Selecting Brake Pad Compound

Selecting the right brake pad for your application can be a difficult task. Going with a street pad at the track or fast canyon road may ruin your day. Conversely, a dedicated race pad may overpower your tires and result in premature triggering of the ABS system, thereby reducing the overall performance of your braking system. At RR-Racing, we have experimented with most of the compounds detailed in the charts below. We can order ANY pad compound available for your application, but based on our experience, we keep the following compounds in stock, as we have found they will meet 90% of our customer’s needs. If you have any questions please do not hesitate to call or email us.

Figure 1a: Wilwood street compound friction coefficient vs. temperature chart.



Figure 1b: Wilwood race compound friction coefficient vs. temperature chart.



Figure 2: Windmax W1/W2 friction coefficient vs. temperature chart


Figure 3: Windmax W3 friction coefficient vs. temperature chart


Figure 4: Windmax W4 friction coefficient vs. temperature chart


Figure 5: Windmax W5 friction coefficient vs. temperature chart


Figure 6: Hawk Performance friction coefficient vs. temperature chart.