Bmw asks about 15 000 for carbon ceramic brakes on its 149 615 m4 for example while mercedes amg s 155 615 c63 asks about 10 000 extra for its superior stoppers.
Porsche ceramic composite brake.
Proven in motorsport porsche ceramic composite brake pccb is available as an option.
The porsche brakes used on all four wheels are made of sigrasic a light hard and fracture resistant fiber reinforced ceramic material.
On the new 718 models the cross drilled ceramic brake discs of pccb have a diameter of 350 mm at the front and rear for even more formidable braking performance.
Pccb features 10 piston aluminium monobloc fixed brake calipers on the front axle and four piston units at the rear.
Proven in motorsport porsche ceramic composite brake pccb is available as an option.
Porsche owners who spend a lot of time at the race track shouldn t choose carbon ceramic disc brakes according to paul watson a technical representative for the company in australia.
Rather than cast iron or steel carbon ceramic brake discs are made from a composite material.
Carbon ceramic brakes work through the same mechanism as standard disc brakes but the discs themselves are made from a very different material through a complex process.
For the new panamera models the cross drilled ceramic brake discs of pccb now have a diameter of 420 mm at the front and 390 mm at the rear for even more formidable braking performance.
The ceramic brake disc weighs more than 50 percent less than the older steel based composite disc.
But there s a big difference between ceramic pads and ccbs.
When quizzed about how long a set of porsche ceramic composite brake discs should last watson admitted that porsche initially told customers they would last longer than they actually do.
Today many oems are using ceramic brake pads.
Porsche ceramic composite brake pccb proven in motorsport the porsche ceramic composite brake pccb is available as an option.
They increase in price as you move up the porsche range with the pccb porsche ceramic composite brakes system for a 911 turbo costing 21 990.
During manufacture the basic disc molding made from a carbon fiber and polymer mix is silicated made into a silicate compound in a special high vacuum process.
Porsche was the first to make ccb available.