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Originally Posted by N Camarolina
Finally, there's also the issue of brake pads.
When you drive on the track, you are going to get the pads hotter than they have ever been on the road. To ensure they perform up to task consider burnishing and bedding the brakes a day or so before you head out to the track.
How to burnish and bed the brakes:
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This is particularly important to do if you have new brake pads as there is material in the pads that first needs to be off-gassed (through high heating) before the brakes will stop the car properly. It also helps to ensure that your pads don't get glazed, which can reduce stopping ability. In addition, the pad material (whether new pads or not) is transferred to the rotors and supplies additional friction to help the car to stop better.
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I can confidently say from experience that brand new pads will still stop the car properly on track assuming they're the same compound as the stock Camaro SS 1LE (Ferodo HP1000). At many different tracks I've installed a new set at lunch during a weekend track event and gone straight out on track without any bedding/burnishing. Looking at PDR video recordings, the stopping g force tends to be a little lower on the brand new pads and I can usually smell them during the first session but they still function fine.