Contour Enthusiasts Group Archives Forums Modifications Brakes Composite Brake Discs?

I was just reading this on a web site:

Porsche also recently developed a ceramic composite brake (PCCB) system, available as an option on the 2001 911 Turbo, which will now be standard on the 2002 911 GT2. The PCCB system is the first ceramic composite brake disc on a production car, according to Porsche, and its lower weight reduces unsprung mass and improves suspension response.

Any engineers out there been tinkering with composites for brake parts? Sounds interesting to me.

Jeff

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98SE Sport
MTX Trans
Stone Stock.

ya them brakes are nice, but its a $5000.oo add on the the already steep $100k
Just my 2 cents


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Chow
1998 SVT Silver Frost #2263 of 6535
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F1 and the deceased NA GTP cars run carbon-carbon braking systems. The advantages of carbon-carbon is not so much coefficient of grip as it is reduction in unsprung weight. Carbon-iron has a slightly higher coefficient of grip. The reason we don't see carbon-carbon for CART & IRL cars is cost. The cost of each carbon rotor is approx. $5,000 each. Can you afford that?

Chow,

Nice Sig. Kinda like war and peace, the short version!

Kinda anoying if you ask me...does anybody actually read all that? It just make me scroll more

yeah, get keep it on your website or something lol

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Andrew | jenovafire@aol.com | Silver Spring,MD | DC-CEG | 95 SE ATX | KKM | Borla | SVT Rear Bumper | JVC Headunit | Eclipse Fronts | Pioneer Rears | 2 x 8" Rockfords | Ultrawhite Headlights | "powered by ford" seatbelt cushions |
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MB is supposed to come out with composites on their upper-end 500 and 600 series rides, IIRC. Looks like Porsche beat them to the punch.

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James Tompkins
Tulsa, OK
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99 Red Rocket SVT
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