Carbone Loraine Pads. Where To Get Them From

[vickiw106 1]

does anyone know where i can get a set of carbone lorraine brake pads from.

 

i am currently running the 266mm disc/calipers of a 206 and want to upgrade the pads to Carbone Loraine RC6. but am unsure on where to get them from.

 

thanks for looking

ian

[Rom 0]

I think i remember reading Miles can get them

[SurGie 54]

How good are they for road and track use ?

[vickiw106 1]

How good are they for road and track use ?

 

for road and track use rc5 would probably be better

Edited July 6, 2009 by vickiw106

[Craigb 2]

Demon tweeks . Wrexham

[fast_eddie 0]

are 1155's old hat now?

[Cloverleaf 1]

I got mine from Kev, 'Batfink'. PM him.

[SPGTi 2]

Also got mine of Batfink.

 

Steve

[willmounsey 1]

Kam racing also sell them.

 

http://www.kamracing.co.uk/index.php?main_...h=7_217_229_255

[welshpug 1,668]

that is Batfink I believe

[pug_ham 245 3 Cars]

Kam racing also sell them.

 

http://www.kamracing.co.uk/index.php?main_...h=7_217_229_255

that is Batfink I believe

Its is.

 

Graham.

[Batfink 201]

The RC6 are really only for race or trackday use as they are quite abrasive and can squeal. A lot of the Renault clio boys used these with cheap low carbon disks and were getting sparks of disk material when they braked really hard lol so if you have nice bodywork then use high carbon disks as these cope with the high co-efficient of friction and wont have the wear issue.

If for road then the RC5 are more suited but they can give squeal on some cars under light braking due to the harmonics.

If you are after road pads then hold out for a month as a new compound is coming out. The RC5 PLUS which has no squeal, no dust and will replace the RC5 range. I run RC5's on the road and am quite happy. Just have to use proper cleaner to get the brake dust off.

[willmounsey 1]

lol I didn't know that.

[Batfink 201]

well despite that theres not a lot else that can compete with the pad performance. They just simply do not get affected by heat like organic based pads. They can cope with over 800degree temperatures so fade is non-existent.

[welshpug 1,668]

Sounds good, will they be available for the S16 266mm caliper?

[base-1 17]

Only slightly off topic seeing as the question has been answered, Kev do they do them for MX5s?

 

Edit (Just for future reference, the pads in my car are nearly new )

Edited July 7, 2009 by base-1

[Batfink 201]

Sounds good, will they be available for the S16 266mm caliper?

 

dont know if they will. They have created some new pads for the xsi as the same ones are found on the later 307's but it seems not many people are racing with 206 gti's

If you mean the 306 S16 I think theres a pad already

 

Only slightly off topic seeing as the question has been answered, Kev do they do them for MX5s?

 

Edit (Just for future reference, the pads in my car are nearly new )

 

there is a listing for an MX5 NA made from 1990 - 1997 - is NA your chassis/model number?

[paul205mi16 4]

They eat the discs dont they!What disks are people using for these fast road style pads then?on standard 1.9GTI disk/caliper ?

Edited July 7, 2009 by paul205mi16

[Batfink 201]

RC5 are the same friction level as pads like mintex and pagid so similar wear.

I use them on a heavy bmw and dont have excessive wear.

 

Another good fast road pad is the mintex 1144's, pagid are more expensive in comparison but offer some nice compounds.

[fast_eddie 0]

1144's I faded a set of these properly bedded in very quickly!

1155's were a good pad-I know every app and driver are different(I am very heavy on the brakes) but I would not recommend 1144's

Cheers

[vickiw106 1]

The RC6 are really only for race or trackday use as they are quite abrasive and can squeal. A lot of the Renault clio boys used these with cheap low carbon disks and were getting sparks of disk material when they braked really hard lol so if you have nice bodywork then use high carbon disks as these cope with the high co-efficient of friction and wont have the wear issue.

If for road then the RC5 are more suited but they can give squeal on some cars under light braking due to the harmonics.

If you are after road pads then hold out for a month as a new compound is coming out. The RC5 PLUS which has no squeal, no dust and will replace the RC5 range. I run RC5's on the road and am quite happy. Just have to use proper cleaner to get the brake dust off.

 

these will be used for rally stage events, i currently run mintex 1155 and found them quite poor when asking them to brake hard for a succession of 90 degree bends. so i will be looking for rc6 pads

 

Sounds good, will they be available for the S16 266mm caliper?

 

i am looking for the calipers that also ran 266 discs, i maybe wrong but but didnt the s16 run 283mm discs and calipers.

[welshpug 1,668]

no, S16 runs the same Caliper body as the 405's, 266mm disc (same setup as my ZX 16v, hence the question earlier)

 

its the gti6 that has a 283mm disc.

[vickiw106 1]

no, S16 runs the same Caliper body as the 405's, 266mm disc (same setup as my ZX 16v, hence the question earlier)

 

its the gti6 that has a 283mm disc.

my mistake

 

these will be the same calipers as mine then

[base-1 17]

there is a listing for an MX5 NA made from 1990 - 1997 - is NA your chassis/model number?

 

I'm an NA chassis, but run NB brakes, however brakes only differ by engine size on all of them up until the "Sport" brakes which were 2003 onwards or something like that.

 

Anyway, blowdry trivia aside, if they're for 90-97 that means 1.6, ghey. Makes sense though as over here at least that (used to be) what people raced. I run 1.8 brakes now which weren't available until 93 or 94. Thanks for looking though

[pug_ham 245 3 Cars]

I ran 1144's on my STDT & wasn't highly impressed with themover standard bendix pads.

 

I also have them in the 266mm brakes on my GTI but again I'm not impressed.

 

I ran with Pagid fast road pads on my GTI when I still had the standard brakes on Bendix calipers & they were great, I've just got some for the 1.9 Girling calipers & they'll be replacing the Mintex when I next take the brakes apart.

 

The carbone Loraine pads sound good though.

 

Graham.