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Old 07-06-2009, 05:46 PM   #26
Sleeper_08
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Originally Posted by Red06 View Post
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.
Thank for the response. I usually remember to turn traction control off but sometimes forget so that might have contributed to the high wear rate. In future I'll try to do a better job of remembering.

My front are probably about the same as yours after about 4 sessions.

This morning I ordered HP+ for the back and a spare set of HP+ for the front. Meanwhile I'm taking public transit until the rear pads are here and replaced
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