Buy Hawk Performance HB294F.646 HPS Performance Ceramic Brake PadHawk Performance HB294F.646 HPS Performance Ceramic Brake Pad Product Description:
- HPS - High Performance Street brake compound
- Increased stopping power
- Gentle on rotors
- Virtually noise-free
- High friction/torque hot or cold
Product Description
HPS - High Performance Street disc brake pads are world renowned for increasing stopping power on your street legal vehicle. Increasing the performance of your vehicles braking system is easy when you choose Hawk Performance’s HPS braking compound. This unique Ferro-Carbon formula was developed for street performance using the safety and quality of Aerospace and Motorsports severe-duty friction technology. The High Performance Street compound offers a higher coefficient of friction over stock brake pads and can provide you 20-40 percent more stopping power and higher resistance to brake fade than most standard replacement pads. Less fade means you’ll have a highly durable brake pad with less brake dust.
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Replacing your brake pads? Look no further
By Charlie
Hawk HPS HB294F.646These Hawk HPS pads are designed for the front brakes on 1998-2002 Ford Panther platform cars (Grand Marquis, Town Car, Crown Victoria). Hawk makes several brake pads for street and racing applications. The HPS and Performance Ceramic are intended for street applications, while HP Plus, Blue, and a few other lines are intended for racing. The racing pads create a lot of dust, don't last very long, and produce a lot of noise in certain instances. Hawk is just a brand of Wellman, who makes lots of friction materials for heavy-duty applications. These are my second set of Hawk pads and Wellman's customer service is one of the best I have seen in the industry.The Hawk pads always come with a logo sticker, high temp grease, and the pads themselves. The HPS pads are supposed to be a more performance oriented pad material compared to the ceramic. Based on a lot of feedback, the Ceramic pads actually produce more dust than the HPS but the HPS has better stopping power overall. Ceramic pads are generally designed for longevity, they have the tendency to wear down rotors in some formulations. The HPS friction materials are advertised as a Ferro-carbon material, or more commonly known as a carbon metallic compound. The benefit of this material is its ability to mitigate heat. They don't tend to play well in cold situations though.The Hawk pads are supposed to employ the Noise Reduction System (NRS) technology that uses a lot of tiny hooks in the backing plate to retain the friction material. In the past, manufacturers relied on adhesives or rivets which can break apart. I've actually had one set of Raybestos pads break apart because rust developed in the backing plate causing the adhesive to give out.I installed the HPS pads very easily and applied high temp grease to all the backing plate surfaces that would touch the pistons, calipers, or anchor plates. You want to do this to reduce squealing/harmonics/vibration. I've never experienced heavy dusting from HPS pads in the past and they tend to perform very well at high temperatures. At cold temperatures, they don't stop nearly as well as when they're hot, but it has not bothered me at this point. Usually after the first few stops leaving a subdivision will heat them adequately.The most important part of installing new pads is the break-in or bedding procedure. If you're re-using rotors, use some sandpaper to clean up the rotor surface. The reason is that brake pads leave a film of friction material on the rotor surface. This is what the pads rely on rubbing to stop the car, it's not supposed to rub directly into the rotor surface. The bedding procedure is typically 10 stops from 30 MPH with moderate brake pedal pressure. Allow it to cool a little but never come to a complete stop. Then perform 3 more stops from 45-50 MPH using harder brake pedal pressure. By this time you can usually smell the pads! Try to park it somewhere for 15 minutes without coming to a complete stop using the pads - usually coasting in neutral in a parking lot then letting it stop is a good way to go. This will reduce the chance of getting flat spots on the rotor which is commonly known as "warped" rotors.Pros: Easy to install, excellent high temperature performance, low dust, low noiseCons: Bedding procedure can be a hassle but this applies to ALL brake pads, even OEM. The Hawk pads cost a bit more than OEM, and a lot more than cheap local brands but it is worth it. Cold temp stopping isn't that great, but they love heat.Overall: 5/5 stars.
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