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Here we have Malcolm Oastler in Martin Lucas's EBC sponsored Van Dieman RF80C Formula Ford.  Malcolm was the former Technical Director for F1 Team BAR and former Chief Engineer of Jaguar Racing and has also designed many race cars.  Malcolm's results during the meeting were impressive with a win coming in the last race on Sunday.

  













      
 EBC Brake pad comparison & comments used for North Island Endurance Series 2011 
      
 Our car is BMW 318is, producing approx 130whp. Utilizes BMW 325i calipers, vented discs and single  pot calipers.        
                       
 FRONT YELLOW
 Used for 6 Hour Endurance at Pukekohe May 2011, including Friday practice and
 set up as well as qualifying, total of approx 7 hours of track time.
 Weather was fine and dry.               
 New: friction material is 11.4mm ( excluding backing plate)    
 After 7 hours friction material ranged between 8.1 and 8.9mm (average 8.44mm)
 a use of 2.96mm. Pad wear was fairly even accross the leading and trailing edges.
 Pukekohe of course is a circuit which is not heavy on brakes and only two applications
 per lap.  Yellow is our normal choice of pad both back and front for both sprint and
 endurance racing. We like it and have used it for years.  
          
 FRONT BLUE
 Used for 4 Hour Endurance at Taupo, June 2011, including Friday practice and
 set up as well as qualifying, total of approx 5 hours of track time.
 Weather was wet and cold. Approx 2.0 hours on a dry track and the balance wet.              
 New: friction material is 11.4mm ( excluding backing plate)    
 After 5 hours friction material ranged between 9.7 and 10.25mm (average 10.1mm)
 a use of 1.03mm.      
 Taupo is a circuit of hard braking, with approx 6 applications per lap.
 Interesting that the leading edge of each pad wore approx 0.5mm more than the
 trailing edge. Pad measurement (which we had not carried out on yellow pads):-
 
 LH Inner leading edge 10.25mm -  RH inner leading edge 9.93mm
 LH Inner trailing edge 9.75mm   -  RH inner trailing edge 10.65mm  
 LH outer leading edge 10.25mm -  RH outer leading edge 9.7mm
 LH outer trailing edge 9.65mm   -  RH outer trailing edge 10.7mm
             
 REAR YELLOW
 Both events used approx 3/4 of the pad friction pad material
       
           
 OUR OPINION
 Bluestuff NDX brake pads gave as good cold bite as Yellowstuff brake pads,
 however the pad gave much more feel back through the brake pedal. The pad almost
 seemed less harsh than yellow, but gave a more confident feel, and also felt like
 increased control through the pedal. Really like the Bluestuff NDX brake pads and
 would like to continue use for the new season sprint races. 
 All pads retained their integrety and show no signs of any crumbling on edges such
 as many pads do. Including to a small degree the Yellowstuff brake pads.

EBC Brakes NZ would like to congratulate 0800 Race Brakes on winning the "Best Small Stand" Award at the recent CRC Speedshow.  Well done guys!

EBC's Swift DB4 Formula Atlantic on display at the CRC Speedshow held at ASB Showgrounds, Greenlane, Auckland.

EBC Brakes NZ have been in the process of updating their NZ Website for several months and are pleased to announce that we are just about there.  We will be updating our site on a regular basis  and will endeavour to keep you up to date with all of the latest "Braking News" so watch this space!