[DeTomaso] Carbon fiber brakes

[Kjetil Finne]

I do not think the wear rate on street carbon fiber brakes are any 
different than on steel discs, rather the opposite. The reason why the 
F1 teams are changing the discs after each competition isn't 
necessarily  that the discs are worn out. It's more that they are always 
looking for maximum security, ad they have the money to do so.
Remember a whole bunch of super cars are coming with carbon fiber brakes 
today. A friend off mine has a Porsche Carrera GT. This car has enormous 
carbon fiber brakes, he does not report any problems braking either cold 
or warm. However I do not want to be in his shoes when he is gonna 
replace the discs, because a complete set costs like Tomas said in the 
neighborhood off 11000$.
The new Ferrari California comes standard with carbon fiber discs, as 
well as many off the high end models from Porsche , Lambo, Koenigsegg, 
Zonda, etc.
None off these cars have cheap spare parts, so I guess that brake disc 
wouldn't come cheap either. 129$ for a pair of Brembo Carbon fiber discs 
sounds much to cheap


Kjetil
Pantera 1613