and also washed my rotors with soap and water and was fine...i also purchased a set of track day pads for my next event and will be using those instead of the stock ones or z26 pads __________________ 16 1SS NIGHTFALL GRAY METALLIC WITH NPP #BECAUSERACECAR #SAVETHEMANUALS

07-02-2018, 02:47 PM	#3
wrankin Camaros Of Northwest Ohio Drives: 2016 Black 2SS Join Date: Nov 2013 Location: Perrysburg OH Posts: 878 View My Garage	Yes, you were the one that provided the advice!! Thanks Bill __________________ 2023 2SS 1LE Red Hot 2016 2SS Black / Black & Arenaline Red (sold) 2023 GMC Canyon Denali 2013 2SS / RS - AGM / Jet Black (sold) 1970 1/2 Z/28 Classic Copper / Tan (sold many years ago)

07-02-2018, 03:33 PM	#4
kropscamaro16 Drives: 2016 1ss camaro Join Date: Feb 2016 Location: 909 Posts: 9,817	haha oh yea sorry but yes sir u will be good u also going to install the track package in the trunk and upgrade your brake fluid? __________________ 16 1SS NIGHTFALL GRAY METALLIC WITH NPP #BECAUSERACECAR #SAVETHEMANUALS

07-02-2018, 05:47 PM	#6
kropscamaro16 Drives: 2016 1ss camaro Join Date: Feb 2016 Location: 909 Posts: 9,817	its the lil brake duct/backing plate package that should have been in the trunk of the car. Its for track use only and i would recommend swapping brake fluid also but you do have the 6 piston kit so you should be better... as for camaro fest i live in california and i work monday to friday in sales so probably wont happen this year but maybe sometime! lol __________________ 16 1SS NIGHTFALL GRAY METALLIC WITH NPP #BECAUSERACECAR #SAVETHEMANUALS

07-02-2018, 06:38 PM	#8
kropscamaro16 Drives: 2016 1ss camaro Join Date: Feb 2016 Location: 909 Posts: 9,817	oh ok weird he should have included it...you can always purchase it from the dealer or wildhammer motorsports i think its only $40-50 but im sure you will be fine unless you are driving at 100% __________________ 16 1SS NIGHTFALL GRAY METALLIC WITH NPP #BECAUSERACECAR #SAVETHEMANUALS

07-09-2018, 08:27 AM	#9
trohde78 Drives: '17 Red Hot 2SS 6MT Join Date: Mar 2018 Location: Chicago Suburbs Posts: 346	On the same topic, would I be better to put the stock pads back on the front for track duty rather than the Hawk HPS pads that I currently have installed?

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