How Efficient the EBC Greenstuff? [article from Articleranks]

How Efficient the EBC Greenstuff?

The EBC Greenstuff Brake Pads has a high resistance to brake fade of up to 1000°F. This makes this a superb upgrade for luxury and high-performance street cars that is used for fast driving with heavy and repetitive braking. This line of brake pads is more responsive than most standard original equipment brakes.

As regular brake pads wear, brake dust is released as the friction material carbonizes at temperatures found in everyday braking and driving. The EBC Greenstuff brake pads are formulated to run cleaner because they resist carbonizing even at very high temperatures. Therefore, in normal street driving, dust is almost entirely eliminated. Some brake dust is inevitable from every brake pad and it is impossible to totally do away with dust otherwise brake vibration will occur.

EBC does not advertise a zero dust brake pad for EBC brakes, however, they do announce less dust and in some cases dust will be mostly the same as original pads. Take note that dust is more severe in the first 1000 miles of driving, particularly if pads were fitted to partly worn rotors. Another condition which promotes a great amount of dust is wrong pad compound choice. For example, if you have a car with over 200HP or you are driving above is called "driving at the speed of spirited street level", then green pads would not be suitable. For this case, a red ceramic which is a slightly harder pad, will be able to handle this type of driving at higher speeds and will give off less dust.

No matter how hard or tough the brake pads you choose these are still wear items and as such, should be inspected regularly and replaced as necessary. Brake pads should be replaced when roughly 1/8" of friction material is still intact on the steel backing plate. Drivers who participate in track days should always bring spare pads to the track in case of urgent need to replace the pads. If you find it suitable, you may also carry a full vehicle set of EBC Redstuff pads in case they need to upgrade brakes to provide longer pad life at the track or accommodate higher brake temperatures.

When you choose to install EBC Greenstuff brake pads, you get the following benefits such as an excellent initial brake bite that results in an instant response with no warm up needed and an extremely low disk abrasion due to high Kevlar content.

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