What's the Consensus upgraded Steel or PCCB for the Mk2 GT3?
06-20-2009, 12:53 AM
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What's the Consensus upgraded Steel or PCCB for the Mk2 GT3?
It's getting close to order time. I must admit the new Big Reds are tempting for a lot of reasons such as bigger, cheaper, less fragile equal in performance, BUT the new PCCBs are still lighter yet. So, are PCCBs still a must have option on the new GT3 and RS?
Thanks for any input,
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Thanks for any input,
Flash
06-20-2009, 02:06 AM
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Ceramics are a no brainer!
You can take them off and add steel, but the reverse is not a practical option.
If you don't like the ceramics, you can easily sell them to another Rennlister, and recover your money.
You'll get more on a trade-in with ceramics.
Oh, and they are lighter, much better to balance the car with.
Now, if you are always using the brakes to save yourself... well then they get expensive..... but an accomplished (or aspiring) driver's bias mitigates against over use of the brakes.. and the ceramics win (imo)!
Enjoy the journey!
You can take them off and add steel, but the reverse is not a practical option.
If you don't like the ceramics, you can easily sell them to another Rennlister, and recover your money.
You'll get more on a trade-in with ceramics.
Oh, and they are lighter, much better to balance the car with.
Now, if you are always using the brakes to save yourself... well then they get expensive..... but an accomplished (or aspiring) driver's bias mitigates against over use of the brakes.. and the ceramics win (imo)!
Enjoy the journey!
06-20-2009, 02:14 AM
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Ceramics are a no brainer!
You can take them off and add steel, but the reverse is not a practical option.
If you don't like the ceramics, you can easily sell them to another Rennlister, and recover your money.
You'll get more on a trade-in with ceramics.
Oh, and they are lighter, much better to balance the car with.
Now, if you are always using the brakes to save yourself... well then they get expensive..... but an accomplished (or aspiring) driver's bias mitigates against over use of the brakes.. and the ceramics win (imo)!
Enjoy the journey!
You can take them off and add steel, but the reverse is not a practical option.
If you don't like the ceramics, you can easily sell them to another Rennlister, and recover your money.
You'll get more on a trade-in with ceramics.
Oh, and they are lighter, much better to balance the car with.
Now, if you are always using the brakes to save yourself... well then they get expensive..... but an accomplished (or aspiring) driver's bias mitigates against over use of the brakes.. and the ceramics win (imo)!
Enjoy the journey!
thats a good point.
06-20-2009, 02:44 AM
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06-20-2009, 03:08 AM
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when you got yellows and a dude rolls up next to you with reds, you hold you nose up and drive away all smug..... 
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when you got reds and a dude rolls up next to you with yellows, you hold your wallet up and drive away all smug..... [/
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Ceramics are a no brainer!
You can take them off and add steel, but the reverse is not a practical option.
If you don't like the ceramics, you can easily sell them to another Rennlister, and recover your money.
You'll get more on a trade-in with ceramics.
Oh, and they are lighter, much better to balance the car with.
Now, if you are always using the brakes to save yourself... well then they get expensive..... but an accomplished (or aspiring) driver's bias mitigates against over use of the brakes.. and the ceramics win (imo)!
Enjoy the journey!
You can take them off and add steel, but the reverse is not a practical option.
If you don't like the ceramics, you can easily sell them to another Rennlister, and recover your money.
You'll get more on a trade-in with ceramics.
Oh, and they are lighter, much better to balance the car with.
Now, if you are always using the brakes to save yourself... well then they get expensive..... but an accomplished (or aspiring) driver's bias mitigates against over use of the brakes.. and the ceramics win (imo)!
Enjoy the journey!
Can't say I agree with all your ideas.
I've owned a PCCB 997S and currently a red brake club coupe. The only appeal that PCCB has is less unsprung weight and less brake dust. I don't find that the red brake is inferior on the track and street.
It will help you sell the car easier, but you can only get a fraction of the cost back. Selling it separately, you can just recover a fraction of the cost too.
With the 997.2GT3 red brake even bigger than the .1, I doubt that the PCCB will add any significant stopping advantage to the car.
06-20-2009, 03:26 PM
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Can't say I agree with all your ideas.
I've owned a PCCB 997S and currently a red brake club coupe. The only appeal that PCCB has is less unsprung weight and less brake dust. I don't find that the red brake is inferior on the track and street.
It will help you sell the car easier, but you can only get a fraction of the cost back. Selling it separately, you can just recover a fraction of the cost too.
With the 997.2GT3 red brake even bigger than the .1, I doubt that the PCCB will add any significant stopping advantage to the car.
I've owned a PCCB 997S and currently a red brake club coupe. The only appeal that PCCB has is less unsprung weight and less brake dust. I don't find that the red brake is inferior on the track and street.
It will help you sell the car easier, but you can only get a fraction of the cost back. Selling it separately, you can just recover a fraction of the cost too.
With the 997.2GT3 red brake even bigger than the .1, I doubt that the PCCB will add any significant stopping advantage to the car.
06-20-2009, 05:56 PM
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06-20-2009, 06:12 PM
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The new larger steel brakes are supposedly incredible and certainly seem to cast the $9K (!!!!) price delta in an unfavorable light, unless the car is used almost exclusively on track.
06-20-2009, 08:09 PM
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