The brakes on the LFA are very solid. Yes they still give off crazy brake dust like normal rotors and pads. When I was in Miami this past Wednesday, we got on the brakes pretty hard in several situations. The brakes always felt confident, fade-free and never felt like the rotors were warping. These brakes are so good, even Scott Pruett (our guest Pro-Driver) was impressed.

 

That's characteristic of all disc-based brake systems (not just CCM) if you heat the discs up enough:





Javier

 

haha your crazy Henry!!! order one...psh.........

 

its just money....

 

yup javy is right on. all disc brakes when used hard will glow. i have seen my ap racing glow before, boy the brakes were HOT...

so glowing on ccm brake is nothing, even catching fire is possible. take a look at the top gear slr testing from a while ago

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rHGeZ45saKw

fast forward to around 4min mark

 

Yes.. thanks.. but I knew that as well…

Those are some “HOT” metal disc testing pics you posted.!!

If a metal disc rotor and pad where put through that kind of abuse repeatedly (in Real World conditions), the short & long term negative effects would be obvious. Especially, thermal integrity.

The characteristics of CCM rotors are unrivaled.

They will heat up and cool off rapidly like no other metal disc rotor.

I wouldn’t be surprised if the LFA “Bladed Inward” Wheel design, actually pulls AIR into the wheel and braking system to assist in cooling things off in extreme real world conditions..

I am happy to see the LFA use the CCM Brake Design.
It deserves no less..

Below is another CCM “Action Shot” from F1.



And another Super Car..




Joe Z


Disclosure: I never stated the "glow" was a bad thing or just on CCM brakes.. LoL

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