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Upgrade brakes for towing are EBC Yellowstuff and they work great….read reviews here
January 3rd, 2012
EBC Brakes have helped Chris Greenhouse to win the RallyAmerica Central Region Group 2 championship for the last four consecutive years.
That has meant thousands of miles travelled to and from events all over the United States. Chris uses his 2000 Chevrolet Express Van to tow his race car to and from events and recently upgraded to EBC Yellowstuff brakes.
My crew and I all end up taking turns driving the van when going to events. We all immediately noticed the difference between the EBC Yellowstuff Truck and SUV brake pads and regular store-bought pads. The pads have much more initial bite than regular pads and they have exhibited no fade even when towing the race car and trailer. EBC Brakes claim “Towing brings extra loads and that mushy feel of many stock or low friction aftermarket pads does not inspire confidence. EBC Yellowstuff gives you as much bite as you can get from a stock system and in most cases will give a noticeable brake improvement under loads of towing.” The crew have all stated that the new brakes give them much more confidence while towing.
Chris has already been working hard getting ready for next year and he will be back in action again at Sno*Drift Rally in Atlanta, Michigan, USA in late January 2012. Sno*Drift will be the first event of the 2012 RallyAmerica National Championship series.
I would like to thank everyone who has assisted me in winning four straight regional championships and we look forward to standing atop the podium again in 2012. And my crew is especially grateful for the EBC Yellowstuff brakes that help to keep our rig safe en-route to rally events all over the USA. Special thanks also go out to John Romero at EBC Brakes USA for keeping me well-equipped for the 2012 Rally season.
EBC Yellowstuff Race success again proves that EBC Brakes are the best truck brakes out there
December 7th, 2011
Randy Merritt and Mongo Racing end the 2011 Best In The Desert Racing Association season with a bang having used EBC Yellowstuff brake pads and EBC GD series sport rotors all season . On Saturday December 3, 2011 Randy Merritt started the Transwest Ford Henderson 250 in Jean NV with his son Randy Merritt Jr. riding in the Navigator seat. The side by side start was exciting as Merritt started the race knowing there was no pressure on him. Merritt entered the weekend securely in second for the 2011 BITD Class 8100 points championship.
Randy Merritt took the lead with the whole shot off the start, but electronic issues limited the Mongo Racing Ford F-150 to about 90 percent power for most of the first lap. After the first 80 mile lap Merritt was only 4 minutes behind the leader in second place. On the second lap Merritt was able to get full power back and make up time on the leader, but luck on this day was not with Merritt and Mongo Racing. Merritt had closed with in 1 minute of the leader when the Mongo Racing Ford F-150 came to a sudden stop from a broken drive shaft. Merritt and Merritt Jr. fixed the truck on the course and crossed the finish line of the Transwest Ford Henderson 250 in Jean NV in second place.
Brakes are a big thing in off road racing and that’s why Randy depends on EBC Brakes to stop his truck on a dime all year long.
This marks the 9th season Merritt has finished the BITD Class 8100 season points in the top 3.
Randy Merritt is looking forward to the expanded 6 race 2012 Best In The Desert Racing Association schedule with excitement. Merritt and the Mongo Racing team will be making an exciting announcement for 2012 BITD season within the next few weeks.
The Mongo Racing Ford F-150 is sponsored by General Grabber Tires, KC Hilites, Knock Out Energy, TNC Machine, Sway-A-Way, Trail Ready Bead Lock Wheels, Yukon, EBC Brakes, Optima Batteries, Master Craft Safety Innovations, Lucas Oil, UMP, Camburg Engineering Products, MSD Ignition and Mongo Made Graphics.
EBC Bluestuff pad review by Lotus Racer Joel Symonds
December 5th, 2011
Joel has been running the Blues as part of the Northloop test group and reports the following.
