PCCB wear on GT3 RS

PJS · #1 05-08-2011, 11:15 PM

The advice has spanned from tire sizing, moton set up, gearing, alignment etc

All stuff I would have figured out eventually on my own but if I can learn from others who have already done it, then that is all the better.

IMHO, that is the absolute best part of these forums.

bman · #2 05-09-2011, 09:38 PM

If you intend to stick with the PCCB's then stick with the stock pad and just realize you're going to be changing pads more often. Keep an eye on the pad tapering even if you don't think you have a problem. You MUST inspect the pad wear by looking at the lower half of the pad regularly. Mine and every other PCCB track'd car I've seen has had tapered pad wear. Including at '10 GT3 that shared a garage with me at Mid Ohio this weekend. He's tracked his car a lot and came a fraction of an inch away from destroying a rotor due to severe tapering. There was a lot of pad looking at the top of the caliper and practically none on the bottom.

Trackrat · #3 05-09-2011, 10:04 PM

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Originally Posted by bman

If you intend to stick with the PCCB's then stick with the stock pad and just realize you're going to be changing pads more often. Keep an eye on the pad tapering even if you don't think you have a problem. You MUST inspect the pad wear by looking at the lower half of the pad regularly. Mine and every other PCCB track'd car I've seen has had tapered pad wear. Including at '10 GT3 that shared a garage with me at Mid Ohio this weekend. He's tracked his car a lot and came a fraction of an inch away from destroying a rotor due to severe tapering. There was a lot of pad looking at the top of the caliper and practically none on the bottom.

Words of wisdom. Must check the leading edges of the pads as bman notes.