Editing Brake pads (section)

==Mintex==

===1109===
Standard Road Use - Not suitable for the track - These are normally found in motorfactors or ebay for £25 per axel and sometimes mis-sold as 1144's.

===1144===
Fast Road / Normal Track Use - Cira £60 per axel, will be marked C-Type on the box.
Excellent value for fast road and occasional track. Quick to bed in and work well from cold. Good pad life and not particularly abrasive on disks, although can be a bit dusty. Some fade experienced after pro-longed track use. Squeal can be a problem when the pads are hot, but a hefty dollop of coppaslip on the back of the pads should help.

Can overheat on tracks that need heavy braking and not much opportunity for cooling (e.g. Brands Indy), leading to a "gravelly" feel after a few laps.

===1155===
Hard Track use only - harder compound and will lose out on feel and progression
Purely designed for competition use and under no circumstances should be used for normal road applications. Applications such as Group A and N rally cars and circuit saloons best suit this material. M1155 has a similar friction level to M1144 but remains consistent to a maximum operating temperature of 550-600c. Like M1144 there are no special bedding in procedures for M1155. 

===1166===
M1166 commonly for endurance racing cars where temperatures are sustained for long periods of time.
Purely competition use only and is suitable for rally and saloon/sports car endurance racing. The friction level is higher than that of M1155 but remains consistent to temperatures of 700c. Again no special bedding in procedure is required.

'''Mintex variations'''

Be aware that there has been some confusion over which pads are 1144's. The part number for Mintex Pads for the Elise are MDB1890 and MDB1891 (Front and Rear), there are then compound types of which 1144 is one. These are the variations;

The code will be on the back of the pad.<br><br>
[http://www.mintex.co.uk/ Mintex Manufacturer Website]<br>
[https://www.eliseparts.com/shop/search/?search=mintex Mintex at Elise Parts]

Looks like Textar and Mintex are the same. Compare their website, a few tenth of mm difference in Elise pads: 
[https://textar.brakebook.com/bb/textar/en/PKW/802/4744/17860/applicationSearch.xhtml Textar]
[https://www.mintex.brakebook.com/bb/mintex/en/PKW/802/4744/17860/applicationSearch.xhtml Mintex]