theboy

Ceramic brakes? what do you guys think about ceramic brakes? is ceramic brakes good for rx8?

i know ceramic brakes glows when u brakes and set on fire when u brake too much. what you think?

Red Devil

Who have you seen that offers ceramic brakes for the 8?

theboy

nobody just seen them on Mers SLR. not sure whether they have it for 8 or other cars.

09Factor

Actually Akebono make ceramic pads for the 8.
Don't know of any ceramic rotors yet.

tlniec

Probably not so good for street driving -- brake temperatures are going to be too low (the vast majority of the time) for ceramic brakes to work their best. On a racetrack, where you can get them up to their ideal operating temperature, you would probably see an advantage.

IJM

Ceramic pads and rotors are really intended for track use, not road use. The operating temparature of these are such that I doubt you'd ever reach it on the track with an '8 let alone on the street. The Merc was actually critizized for this because even on the track the brakes wouldn't reach the temperature to be their most effective.

Whilst I'm not an expert, I'd still say with reasonable certainty that for racing and street applications (as far as the 8 is concerned anyway), more conventional aftermarket high performance brake systems would be far more cost effective.

Nice technology. Wrong application IMHO.

theboy

Thanks Guys. You guys are so PRO.