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Well I could tell the difference with the ceramics, after driving the Turbo with them the 911 on standard discs certainly felt as though the retardation was not as rapid as the Turbo with.
Col
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Macan Turbo
Air, 20” wheels, ACC, Pano, SurCam, 14w, LEDs, PS+, Int Light Pack, Heated seats and Steering, spare wheel, SC, Privacy glass, PDK gear, SD mirrors, Met Black, rear airbags
Well I could tell the difference with the ceramics, after driving the Turbo with them the 911 on standard discs certainly felt as though the retardation was not as rapid as the Turbo with.
..sort of comparing apples and eggs 'though... Macan Turbo / 911
A fairer test would be with ceramics vs steel on the same car.
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Advantages of ceramic brakes include:
lighter - better handling
no brake dust
last a long time
look cool (subjective)
can withstand much higher temperatures than conventional brakes and dissipate heat better.
As far as braking performance goes at under normal to enthusiastic road use the braking performance will be much the same. Max retardation on given car is mainly down to the tyres. If the brakes can lock the wheels the tyres are the limiting factor. The 'feel' and ability to finely moderate the braking might vary between steel and creamic.
Where ceramics really score is in repeated hard use of the brakes with little or no time for them to cool between applications. They resist fade much better than steel brakes.
At the PEC I drove a Cayman with steel brakes and after a few laps of the twisty circuits the brakes hadn't faded but were rumbling and it seemed a good idea to let them cool down.
Also drove a Macan Turbo with ceramic brakes. When we stopped could have made toast with the heat radiating from the brakes, but no rumble and no fade.
On the road perhaps a spirited descent of an alpine pass would benefit from ceramics but on the road wouldn't expect better brake performance from ceramics beyond the potentially improved handling and different feedback characteristics.
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