CarboTech pads anybody ?

[steveh]

I had the Carbotech XP10/XP12 combo on my Miata when I first started tracking it, because it was "the" setup for spec Miata.  I liked the pads, but they weren't cheap and did not last very long, even on a very light car.

Since then I have run Hawk HT-10's on the front, HP+ rear on both the Miata and an E36 sedan, and have had good luck with both.  Good wear, good initial bite and very controllable (I trail brake a lot), not too much dust.  Good cold bite, so they work on the street; the 10's are pretty noisy when cold.  Not inexpensive, but less than Carbo's or Pagids.

I used to run Pagid yellows on my 951.  Loved them on the track, but for an "endurance" pad they did not wear well and were very expensive.