Question about CCB's
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[Note: I drive my ZR1 in sub-freezing temps and the pads work just fine.]
The burnishing allows them to work even better at higher speeds and hotter pad temps without the green fade feedback for the driver. Doing so expands their envelop of usable temperatures by quite a bit. They still maintain their cold(er) temperature capabilities; at the same time they work when hot(ter).
The best suggestion I have is the same thing Derek posted: burnish those pads!
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Ultimately any brake pad is going to work a little better with some heat in it versus it being stone cold. The pads used with the CC brakes are, pre-burnishing, an excellent all-around street pad capable of working quite well at all street (legal) speeds and heat levels.
[Note: I drive my ZR1 in sub-freezing temps and the pads work just fine.]
The burnishing allows them to work even better at higher speeds and hotter pad temps without the green fade feedback for the driver. Doing so expands their envelop of usable temperatures by quite a bit. They still maintain their cold(er) temperature capabilities; at the same time they work when hot(ter).
The best suggestion I have is the same thing Derek posted: burnish those pads!
[Note: I drive my ZR1 in sub-freezing temps and the pads work just fine.]
The burnishing allows them to work even better at higher speeds and hotter pad temps without the green fade feedback for the driver. Doing so expands their envelop of usable temperatures by quite a bit. They still maintain their cold(er) temperature capabilities; at the same time they work when hot(ter).
The best suggestion I have is the same thing Derek posted: burnish those pads!
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Joined: Oct 2008
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From: Charleston SC
One problem with CCBs: once you go with them then you want to have them on all your cars, and then you realize that the "rest" of the competition charges about what a small car cost for them….omit Jag (which I think is priced at 8k for their Type F)….
