5.1 should have a fairly decent boiling point, so you must have boiled the pads - good work!

Remind me where the road is, i think i need to have a look!?

just remembered mat...

you re car is one of fiatcoupemad s isnt it ?

Had a ride with him once so i m sure you re cars been put through its paces as he scared me to death !!!!

Yeah it is the one from fiatcoupemad, i could tell its been ragged about as soon as i bought it!

only man i know who could ton it in sheffield city centre during rush hour and pass OVER speed camera s

Certainly explains a lot about the issues i have come accross whilst owning the car

whats the quickest way too change the fluid, opening all the bleed niples?

The quickest way is to use some sort of 'one man' bleed system. Either use something like Eezibleed or a vacuum bleeder. Don't open all the bleed nipples at one go. Start with the ones furthest from the master cylinder i.e O/S Rear, N/S Rear, O/S Front, N/S Front.

thank you

Smoking brakes looks like bedding in to me. Anyway, I was a bit dissapointed at Spa as my new yellows were fading quickly, in the wet even. I thought all that hispeed autobahn braking had them bedded in, but I was wrong. They bed in on Spa! After Spa, at Nurburgring, they could take ANY hammering. Very impressive.

That's quite encouraging, because I felt my brand new yellows would be better than they were at Spa, though they did improve - guess they are still bedding in ?

My pagid greys were awesome at spa.Unlike my tyre's

Maybe just bedding in time,yellow get good reviews across most car forums

I have yellowstuff on my 20V NA and they were brilliant at Spa. I had a competitive edge when it came to corners as I was able to brake really late and hard

I have just installed EBC yellow pads and MTEC discs. Can anyone explain the bedding in process? I didn't find any info in the EBC box

Try the top of the handling section... Nigel posted up a belting guide years ago.

edited to add: I just noticed the tongue

Hehe I found it. Temporary blindness I guess

My thoughts on the yellowstuff's:

+ Keeps the wheels clean, and the dust is easy to clean - very nice.
+ Works well cold
- Wear out very quick
- Spongy feel when hot

Fitted in june.
Pic of the fronts after Spa (light use), Nürburgring and Mantorp track day:
http://www.fiatklubben.nu/depa/showfile.php?carpic_no=2437&type=picture

The rears looked similar, ca 4-5mm left. New pads coming up again then! I think back to Carbotech, Pagid or Ferodo.