Being that I've burned up a lot of pads at the track, I too would like to chime in. You will find that your brake pads have been cooked. They will look thick, but you cooked them. All you have to do is take the pads off and smell them. They will stink your garage up. Yep, they're cooked. Change the fluid AND brake pads. So what if you have dust, you want to stop your car and you want to be confident you have brakes when you are coming out of a long straightaway. Once you go to a track, you'll want to keep going back and you won't anything to take away from your seat time. Great brakes and sticky tires are a must.

The Porterfields are indeed great pads. Porterfield made metal brake lines for me. I burned up OEM, EBC and Hawks pads really bad before I went to Porterfields. The racing Porterfield pads performed wonderfully for me.

Motul 600 is the fluid I use. Unfortunately, I've now warped my rotors. It's always something. But, as you discovered, the Crossfire is a heavy car and needs huge front brakes. There is nothing worse than wondering if you are going to get the car slowed down and righted to make a certain turn when your brakes are mush.

So, now I'm ready for some really big front brakes. Rob at Needswings has been helpful with the research about whether Stoptechs or Brembo, etc are better. I'll be putting on Stoptechs on the front. Will use stock back rotors with the porterfield pads in the back.

Good luck with your racing mods. The road racing fever rages on!!

Jane Bridges