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I haven't driven on of these modern Porsche race cars for the street since our late friend Nick Reed got his Cayman R. I thought that car was impressive. These GT3s are even more competent. Paul and Ed just got it on Friday. I got to see it/touch it at their 2nd Sat. AM b-fast.
Details at www.AutoKennel.com
I read their ad - car comes with original ceramic rotors (replacement rotors from Suncoast.com are $19k) - these are amazing brakes. I have this same car and RACE it in PCA with the ceramic rotors. Awesome, no-fade, stopping power.
Yeah, ceramics are a wonderous thing...no fade and one of the most consistent braking. The owner of this car wanted to learn to drive the car and was afraid of damaging the ceramics. So, he removed the rotors and the pads and bought the steel/iron ones instead. Stopping power is still pretty remarkable...certainly a fraction of the cost.
For racing, cost is almost the same. The pccb lasts forever while the steel wears away quickly. The mostly unfounded fear was that at the track the pccb would get damaged then precipitating the massive replacement cost.
If seller or purchaser wishes to sell the used pccb rotors, please contact me. Need some spares for racing.
thanks,
Clarke
Will do...I can't imagine the new buyer not wanted them, but I will offer to them.
It's all about heat management with ceramic brakes. Once they go above their heat range the rotors, literally, begin disintegrating at an alarming rate. I have a client (not the owner of this GT3 but another one with a MK1) who went through THREE sets of PCCB rotors. He basically overheated them with poor brake management and refusal to add cooling ducts. First the pads got ruined and the rotors lives were halved.Quote:
Originally Posted by GT3DE
The brakes on the For Sale car are AP rotors with Pagid Yellows and hats from Charlie at Wrightwood.
We have had quite a few questions about the DME readings for over-revs.
Marco/Tony with TLG Auto recently did an over rev test (see pic below).
There were zero level 2 or higher. The car was certainly never abused and over-serviced:
(BTW, the price is $115k)