" Bedding " procedure for Hard brake pads

[Morris]

The right way to bed race pads.....is to go out on the track a use them gentile on the first lap then use the pads hard over the next 2 laps to bring them up to almost fade point then cool off the next lap and bring the car in and Jack it up and let sit to completely cool down.....

Using race pads on the street is dangerous....as they don’t work until they get to about 800*degrees and up.....our fronts ran about 1100*degrees and the rears ran about 900*degees......which could never be reached on the street.....that’s why on the pace lap we always scrub the tires and ride the brake pedal to make sure the tires & brakes were up to temp before the green flag dropped....

Now days you can buy rotors & pads all ready bedded in from the mfg....which helped a lot of folks as they did not know how to properly bed brakes.....and in endurance races you have to bed your pads prior to the race.....we carry 3 sets of bedded pads and spare rotors to every Event....