F-Type Brakes - Why so cheap?
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How can you call the F type brakes cheap? Those beautiful factory trash can lid rotors weigh a about 30 lbs each! And my 2.5 ton pickup truck stops just fine with the same time tested caliper design...
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Well, Chawumba, because they are cheap by comparison to fixed caliper designs. Which is why floating calipers are std equipment for most normal cars and trucks, but not generally on 6 figure sports cars were the extra performance capability is warranted - if not always utilized.
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Well, Chawumba, because they are cheap by comparison to fixed caliper designs. Which is why floating calipers are std equipment for most normal cars and trucks, but not generally on 6 figure sports cars were the extra performance capability is warranted - if not always utilized.
I will say after upgrading to the suncut rotors, I get compliments on the brakes now and they do seem to work about as well as those on my cars with opposing pistons.
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Yes, JLR cheaped out on the F-Type brakes, they are simply from the parts bin of JLR brakes going back many years now. And that's all F-Type brakes including the CCM as even they were used on other Jags before the F-Type such as the XKR-S GT.
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More is always better, but I yet to see anyone presenting a claim that these much maligned brakes are in any way deficient. The car stops great, they don't tend to fade, and they don't tend to warp disks. I can still overwhelm traction of my MP4S tires with linear line braking and smooth application. It is all around decent system no matter how you look at it.
I have well over 20 hours of track use on these, and they have LASTED. I am still on original pads and disks! What more could one ask of it?
I have well over 20 hours of track use on these, and they have LASTED. I am still on original pads and disks! What more could one ask of it?
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More is always better, but I yet to see anyone presenting a claim that these much maligned brakes are in any way deficient. The car stops great, they don't tend to fade, and they don't tend to warp disks. I can still overwhelm traction of my MP4S tires with linear line braking and smooth application. It is all around decent system no matter how you look at it.
I have well over 20 hours of track use on these, and they have LASTED. I am still on original pads and disks! What more could one ask of it?
I have well over 20 hours of track use on these, and they have LASTED. I am still on original pads and disks! What more could one ask of it?
I only had fade once, and that was due to overenthusiastic use at the end of bedding in the pads with the snazzy two-piece rotors. It was a little disconcerting because I really did need to make that corner, but I had plenty of margin.
I guess I'm an elitist with a brake fetish. Thankfully, neither is illegal. Not here, anyway, and not yet.
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