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PSweeney:
I will be running Strange rear calipers, what pads to you guys run ?  thinking a soft pad on a rear braked dragster ?

GlennLever:

--- Quote from: PSweeney on September 08, 2014, 03:28:38 AM ---I will be running Strange rear calipers, what pads to you guys run ?  thinking a soft pad on a rear braked dragster ?

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Strange has two different compounds for the calipers in my dragster, I put the softer compound (less aggressive) in when I changed them out this spring.

sknopp:
I ran the Strange softs for many years, but they suggested I go with the hard compound when I replaced them this year.  I have 20 or so passes on them and from a  functional and "feel" standpoint, I don't notice a difference.  I am curious as to how they wear the rotors.

Steve K.

PSweeney:
thanks guys, my concern would be their grab in the shutdown up setting the car under braking.  I think I'll go for soft .  I'm not sure what pads I had in my altered Wilwood, but they did wear the disc grooving it quite badly after a season or so running them

GlennLever:

--- Quote from: PSweeney on September 09, 2014, 02:11:18 PM ---thanks guys, my concern would be their grab in the shutdown up setting the car under braking.  I think I'll go for soft .  I'm not sure what pads I had in my altered Wilwood, but they did wear the disc grooving it quite badly after a season or so running them

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You can tell which pads you had by the color of the backing plate, black is soft

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