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Been doing done researching on here and I understand there is never the "best" combination for brakes. With that bring said looking for a combination of pads to help with the bias issue of the Toyota vented/240sx caliper combo. This is on a 2+2 and will mostly be spirited canyon/street driven. Maybe one or two track days. I hear good things about the hawks and porterfield pads. Looking for feedback on combos. Maybe rs4 on front and r4 rear. Maybe a mix of the hawks and porterfields, maybe some EBC brakes on there as well? I do have the bigger mc and prop valve. Thanks for the suggestion.

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Well... I tried several combinations to arrive at Hawk Blue on the fronts, and hawk black at the rear.

My current track car has an adjustable brake bias bar in the pedal box with individual master cylinders to allow for changes at the track.

A lot of things can change due to suspension related dynamics, so keep that in mind. Just putting Hoosier slicks on it can completely change the brake bias needs.

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Been doing done researching on here and I understand there is never the "best" combination for brakes. With that bring said looking for a combination of pads to help with the bias issue of the Toyota vented/240sx caliper combo. This is on a 2+2 and will mostly be spirited canyon/street driven. Maybe one or two track days. I hear good things about the hawks and porterfield pads. Looking for feedback on combos. Maybe rs4 on front and r4 rear. Maybe a mix of the hawks and porterfields, maybe some EBC brakes on there as well? I do have the bigger mc and prop valve. Thanks for the suggestion.

R4 is a race pad, meaning that it does next to nothing until it gets up to temp. I put R4 pads on my car the day before a track day to try and bed them in and damn near rear ended someone at a stop light. They just don't do a damn thing until they're hot. Blues are going to be the same way. Blacks, from what I understand take a little bit of heat but not as bad. I haven't used them personally though. If you're trying to get more rear brakes (which I would imagine would be your problem with that setup) I'd look at something fairly aggressive in the rear, and not aggressive in the front. Like maybe an organic pad or non-race semi-metallic in the front and an R4S in the rear or something like that. Balance is the goal. Of course they'll react differently when they get hot, which to me is the best argument for a system which can be balanced with the same pads and an adjustable prop valve.

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I also wouldnt recommend the R4 pad for street driving. HPS fronts and HP+ rears will probably be as good of a start for you as I can guess at. Looking into other brake pad manufacturers may help find an ideal solution but then again you open up a lot of options and its easy to get overwhelmed. Data between comparing pads between companies is limited or non-existent and claims on performance are subjective.

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