Editing Brake pads (section)

==EBC==
[[File:Ultimax.jpg|200px|thumb|EBC Ultimax]]
We fit 100's of EBC Greens & have had no reported failures or catching fire. However, with any pads it is very important to bed them in properly & we supply a hanger on every car that goes out explaining this.
Edited by Sinclaire 20/05/09<br>[[File:greenstuff.jpg|200px|thumb|EBC Greenstuff]]

=== Ultimax/Blackstuff===
no information found on use with Lotus. They are cheap, have the lowest temperature capacity and pure street pad. Nominal friction coefficient 0.46
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===Green===
Not recommended for track use but comparable with OEM pads for both stopping power and wear. Nominal friction coefficient 0.55
Coefficient of Friction: .55(average) >Varies dramatically<<br>
Material: aramid fibre <br>
Dust: Moderate<br>
Pad Wear: Moderate<br>
Rotor Wear: Moderate<br>
Noise: low<br>
Purpose(street/track/both): Street<br>
Max Temp: 1100 F (593 C)<br>[[File:redstuff.jpg|200px|thumb|EBC Redstuff]]

===Redstuff===
low dust, high temp pad. Designed for large vehicles or high performance vehicles. Average friction coefficient 0.5
Coefficient of Friction: .5(average)<br>
Material: Kevlar® fibre based brake compound enhanced with ceramic particles<br>
Dust: Low<br>
Pad Wear: Moderate<br>
Rotor Wear: <br>
Noise: ?<br>
Purpose(street/track/both): Street<br>
Max Temp: 1380 F (748 C)<br>[[File:Yellowstuff.jpg|200px|thumb|EBC Yellowstuff]]

===Yellowstuff===
New compound getting a good write-up for track use, possible alternative to Pagids at half the price. Cold friction 0.5 ; 550C(1000F)-0.31 ; 800C(1440F)-0.21 ; Average friction coefficient 0.5
Coefficient of Friction: .5 cold, decrease with heat
Material: Kevlar® fibre based brake compound enhanced with ceramic particles<br>
Dust: High<br>
Pad Wear: Moderate<br>
Rotor Wear: <br>
Noise: ?<br>
Purpose(street/track/both): both (street bias)<br>[[File:bluestuff.jpg|200px|thumb|EBC Bluestuff]]
Max Temp: 1440 (782 C)(coefficient of friction at .21 at this temp)<br>

===Bluestuff NDX===
Super-Street & Trackday Brake Pads
Bluestuff NDX is an intermediate grade trackday and race pad making it the material of choice for many club level racers and serious trackday enthusiasts. However, due to Bluestuff having excellent cold friction and being very controllable. More recently, EBC are pleased to announce that Bluestuff has passed extensive road focused testing and gained R90 approval on some E.U. fitments, making it unique in being the first truly track focused pad which is also perfectly legal for use on the public roads across Europe. There is no requirement for E.U. customers to inform their insurance company following fitment of R90 approved pads.

All EBC compounds are performance enhanced with CERAMIC GRANULES making them a true premium upgrade pad range for all vehicles.
Purpose(street/track/both): both (track bias)<br>
peak friction 0.6 ; 550C(1000F)-0.45 ;  800C(1440F)-0.42 <br>[[File:orangestuff.jpg|200px|thumb|EBC Orangestuff]]

===Orangestuff===
In its third year of use the Orangestuff compound has proved to be a great solution for medium/longer duration race use than its famous stable-mate the Yellowstuff brake pad grade which are a great brake pad for Trackday driving.
Not road legal for EU market where R90 is required, OK for road use in USA and Asian Markets as these pads have good cold bite with progressively increasin friction as temperature rise.<br> 
Highest braking performance race compound with zero fade up to 750C.<br>
Purpose(street/track/both): track (no R90 approval)<br>
Cold friction 0.5 ; 550C(1000F)-0.6 ; 800C(1440F)-0.63<br>

===RP-X===
Designed for vehicles driven hard on track, RP-X™ possesses a high friction level of 0.55 between 0 – 850°C and achieves 100% brake effect from cold. This makes RP-X™ an excellent choice for sprint racing or hill climb events, where full brake performance is essential without requiring any ‘warming up’, but also makes RP-X™ well suited to any type of circuit use where a high initial bite and powerful brake response is desirable.
Purpose(street/track/both): track (no R90 approval)<br>

===RP-1===
Designed for vehicles driven hard on track, RP-1™ possesses a moderately high friction level of 0.45 between 100 – 750°C. The more progressive response characteristic of RP-1™ makes it well suited for inherently ‘over-servoed’ vehicles where a softer pad material is desirable to allow greater finesse when on the brakes.
Purpose(street/track/both): track (no R90 approval)[[File:Ebc brakes.jpg|300px|thumb|right|EBC brake pad range temperature overview]]
[[File:EBCcomparisonchart.gif|300px|thumb|EBC comparison chart]]<br>
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===Additional Info===
Bits and pieces of knowledge I found and gathered from other forums and/or websites while researching:

EBC keeps updating their compounds but name stays the same. This makes it hard to get accurate real-world data.<BR>

They had a crisis of sh*t pads back in the mid-'00s. Since then, things have improved dramatically. It takes a very short time to destroy a good reputation, and ages to rebuild it.

Andy Freeman (owner of EBC), quote from 2011: "Redstuff is now in its SEVENTH formulation reblend and may change again, every time we get feedback or new ingredients come out we add them in to the blends and re test.<BR>
Other quote's from him (2008): "Latest Yellowstuff is DM 1793 and DM 1846 which has been around for a year and is used on all UK Police chase cars and race use and adopted by Silverstone on their Elise's and Porsche fleet yet is fully streetable and a brilliant pad. The 1846 is fine for street but track work should always now use the 1793 version and that is what Silverstone use."

(motorcyclist) High iron-content discs don't like EBC pads<br>

(comment from 2007) One of the [[http://arc.seloc.org/viewthread.php?tid=126236&page=1#pid2778366| comments]] about EBC from forum from a user (Simon S) that has used a lot of brake pads: <br>
"EBC *anything* are just shite cheap crap, Greens are IMHO dangerous for anything other than light road use, Reds are not much better, and don't work well when pushed hard (as in overheat and break up), Yellows are rock hard and just do not offer the same level of retardation and pedal feel the OEM pads to when push come to shove... they also crumble when really pushed (and I had them actually catch fire!)."<br>

My own experience with Greenstuff (2019-2020): work well on the road, but would like more safety margin when blasting at speed through on curvy mountain road for 2 hours (FYI: hitting ABS frequently). For Track use (Assen) they work about 45 minutes when fading starts and if you continue all brake power will go away completely - not recommended for (dry) track use. I would hit ABS in almost every corner. On wet track had no issue at all. 


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