DSC Eats Through Brake Pads?

[Squints33]

Hey everyone,

Was watching Misha Charoudin track a 335i and I thought I heard him say he always turns DSC off because it chews through brake pads at track speeds.

Is this correct? Can anyone explain a little bit more why that would happen?

P.S. I do not believe CCB’s were on the car, but from watching other videos of his, it does not seem to matter. He always turns DSC off.

[Squints33]

Link for reference. 6:45

[SYT_Shadow]

Yes. Dsc acts by applying individual brakes. By doing so, it adds stress and heat to the system which translate into more brake wear

Ccbs will also wear, so it's irrelevant to the discussion

[Squints33]

Originally Posted by SYT_Shadow

Yes. Dsc acts by applying individual brakes. By doing so, it adds stress and heat to the system which translate into more brake wear

Ccbs will also wear, so it's irrelevant to the discussion

Thanks, that makes sense. Wasn’t sure how it worked. Do most people daily drive with it off then? Or does that only come into play when tracking heavily?

[M3SQRD]

Originally Posted by Squints33

Thanks, that makes sense. Wasn’t sure how it worked. Do most people daily drive with it off then? Or does that only come into play when tracking heavily?

DSC on and no MDM should be used on the street. However, on the track DSC on and MDM use all four brakes, especially the rear brakes, to control yaw (prevent a spin) and to mitigate understeer/oversteer. If you’re driving so aggressively on the streets that it causes DSC and/or MDM to activate regularly then you need to stop doing what you’re doing and go to the track instead.

[FrankMstein]

Do not use traction control on the track or it will overheat and wearout your rear brakes and if you have a hot working set of pads (like PFC) it will turn your blue brakes green.

[shaddy]

DSC and MDM absolutely eat pads at the track. It's purposely intrusive to keep you from losing control through the mechanisms that the other comments already explained. I found especially overheating the rear brakes.

If you're on track learn to drive with everything off completely and take it slow. Otherwise, you're trying to make corrections, and MDM is adding to the complexity by trying to make its own corrections. If you're on the street you shouldn't be driving in a way to trigger any of the nannies anyways lol.

[Squints33]

Originally Posted by shaddy

DSC and MDM absolutely eat pads at the track. It's purposely intrusive to keep you from losing control through the mechanisms that the other comments already explained. I found especially overheating the rear brakes.

If you're on track learn to drive with everything off completely and take it slow. Otherwise, you're trying to make corrections, and MDM is adding to the complexity by trying to make its own corrections. If you're on the street you shouldn't be driving in a way to trigger any of the nannies anyways lol.

Nice, thanks