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The answer is a very surprising YES 
In September, as a few already know, we competed the Gallardo GT3 car in the Barcelona 24 hour. The race cars are GT3 2006/2008 homologation cars. During this period rules on keeping original equipment calipers were very strict. It's all changed now and most GT3 cars run purpose built 'racing' calipers. Endurance calipers are extra wide which allows for a much thicker brake pad. They are usually designed so pads can be changed very quickly. However, our cars have standard road calipers and thin pads. They are also pretty tricky to change.
Endless is a name that gets batted around quite a bit these days. They are already well seasoned in racing but their sales pitch is too good to be true and they are too expensive not to work. We modified the Lamborghini pins to make changes as efficient as possible and looked at dry brake couplings to swap the whole caliper instead. The cars had been running on RS29's and PF discs. Pads would last about 2x 2 hour races and discs around 2 pad sets.
Endless claim that their pads will last much longer and critically do not wear discs as quickly AND brake better than the Pagid. Well we had a problem and this looked like our best chance. At over £2k for a car set they weren't in budget to just try. So we took a punt...
Instantly the braking performance was about 20% up on the Pagids. Barcelona is a serious braking circuit and the Lamborghini rotated on average around the 2 minute mark. We did qualifying and night testing on the same pads set and changed the fronts half way through the race as a precaution. According to the drivers the preformance and feel of the brakes didn't change throughout the 24 hour race!
Back home now and after inspecting the discs, they are good to carry on for many more races yet. The front pads set that was changed half way through, was about 60% worn. The 2nd set of fronts are around 40% worn and the rears, which did the whole race are about 70 % worn. That is truly amazing IMO.
Back to reality now and we are looking to introduce the Endless product to our fast road and track customers. The race side is already converted and I don't imagine another race car will turn out of our workshop on anything else.
Endless have a pad called the MX72 and we are trialing the pad on our Boxster Spyder. Pads will be on for the 3rd December Sillyness and we can all see for ourselves what the benefits may or may not be. The Porsche is a bit under braked at the moment even running the RS29's. Brake upgrades are expensive and we are hoping we can increase performance with the existing set up and reduce disc wear. A full car set for the Boxster works out at just over £600 plus vat.
In September, as a few already know, we competed the Gallardo GT3 car in the Barcelona 24 hour. The race cars are GT3 2006/2008 homologation cars. During this period rules on keeping original equipment calipers were very strict. It's all changed now and most GT3 cars run purpose built 'racing' calipers. Endurance calipers are extra wide which allows for a much thicker brake pad. They are usually designed so pads can be changed very quickly. However, our cars have standard road calipers and thin pads. They are also pretty tricky to change.
Endless is a name that gets batted around quite a bit these days. They are already well seasoned in racing but their sales pitch is too good to be true and they are too expensive not to work. We modified the Lamborghini pins to make changes as efficient as possible and looked at dry brake couplings to swap the whole caliper instead. The cars had been running on RS29's and PF discs. Pads would last about 2x 2 hour races and discs around 2 pad sets.
Endless claim that their pads will last much longer and critically do not wear discs as quickly AND brake better than the Pagid. Well we had a problem and this looked like our best chance. At over £2k for a car set they weren't in budget to just try. So we took a punt...
Instantly the braking performance was about 20% up on the Pagids. Barcelona is a serious braking circuit and the Lamborghini rotated on average around the 2 minute mark. We did qualifying and night testing on the same pads set and changed the fronts half way through the race as a precaution. According to the drivers the preformance and feel of the brakes didn't change throughout the 24 hour race!
Back home now and after inspecting the discs, they are good to carry on for many more races yet. The front pads set that was changed half way through, was about 60% worn. The 2nd set of fronts are around 40% worn and the rears, which did the whole race are about 70 % worn. That is truly amazing IMO.
Back to reality now and we are looking to introduce the Endless product to our fast road and track customers. The race side is already converted and I don't imagine another race car will turn out of our workshop on anything else.
Endless have a pad called the MX72 and we are trialing the pad on our Boxster Spyder. Pads will be on for the 3rd December Sillyness and we can all see for ourselves what the benefits may or may not be. The Porsche is a bit under braked at the moment even running the RS29's. Brake upgrades are expensive and we are hoping we can increase performance with the existing set up and reduce disc wear. A full car set for the Boxster works out at just over £600 plus vat.
