Porsche Ceramic Composite Brake
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 ceramic composite brake. Rather than cast iron or steel carbon ceramic brake discs are made from a composite material. The porsche brakes used on all four wheels are made of sigrasic a light hard and fracture resistant fiber reinforced ceramic material. Pccb features 10 piston aluminium monobloc fixed brake calipers on the front axle and four piston units at the rear. Today many oems are using ceramic brake pads.
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. 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. Proven in motorsport porsche ceramic composite brake pccb is available as an option. Proven in motorsport 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. 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. But there s a big difference between ceramic pads and ccbs. Porsche ceramic composite brakes pccb use a cross drilled carbon fiber reinforced ceramic disc with special composite pads.
For the new panamera models the cross drilled ceramic brake. The ceramic brake disc weighs more than 50 percent less than the older steel based composite disc. 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. Porsche ceramic composite brake pccb proven in motorsport the porsche ceramic composite brake pccb is available as an option.
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.