Lotus Elise S1
118bhp
Nitron suspension
Advan AD08 tyres
Total test mileage (road and track) on these Bluestuff pads approx 3500
Track mileage:
Nurburgring Nordschleife TF – 37 laps
Nurburgring GP TF – 2 x 20 minutes
Fitting:
The Bluestuff pads were fitted along with new grooved/dimpled discs. Fitment required the removal of some additional rubber buffer pads that were mounted in the calipers for the OEM ceramic pads that I had been using immediately prior. The pads fitted easily with no signs of sloppiness in the caliper that some pads (OEM, Carbone Lorraine) experience.
Initial bedding in:
The EBC Bluestuff pads immediately felt good with strong bite. Bite remained positive after bedding with a succession of applications from high to low speed, following the same recommended bedding procedure as for the Lotus OEM pads.
Road performance:
The pads worked well from cold with good initial bite, and no signs of squeal or other noises.
Track performance:
Immediately the brakes felt reasonably strong and confidence inspiring. The pedal was slightly softer and lacked a little feel compared to the OEM ceramic MMC pads, but not unacceptably so. Performance on the GP circuit was consistent, the retardation remaining strong and giving no reason to worry about the next braking zone.
On the Nordschleife, however, the downhill section from Kallenhard to Breidscheid caused the brakes to grumble, both audibly and through the pedal. They still slowed the car when asked, but this reduced confidence somewhat in this area. The grumbling was still present at Bergwerk, but thereafter was fine for the remainder of the lap. This pattern was repeated every lap.
Road performance after a track session seemed ok, if initially a little wooden feeling, suggesting a possible heat issue. Once fully cooled the performance was up to previous levels.
Wear and tear:
Post-trip inspection of the Bluestuff pads shows even wear, and no signs of surface cracking or other deterioration. Wear rates looked good, with plenty of thickness left. The pads produced more dust than some others I have used recently, but this seemed to wash off easily enough.
Cheers,
Joel.
I feel a pulsation or vibration in my brake pedal every time I stop. But the brakes seem to work fine. Is anything wrong?
December 5th, 2011 This is a response to the article written and posted on Yahoo with the above title.Yes something is wrong but the Yahoo article does not help you at all and will only prolong your troubles.
This article in my opinion as a brake engineer of 35 years experience is completely wrong and misleading.
It skates around the issue using terminology that is simply wrong for brake such as “Warpage” (not even English) and misleads drivers. It talks about incorrect wheel nut torque as a cause for warping which is completely wrong, distortion maybe but the word warping is misused again here.
The truth about the issue of brake vibration and how to solve it without replacing your rotors is found here
http://www.ebcbrakes.com/automotive/solve_brake_vibration.shtml
The real facts lie in the above linked article and we suggest you read this and follow the recommendations because if you do what the Yahoo article says and rush out and spend $200 on new rotors, you are only delaying the inevitable and wasting funds
Best brakes for Track-day and Race use on Impreza
December 1st, 2011
“One of the most important modifications for a circuit racer is the brakes. When out on track, more time can be gained or lost in the braking areas than anywhere else on the circuit. You need to have confidence in your brakes and be able to slam them on hard and as late as possible, to slow the car for the corner as fast as possible, before rebalancing the car for the bend. My Time Attack Impreza has K-Sport callipers and EBC Bluestuff NDX pads all round and it stops like you’ve hit a brick wall.”
Paul Doyle speaking back in August 2011 for Japanese performance magazine in the “tips from the pro’s” section about key modifications.
Paul Doyle’s Impreza uses K-Sport callipers but Bluestuff will of course perform in any quality calliper and even standard brake systems when bedded in properly click here to select the best pads for your race callipers.
The biggest advantage of EBC Bluestuff NDX is their bite from cold and progressive brake feel and the ability to bring a car to a complete stop.
EBC Brakes have made record speed inroads into the USA and German Markets in recent years after their clear dominance in their home UK market and are the favourite choice of brake materials for fast street and race car drivers all over the world.
