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Category - Brakes

Winmax Japan – High Performance Brake Pads & Brake Discs

Long established Japanese manufacturer of performance brake discs and brake pads.

Winmax have a huge range of compounds for the brake discs which includes brake pads for rally, circuit, street, sports and endurance.

Winmax range of brake pads carry the name ARMA.

Ferodo Brake Pads

Ferodo is a manufacturer of brake pads.

Ferodo make 4 main types of brake pads.

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Trimat Brake Pads

Trimat is a specialist UK manufacturer of friction materials that offers premium quality products and service to a worldwide customer base.

Established in 1962, Trimat produces a broad range of friction products that are used on an expansive range of brake and clutch applications. Recognised for their high quality and performance, Trimat brake and clutch [...]

Brake Hoses – How They Work

The job of brake hose is to give a channel by which the fluid can act. When the brake pedal is pushed the pressure is transferred into the brake fluid which transfers the pressure tot he brake pad.

The brake hose must no leak, it must be flexible and it should not bulge.

Obviously if [...]

Brake Pads – How They Work

Brake pads work be creating friction against the brake disc. As we have covered in the general brake information article, brakes work by converting kinetic energy into heat.

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Brake Discs – How They Work

Brake discs for a critical part of a modern cars braking system. There job is to dissipate the heat created in the process of transforming the kinetic energy of the car into heat energy.

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Brake Pads

StrikeEngine – Links to performance brake pad manufacturers. Performance brake pads for the street and the track.

see also: Brake Calipers Performance Brake Discs Performance Tyre Manufacturers Performance Car Part Dealers Euro US Cars Japanese Car Tuners/Japanese Performance Parts Dealers

Performance Brake Pad Manufacturers

Alcon AP Racing Carbone Lorraine Carbotech Dixcel EBC Endless Ferodo Mintex Pagid [...]

Brake Fade Symptoms

First of all let’s recap on how brakes work, specifically disc brakes.

 

Disc brakes consist of brake pads and brake discs. The brake pads clamp onto the brake discs when the brake pedal is pushed. This creates friction between the brake pads and the brake discs which creates heats.

 

This heat is the [...]

D2 Racing Sport

D2 Racing Sport Website

D2 Racing Sport is a Taiwanese manufacturer of performance suspension and performance brake kits.

D2 Racing Sport offers a variety of coil over suspension systems to suit many uses. Their range starts off with “Street” and climaxes in their “Racing” suspension kit which utilises remote reservoir technology.

Many D2 coil over [...]

Brembo Background

Brembo Website

Brembo – Brake System Manufacturer

Brembo is an Italian based manufacturer of brake systems for car and motorcycles.

Originally an importer of brake discs into Italy from the UK in 1961, Brembo rapidly expanded into the manufacturing of it’s own brake components in house.

Brambo has established itself as probably the world’s premier [...]