Carbotech brake pad advice

[speedjunkie]

Originally Posted by mazpower

I have yet to fry any wheel bearings or warp rotors even on slowing the Miata down on the track or when playing on the street.

Sweet! Good to hear.

Originally Posted by TitaniumTT

I believe the Miata has, and in know the FD has sealed ball bearings. The FC runs a taper needle bearing. The former is much less susceptible to heat. Also, running a one piece rotor helps tremendously as well.
I need to change the bearings, repack with a very high quality grease, reduct the front end, and then go play on the track and see what happens, I'm fairly confident I can get this issue under control. Problem is thee aren't many FC guys running a 13.25" two piece front rotor with hitemp track pads

Ok that explains it. I always thought two piece rotors cooled better. I thought that was one of the advantages.

Sounds like you need to swap over the hubs from either a Miata or FD lol.

Here are some charts with info about Winmax pads. I'm thinking about the W3.