EBC Brakes produce the largest range of brake pads in the world in a variety of compounds and are 100% British made with their ISO certificated factory located in Bristol UK and are part of the Freeman group of Companies Established in 1978 and still privately owned.
We Love Our Boss Appreciation Day
November 23rd, 2011 EBC Brakes boss Andy Freeman was caught off guard when he arrived for a whistle stop tour of the EBC Brakes Los Angeles facility to be greeted by a staff party in the parking lot hosted and paid for by the EBC Brakes Los Angeles crew.The 30 Mexican staff prepared a huge selection of home-made Mexican cooking and entertained the group with some Mexican music and a few beers.
This is typical of the fantastic team spirit of the EBC Los Angeles crew, many of whom have been with EBC Brakes for over 20 years and are a much appreciated asset to the EBC Brakes group.
EBC Brakes moved into its new facility in Los Angeles in 2009 where the double warehouse facility holds over $13 million in motorcycle and automotive brakes such as the famous EBC Yellowstuff sport brakes and the new EBC Double-H sintered motorcycle pads that are market leaders in their segment.
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Harley Davidson Café Customer Appreciation Evening Las Vegas SEMA Show 2011
November 23rd, 2011 Over 100 guests from as far apart as the UK and Australia were welcomed for the first EBC customer appreciation evening at the Harley Davidson Café on the Las Vegas strip on the evening of Tuesday 8th November, 2011. Contrary to rumours, the Australia crew didn’t manage to drink the open bar dry, although Les Smith and his band of Australian dealers, flown in at Les’ cost to Vegas for the SEMA show, tried hard. Les Smith is the owner of RDA Australia which is the EBC automotive agent down under and we were all thrilled to meet his customer group. There is no truth in the rumour that shares in Fosters went down to half during their absence from Oz and everyone at EBC Brakes would love to see any of these folks again or more customers from Australia at SEMA next year. Great fun was had by all. RDA Australia have had great success selling the EBC Yellowstuff and Redstuff ranges of pads for their market and continue to expand their business into the core market using the EBC Ultimax pad range.Please roll over image to view
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EBC Brakes Sponsored Harley-Davidson XR1200 at NEC bike show
November 21st, 2011
The EBC Brakes sponsored Harley XR1200 will be displayed on the Custom Xtreme stand in HALL 3 at the Motorcycle Live show NEC Birmingham from Saturday 19th November to Sunday 27th November 2011
The Harley-Davidson XR1200 Trophy series has now finished with me ending up 7th in the championship. I can’t help wondering how it might have been had spilt oil not caused me to crash whilst laying third in the championship, this little mishap made me to miss two races and carry an injury for the rest of the season.
The Cheltenham Harley-Davidson/EBC Brakes sponsored machine was race prepared and worked on by my race techs Gavin Cupit and Elliott Andrews both Harley-Davidson master technicians. They ensured the bike was in tip top order and with the awesome EBC GPFA race pads kept me competitive, the GPFA race pads launched in 2011 as a direct response to top racers asking for more bite on bikes equipped with slick tyres and latest calipers.
A big thank you to all at EBC Brakes for your fantastic support during 2011 and for helping me to raise much needed funds for Great Ormond Street Children’s Hospital who saved my sons life.
I am delighted to say next season I will again be sponsored by EBC Brakes.
Finally thank you to everyone who has taken the time to read my blog.
Happy Christmas everyone.
Gary Byrne #44
Best brakes for light trucks are EBC according to most of the media
November 17th, 2011
EBC Brakesare 100% made in the UK and the new Yellowstuff light truck pads deliver awesome stropping power and heat fade resistance.
The GD series wide aperture slotted rotors also do a great job of hauling down trucks and one recent write up on these products is shown below
STEP ON IT
By Bruce W. Smith
EBC disc-brake upgrade gives Project Super Crew improved stopping power and longer pad life.Brakes are the most important part of any vehicle.
