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Originally Posted by obe1
Ceramic pads are a common fix to reduce brake dust; quite common in street applications.
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Correct. I don't know of any ceramic pads being used in racing. They just won't hold up to the heat. Basically, a "ceramic" pad is a semi-metallic pad compound to which at least 7% of "ceramic" material (usually beach sand) has been added. What you get as a result depends heavily on what compound was started with before doctoring, which is why you can't easily compare one brand of ceramics to another.
Normally, you give up 10-15% of stopping power going with a
good ceramic pad over a
good semi-metallic pad. And, normally, the dust given off is much lighter in color. But using garbage pads may yield all sorts of undesirable effects! I have found that getting a good deal on quality pads is great, but trying to save a bit more with the low-grade stuff is usually a big mistake.
Chris