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From: roger@felix.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.auto
Subject: Ferodo brake pads
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Date: Fri, 20-Apr-84 09:05:46 EST
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Posted: Fri Apr 20 09:05:46 1984
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I once read a summary of the manufacturers of various parts on
Formula 1 cars.  There was variety in every single catagory, 
except one: brake pads.  Every team on the circuit (this was
early last year, I believe) used Ferodo brake pads.  

Is it possible that in the area of racing brake pads, one
company does it exactly right, and no one else even bothers
to compete?  Knowing the way tire companies compete for F1
customers, I was suprised that there seemed to be no similar
activity in the fast-moving (or stopping) world of brake pads.

Also, I asked my local mechanic about them, and he gave me
kind of a Neanderthal look, and said he'd never heard of them.
Does Ferodo make passenger-car pads?  What are they made of?
What are the racing pads made of?  Anyone know where to get
them?

		Roger (... see you at the races ...) Webster

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