You can do all the suspension, tire, wheel and engine upgrades to make your company pickup more efficient at whatever tasks you call upon it to perform.
But without good brakes those improvement are all for naught.
Add a trailer into the mix and your pickup’s braking performance advances to an even higher degree on necessity, especially when corporate insurance and liability are at stake.
Maintenance costs are also affected. ProPickup’s reader’s 30,000-miles-a-year average is almost twice what the typical vehicle owner logs.
This means the front brake pads on the typical contractor’s pickup are replaced at least once a year (60 percent of braking is done by the front brakes) if not more often.
Multiply those annual costs by 6- to 8 times during the life of the vehicle, and the brake repairs/maintenance adds up.
Improved vehicle safety and a reduction in brake maintenance costs can be reduced over the long-term by upgrading to more efficient, higher-performance disc brake pads and rotors.
Such upgrades are all about controlling heat build-up, which, in turn, reduces brake fade and brake component wear.About Brake Fade
If you have ever done any trailer towing in steep mountains or in other situations where engine braking isn’t enough to keep the tow vehicle/trailer at a comfortable speed, you know what brake fade feels like.
That soft brake pedal slowly heading to the floor, the smell of hot brakes, and the slowly increasing vehicle speed brings chills to the body.Stock Ford F-250 front brake assembly has vented rotor.
It’s the same feel as you get trying to bring a heavily laden pickup with oversized tires to a stop in an emergency situation.
The brakes and ABS system are trying their best to comply with what your mind and foot are demanding, but the stop is slow in coming.
The reason for brake “fade” is so much friction is being generated between the rotor and pad that the heat causes the resin in the pad’s friction material to vaporize.
As vaporizing occurs, gas builds up between the face of the brake pad and the rotor.
This layer of gas acts as a cushion, and braking resistance is compromised (think tires hydroplaning on water as they lose contact with the pavement).
Brake fade on newer pickups isn’t so much about the vaporizing of the pads against the rotor, it’s boiling the brake fluid, which results in much the same result.With newer brake pad compounds, the pads transfer heat into the calipers once the rotors are too hot, and the brake fluid starts to boil forming bubbles in it,
explains Chris Longhurst, author of the Brake Bible.
Because air is compressible (brake fluid isn’t) when you step on the brakes, the air bubbles compress instead of the fluid transferring the motion to the brake calipers,
says Longhurst.
Voila! Modern brake fade.
The solution to controlling such massive amounts of heat during braking are pads made from higher quality materials, and rotors that feature some combination of holes, grooves, and dimples to help dissipate heat faster and give the vaporized gas someplace to exit.
While grooving the surface may reduce the specific heat capacity of the rotor, its effect is negligible in the grand scheme of things,
says Longhurst.
EBC Sport disc brakes and Yellowstuff pads address contrctor’s stopping needs in full-size pickups.
However, under heavy braking, once everything is hot and the resin is vaporizing, the grooves give the gas somewhere to go, so the pad can continue to contact the rotor, allowing you to stop.
EBC Disc Brake Upgrade
Our 2011 F-250 Super Duty Crew Cab 4×4 has a very good factory disc-brake setup at all four corners.
But as we added more weight to the truck in the form of accessories and equipment, and a much higher rolling mass with the taller, heavier tires and wider wheels, we thought it time to step up to a higher performance rotor/pad combination.
So we turned to EBC, a British company renown for their performance brakes world-wide.
EBC has added heavy-duty pickup applications to their popular Sport Rotors called the GD-Series.
The GD-Series rotors are dimple-drilled so they provide pad degassing without “Through Drilling,” which has been shown to promote rotor cracks.
The Sport Rotors’ special slots between the faces draw cool air under the brake pad and rotor interface and help cool the temperatures of the pad contact which can shoot up to well over 1000 degrees at the very heart of the brake pad during heavy braking.
