Coochas

A few weeks ago my wife and I attended the HCR cups and saucers event at WGI which was simply fantastic. Great people, great weather and lots of track time. Between the two of us we put 850 miles on the Pawxster in 2 days!

In the last session I was really getting in the zone and turned four 2:10 laps and then a 2:09 at which point I decided that my needing to stand on the brake pedal to slow the car down was getting a bit dangerous.

When I came in I thought, 'gee, the front pads are really low.'

I took the pads out and realized I had taken them down to the backing plate. I am friggin embarrassed as hell and feel bad for the car. The pads were the first time I used the PFC 01 compound and it was a bit on the cold side during the event. They had only one other event on them at NHMS which is harder on the brakes. It is interesting that over the 2 days at WGI there really wasn't any fade to the braking until that very last session when the pedal needed a lot of travel to slow the car.

Anyhow, I'm embarrassed but here are the pics!

KaiB

It takes a big man to tell this...and show pics.

Good on you.

Larry Herman

I can't tell you how many times back in the day (before trailers) I drove home from Watkins Glen with the backing plates tinkling off of the rotors.

2BWise

Embarassment? Tell me about embarassment when you wear thru the backing plate and begin using the piston as braking material :O

Van

You're just getting your money's worth - those PFC are expensive!

Coochas

OMG, I'm so relieved I'm not the only one who's done this. Phew.
At least I didn't run out of gas on the track.

Van

I did that once... in a friend's car. (Some friend!)

Matt Romanowski

They aren't even bent, so you weren't on them that long. Just an FYI - you're supposed to leave parts like that at the track and then it won't happen again. You'll find a set like that out of a 914 in the garages at a lot of tracks.

mglobe

Been there, done that.

2000gt3cup

Great catch.. just in case you want spares I have a New set of fronts and rears PFC.. and a new set of rear Pagid Orange for my 99 Boxster spec I won't be needing any more .. so half price plus shipping.. send me a PM

carroll

38D

You paid for all the pad, might as well use it

tjbreen

What did the rotors look like? My big black rotors are usually about halfway done when I run through a set of PF01s. I have heard that these pads are still good past half worn - I guess you proved it.

John H

I drove home from Mid Ohio without touching the brakes. I pulled the parking brake to stop when I got home. 3 hours.

gums

In this forum that doesn't even qualify as a bad thing.
Unless you were blocking.

Veloce Raptor

Toldya PFC's were good to the backing plate!