MAIN FEATURES
• High friction coefficient (0.46 average)*
• Excellent disc life
• Racing "feel"
• Low heat transmission to caliper - thus avoiding fluid boil
*This is the average coefficient of friction from a fast-road-testing schedule, it would be lower in a test schedule representative of race use.
WARNING: recommended for road use. ECE R90 compliant (European Union standard for road legal pads).
Compound:
The DS Performance road car range transfers Ferodo's racing pedigree to high performance. This compound is the ideal choice for those seeking a replacement road pad which has the feel of a racing compound but the refinement of an Original Equipment material. It combines many of the characteristics found in a pure racing compound (high friction, absence of fade) but has improved cold performance, and reduced disc wear and noise.
This range is recommended for road use as it is ECE R90 compliant (European Union standard for road legal pads).
Features and Benefits:
ISO16949 & 14001 Certified Production
All Ferodo Racing brake pads are manufactured to the highest international ISO quality standards at Federal Mogul’s dedicated manufacturing facility in Italy. Every brake pad has a total of 26 separate quality controls during its manufacture which guarantee a repeatable and consistent product within and between every batch.
Precision Engineering
All of the pad back-plates are manufactured from high tensile steel meaning minimum distortion when subjected to the high clamping forces common in motorsport use. Pads are manufactured to maintain high tolerances on the pad and back-plate dimensions including: flatness, parallelism and overall thickness. This results in a rapid and uniform transmission of pressure from the brake system to the pads.
Thermal Under-layer
Unlike many competitive products most Ferodo Racing brake pads incorporate a thermal under-layer between the backing-plate and the friction material. This reduces the brake caliper’s operating temperature by up to 80 deg C and significantly reduces the risk of boiling the brake fluid which causes a “spongy” feeling in the pedal.
Disc Friendly
Unlike many competitive products Ferodo pads are kind on brake discs. Ferodo pads are developed to optimize both the pad and disc life. Our philosophy is not to increase pad life with the casualty of excessive disc wear.
High Controllability
All Ferodo Racing brake pads are engineered to perform with a relatively constant coefficient of friction (mu) across a wide range of temperatures, pressures and vehicle speeds. This results in a consistent brake feel for the driver meaning that the braking torque is a linear response to pedal pressure.
Wide Range of Material choices and Fitment
Ferodo Racing has one of the widest range of pad shapes in the high performance brake pad market.
Pad Bedding:
The aim of bedding is to bring the pads to full operating temperatures, but gradually. Too quickly results in glazing.
HOW TO DO THE BEDDING
Start with a series of applications, from light pressure (x 5 applications) to medium pressures (x5 applications) on a quiet road, from slow (initially) to moderate speeds.
The applications should not be separated from each other by more than 30 seconds. There is no need for the vehicle to come to rest on each application.
Allow the brakes to cool (this will occur during normal driving anyway, but do not, for example, go straight into a steep hill descent as the first use of the brakes) and the pads will be bedded.