Slots and dimples in EBC rotor face and special vents between faces all contribute to heat dispersion for better braking under heavy use.
These “full sweep” slots on the EBC Sport Brake rotor also help remove dirt dust debris and water from the braking area.
The biggest benefit is because of their design the rotors don’t warp, maintaining a flat and parallel pad surface throughout the lifetime of the brake pad set.
Adding Yellowstuff
The other upgrade we made is replacing the factory pads with EBC Yellowstuff.
EBC Yellowstuff pads are made from an aramid fiber compound with a very high heat range, and they work well when the brakes are cold and very well when hot.
The EBC Yellowstuff gives you as much bite as you can get from a stock system and in most cases will give a noticeable brake improvement while towing or hauling heavy loads,
says James Hallett, Vice Presidentof EBC Brakes USA Inc.
The GD7319 #GD-Series rotors with Yellowstuff pads are the best combination for pickup owners who do a lot of towing and off-pavement driving,
Hallett says.
If you are a construction worker or contractor who drives a heavy-duty pickup, those conditions should sound quite familiar.
Our Test Results
When we did the first track tests with our F-250 Crew Cab diesel, the 60mph-0 distance on Holiday Raceway’s 1/8th mile asphalt strip was 151 feet, with the subsequent back-to-back braking distance stretching to 168 feet.
With the truck sitting atop 35-inch Mickey Thompson MTZ mud tires, four-inch suspension lift, toolboxes, refuel tank and a number of other upgrades, the base stopping distance extended out to 196 feet.
Ford F-250 front disc brake assmebly fitted with EBC Sport rotors and Yellowstuff pads.
The second pass, made without letting the brakes cool down except for the drive back to the starting line, ended at 210 and a lot of soft pedal underfoot.
With the EBC pads and rotors, the first pass came in at 171 feet and the hot pass 177.
Brake pedal feel on the second pass was very similar to the first braking run.
Our inital stock-verses-aftermarket comparison shows the EBC Sport rotors and Yellowstuff pads definitely improved our big Ford’s stopping power both cold and hot.
We have also seen slightly firmer brake pedal and noticeably improved around-town braking performance during both wet and dry conditions.
The truck also tends to stop with a more level attitude than it did with the stock brakes
Here’s how Truck Supply & Outfitter’s Daniel Parker went about upgrading the front and rear brakes on our 2011 Ford F-250 Crew Cab 4×4 diesel, Project Super Crew….
Article available at http://www.propickupmag.com/disc-brake-upgrade
Brakes for rally driving from EBC Brakes help Chris Greenhouse win 2011 RallyAmerica Central Region Group 2 championship for the fourth consecutive year
November 17th, 2011
Photo by Christopher Stryker
Chris Greenhouse has made it four in a row. The Weasel RallySports team driver has won the 2011 RallyAmerica Central Region Group 2 championship for the fourth consecutive year. Piloting his Plymouth Neon with EBC Yellowstuff brake pads, he took wins at Sno* Regional, Tresspasser’s Wil, Finger Lakes, and Sherwood Forest rallies. He also took a 2WD National victory at Susquehannock Trail Performance Rally in June and finished 4th in the 2WD National Championship series as well.
It was definitely a good year for us. We had solid, consistent finishes, a motivated team, and a little bit of luck along the way to our 4th championship. We had a few close battles, and we had to come from behind a few times, too. I think, more importantly, we were able to persevere through some adverse moments and we didn’t give up through those moments. We needed to hang in there to capitalize on the competition’s misfortune a few times, too.
Chris expects to return to the stages in January 2012 in Atlanta Michigan, USA at Sno*Drift Rally.
We have a lot of work to do in the off-season, so much so that it isn’t really going to be much of an off-season. We have a new engine going into the Neon, and we have a few other improvements planned for 2012 also. For now, I would really like to thank EBC Brakes for supporting our championship efforts. Get ready, because we are coming back even stronger than before in 2012!
