Front brake pads

[Craig_CD9A]

Hey people,
just bought myself some EBC Greenstuff brake pads for the front of my Evo 1 and went to fit them only to see that the brake pad I have just bought is a hell of a lot smaller that whats on there at the moment! My car is running a Evo 3 engine so I am assuming that the brakes have also been swapped over to Evo 3 spec, which would run larger pads yes? Part number for the brakes I have bought is DP2830.

 

[GSRWRC]

Evo I and III brakes are the same :roll:

 

[Craig_CD9A]

Just did some searching on the net and found that out for myself. And also found that the correct brake pad from EBC is DP2954! The box with the pads I have been supplied says that they are for a Lancer Evo 1, and Evo 2! Well the shop I have purchased them from sure will be fixing their mistake ASAP!

 

[GSRWRC]

They're probably GSR pads.

On the topic of EBC Greenstuff. I found them very, very average and now run a set of Carbotech XP8 pads from the US. They're in a completely different league. Still have the greens in the rear, will be ditching those soon.

www.ctbrakes.com

 

[DOUGMO]

Just did some searching on the net and found that out for myself. And also found that the correct brake pad from EBC is DP2954! The box with the pads I have been supplied says that they are for a Lancer Evo 1, and Evo 2! Well the shop I have purchased them from sure will be fixing their mistake ASAP!

same thing happened to my a while back

ebcs new product book is listed wrong for evo front pads

 

[EVO-00X]

On the topic of EBC Greenstuff. I found them very, very average and now run a set of Carbotech XP8 pads from the US. They're in a completely different league. Still have the greens in the rear, will be ditching those soon.

I have EBC Green stuff on the Mrs car and they pull up great. Heaps of my friends use them on their hi-po street cars and we all consider them to be great value. If you are using them for competition they arent mean to handle that kind of heat and abuse and you would need another pad.

 

[gsr-mat]

anybody tried the ebc red pads at all? sorry to go off topic a little

 

[tentacles]

I think the 2 and 3 stock pads are a different compound than the 1 ( which are the same as the VR4, FTO, etc). EBC uses different #s for them but so does Mitsubishi.

Look at this:

All of those should be interchangable but apparently the "upgrade quality" pads for the FTO are the same as the "replacement quality" pads for the evo 1.

 

[stealmy]

Just EBC red pads I bought off DOUGMO last weekend, have done around 150km's so they still have a way to go to bed in, but so far I'm very happy with them.

 

[DOUGMO]

that top fto listing is for the 1.8 4 cylinders that only have a 1.8.

either way just crossreference with vr4 twin pot ones as tentacles has circled to double check they are the correct ones

 

[bennygsr]

A quick question in an old thread so as not to start a new one:

Can I just confirm that front brake pads from a CC GSR will not fit on EVO 1-3? Thanks

 

[EVO-00X]

Thats correct, the GSR uses a single piston smaller caliper on a smaller rotor and will not fit on an EVO.

 

[bennygsr]

Thanks

 

[Liberoz]

Ive tried green stuff pads but wont go back after I first tried Elig pads from GTPumps.com.au the're reasonably priced, wear well, most importantly stop on a dime and hold up very well on track days.

 

[rob323]

Everyone thinks EBC stuff is good.........until they try something better .

 

[Craig_CD9A]

Everyone thinks EBC stuff is good.........until they try something better .

So I may as well review the pads I got.
EBC Greenstuff aren't very good pads. They're very noisy when cold and dont inspire confidence when cold or hot. They don't really fade on the street though, but neither do they bite very well on initial brake application. The pads the car had on it beforehand were much much better, and probably cheaper too.

 

[milkandoj]

Has anyone tried ferodo formula's and can compare the to some of the others. For a set of good street car pads, not race use.
They are one step down from where their race pads start. (ds2500 ect). I have them, and on crises in the hills they dont get fade, might get one or two squeeks when cold 100m up the road then they are quite good. Which is really nothing, seem to be good street pads.
Can anyone compare then to the others? good? shit? ect in comparison...