Possible New Product from Brembo...
10-15-2001, 11:08 PM
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Possible New Product from Brembo...
Fresh from Popular Mechanics:
Cast iron brake rotors could become outdated as carburetors and biasplytires. Italian brake manufacture Brembo will soon begin producing carbon composite (CC) brake discs for automobiles. Developed for the aerospace industry, the brakes are currenty found on Forumla One cars. CC discs are up to 70% lighter and last longer than conventional cas iron discs. They also remain stabily and highly efficent at extreme termperatures, virtually eliminating brake fade. A new plant in Ottobrunn, Germany is ramping up to produce CC brake components.
The caption on the picture also says "Brembo says this design eliminates the vibration and brake shudder that occurs in conventional discs"
Cast iron brake rotors could become outdated as carburetors and biasplytires. Italian brake manufacture Brembo will soon begin producing carbon composite (CC) brake discs for automobiles. Developed for the aerospace industry, the brakes are currenty found on Forumla One cars. CC discs are up to 70% lighter and last longer than conventional cas iron discs. They also remain stabily and highly efficent at extreme termperatures, virtually eliminating brake fade. A new plant in Ottobrunn, Germany is ramping up to produce CC brake components.
The caption on the picture also says "Brembo says this design eliminates the vibration and brake shudder that occurs in conventional discs"
10-15-2001, 11:12 PM
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yah.but i bet that will be very costly.that is what f1 racing car is being using.it takes 6 months to manufacture single one brake rotors for f1 racing cars.i can imagine the sky high price
. Doesn't Porsche use ceramic rotors/pads or something like that now? 
10-15-2001, 11:21 PM
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Heres a link to the pic: http://products.skf.com/press/asp/pi...?pictureID=115
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10-16-2001, 07:25 AM
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The two major drawbacks of ceramic and carbon brakes are noise when braking and poor stopping until the brake pads are hot, respectively. I'm sure if they have figured out some type of carbon composite that might address this issue.
10-16-2001, 10:26 AM
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these brakes will cost upwards of $5000...
not much compared to the Porsche GT3 Brake upgrade for 996 series cars...
those bad boys run about $22,000
not much compared to the Porsche GT3 Brake upgrade for 996 series cars...
those bad boys run about $22,000
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