I searched the forum and I could not find a thread that compared the two.

I am looking to drive my Rx7 on the weekends and track it at least twice a year.

Budget for brakes are around $200.

Both EBC Yellowstuff and Bluestuff are in my budget range but I am more interested in hear what the RX community has to say about each one. It would also be great to hear from someone that has used both.

 

I have had both brake pads. I have the 99 spec brakes on my car as well.

The yellowstuff dust a hair less and are a little softer pad. They work well on the street and if you aren't going ***** out they will work just fine.

The bluestuff have more braking power especially at 100+MPH and have better fade resistance.

Both do not make any noise when braking (after broken in) and both have some dust, bluestuff dusting a little more.

 

Not related as I personally haven't used either. But i've had great success with HAWK pads particularly the HAWK HP+Plus.

 

Plus one recommendation for Hawk HP+. They do dust a lot though.

I've heard some horror stories about EBC cracking or coming apart under high heat situations.

http://www.snailbums.com/index.php?r...roduct_id=1590

Mike

 

Hate both EBC pads and love Project Mu HC+ but they dust a bit and it's hard to get off so I wouldn't know what to recommend that is nearly as good but less dusty.

 

No experience with those, but I had some EBC reds that were literally crumbling away after 2 track days. I have carbotech XP10s now and we will how they do at the track this weekend, but just bedding them in they feel way better.

I havent heard anything bad about the HP+ as far as performance, but im told they squeal and chew up rotors on the street if you dont keep a good transfer layer down.

 

It seems like there are horror stories for both EBC and HP+ pads. I am pretty sure I will be trying out the Yellowstuff first to see how I like it. I had a great conversation with LOOkatme about the difference between Yellowstuff and Bluestuff.

I actually have a set of Hawk Blue pads that I considered using for track days, however, I read they chew through your rotors.

 

EBC Yellowstuffs have a very dull pedal and lack of stopping power for the first couple of braking exercises but once warm they are ok. However, on a track they fade so fast and it makes them very frustrating.

Hawks are definitely aggressive but work well. Project Mu HC+ are a very good street/track pad and don't seem to fade for me but they dust a lot like the Hawks (maybe not quite as much). They are gentle on the discs though.

Carbotechs are great but are apparently very harsh on discs.

 

Another vote for Project Mu HC+. I've had them for a while now and very pleased with the progressive feel and low dusting.

 

I decided to purchase the yellowstuff and try it out. I will update the thread on what I think of them after some driving time.

 

Here is some quantitative data on EBC Yellow and Hawk HP + pads on a Miata.