Hi all, I had no replies in the 'performance upgrades' forum, so trying here. 

 

I'll be taking my dad on his first track day in his Octavia MK3 VRS soon at Thruxton. I'll bleed through some Motul RBF 600 fluid for him and change his front pads. 

 

What pads have people used on track in these cars? They're pretty heavy, so the pads are going to get pretty hot. I don't want him to get brake fade after just a couple of laps or be left with pad deposits causing a vibrating pedal. 

 

Options are:

 

Mintex m1144 

Mintex m1155

Ferodo DS2500 

Pagid RS29 (my favourite, but too expensive he says) 

 

Anyone have experience with any of these pads on track in an Octavia? 

 

Thanks. 

I've had experience of the DS2500 on other cars and really don't rate them at all. DS1.11 are the next pad up and they get rave reviews, double the price of the ds2500.

 

M1144 are more a fast road pad, don't seem to cope with heat too well (had a set in the Megane R26), assume 1155 are more track focussed?

 

Pagid are supposed to be brill, but not cheap! 

 

I use PBS in my track civic, they're such a good pad and not expensive either - not sure if they do a pad for the MQB cars.....yet

Edited 7 August, 20205 yr by DC04R