Brakes not stopping very good !! - Lateral-g Forums

Ron in SoCal · #1 09-20-2017, 03:14 PM

Mario there's a reason Brembo (and AP Racing and Wilwood and many others) don't offer CC big brake kits. It's next to impossible to develop and support unless part of a completely engineered factory system (think GM and Porsche, and yeah I know everyone already read that earlier). I have read on the Vette road racing forum of guys and vendors trying different pads on the CC system with zero improvement. Side note: I'd hate to be the guy that has to pay for the CC rotors when experimenting with the wrong pad.

I recall it was either Charley or Mark trying to run those brakes on the track (on JA I believe) and had what sounded like fairly major issues.

Wish I had something better to add, but I think your best bet is to try the factory booster / master combo and see if that works.

I'm rooting for you man!

**GregWeld** · #2 09-20-2017, 04:20 PM

The benefit of Carbon Ceramic rotors are a lot less weight --- longer lasting (you can go thru a bunch of pads without changing the rotor) --- and greater heat dissipation. In cold application they can actually be described as GRABBY....

It's a ROTOR...... and he has the matching calipers and pads for that part of the system. The part of the "system" that's missing --- the part that creates the hydraulic pressure.

RE: Jackass brakes/issues

Mario is NOT running ABS and racing the car (yet)..... THAT is a complex engineering issue.... but NOT Marios issue.

I'm with Dhutton...... do a pressure check at the caliper and my guess is he's simply lacking the proper pressure/volume required. Do some math -- get the right master cylinder and pedal ratio.... and see what happens.

The thing I would "worry" about now is - lacking the right pressure and driving the car -- is the system now glazed. If it was me - given the cost of these brakes I'd be parking the car while waiting to give it back to Troy to sort out.

Porsche magazine even recommends the exact same bedding process for these brakes that every other brake takes.... i.e., repeated hard stops (short version).