Crossover Street / Track Brake Pads

At Powerbrake we define a crossover pad as: A compound that can be used for high performance street and entry-level track day use in the front calipers on light-medium weight cars and fitted at the rear for intermediate and advanced track day use in a wide variety of cars. We define entry-level track day use as: No more than 6 laps per session with a standard (unmodified) road car of light–medium weight, running on street tyres.

In other words, crossover pads are intended for enthusiasts that are just getting into track day events and are looking for a pad compound that they can use for both street and entry-level track day use. Please click here to read more about the recommended brake upgrades for different levels of track day use.

Endless Pad Compounds

Endless MX72

Optimum heat range: 0-700 deg C
Friction co-efficient: 0,40 - 0,50
Recommended tyres: High-performance street
Pad life: Very good
Disc wear: Low
Brake dust: Low - medium
NVH (noise, vibration, harshness): Low
Suitable for street use: Yes
Suitable for track day use: Entry-level to intermediate track day use only (with street tyres)

Endless MX72 is a ceramic-carbon-metal compound designed to deliver strong stopping power, extreme fade resistance and very good pad life as well as low noise, low dust output and low disc abrasion. MX72 has a fairly smooth but positive initial bite. Endless specifically engineered this characteristic to reduce the occurrence of premature wheel lockup and unwanted ABS intervention when running street tyres. MX72 has an optimal temperature range of 50-700 deg C, which makes it ideal for use on cars that are used for both high-performance street as well as entry-level to intermediate track day use (i.e. less than 10 laps per session with a standard car running on street tyres). Brake response and modulation is excellent, even at speeds in excess of 200km/h. Pad wear life is unmatched in this dual-purpose role and MX72 is particularly kind to discs at high operating temperatures. Drivers of heavy / powerful (high-inertia) cars will find MX72 to be an excellent choice for high-performance street use. The MX72 compound exhibits very low compressibility resulting in a very good pedal feel. Powerbrake is of the opinion that MX72 is the best dual-purpose, street / light track pad currently available on the market.

Endless MXRS

Optimum heat range: 50-700 deg C
Friction co-efficient: 0,43 - 0,53
Recommended tyres: High-performance street, crossover or semi-slick
Pad life: Very good (even at track day temps)
Disc wear: Low - medium
Brake dust: Low - medium
NVH (noise, vibration, harshness): Low - medium
Suitable for street use: Yes, but more pedal pressure will be needed at very low temps than with MX72
Suitable for track day use: Yes, designed specifically for track day use

Endless MXRS was designed for customers who want more initial bite and even better high-temperature performance than is available from the MX72 compound (above). MX72, which has proven to be very popular world-wide for customers who drive their cars daily and tack part in weekend track days, was designed by Endless to have a moderate initial bite and very easy modulation characteristics. This allowed customers that track on high-performance street tyres or crossover tyres (such as Falken Azenis RT-615) to not overwhelm their tyres under track day conditions. The combination of quiet operation, good street manners, low disc wear and fade resistance that is up in race pad territory has made Endless MX72 pads extremely popular in this dual-purpose role. Having said that, some advanced track day customers, many of which switch to semi-slick tyres for their track events, wanted a little stronger initial bite and ultra-high-temperature performance than MX72 offers. To cater for these customers, the Endless engineers have created a new compound called MXRS. The emphasis with this material was to increase initial bite at track temperatures, as well as improving friction levels, wear rate and fade resistance at track day temperatures. The MXRS compound also offers an even firmer pedal feel than MX72, which already offered class-leading pedal feel and feedback. The new MXRS compound can still be used for daily road use, although it must be noted that a bit more pedal effort will be required at very low temperatures on the street than is the case with MX72. Customers may also experience a little more dust, disc wear and brake noise than with MX72. Basically, the Endless MXRS compound fits in between the MX72 and ME20 compounds in the Endless range. ME20 is a full-race pad that can be used on the street on very powerful cars that are driven to and from track day events. Many of our advanced track day customers currently use the Endless ME20 compound but this material does cause a fair amount of brake squeal under light braking on the street. MXRS perfectly fills the gap between the current MX72 and ME20 compounds.