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Originally Posted by Sleeper_08

I switched to the EBC Yellowstuff pads front and rear this year. Yesterday was my fourth event this year. Two were on a short tracks, TMP, which is hard on brakes and two were at Mosport which is a much faster track and not as hard on brakes.

I have been watching the front pad wear and so far they are down to about 1/2 thickness. After yesterday the rears however are toast and almost completely worn out!

This surprised me. I wonder if it is because the front brake cooling helps the front pads last longer even though they do most of the work?

I'm now considering going to Hawk HP Plus for the rear. The alternative would be back to Hawk HPS but they may not hold up as I am getting better at this and am going faster than last year.

All suggestions and comments would be appreciated.

Do you remember to turn traction control off? With your boosted Mustang, the TCS may be detecting wheel spin coming out of corners which will use the rear brakes to control it. That would explain the excessive rear wear in the rears.

I have five days on mine and I have maybe 1/4 to 1/3 left on the front (I have ducts too) and the rears still have some of the taper left in them so I'd say 3/4. I remember to turn the TCS off most of the time but I'm not boosted either.

I've been looking at going to the Cobalt pads to see if I can get rid of the late session pad fade I still get with the EBCs. The XR 1s seem to have a very wide (advertised) operating range, 100 - 1600 degF, which would allow me to still run one set of pads for occasional street use and on the track.