andrewket
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- First Name
- Andrew
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- Jan 31, 2021
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- Vienna, VA
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- 21 Taycan Turbo, Tesla Y*2; Prev S,X,3,996TT
I went with the PSCBs. I figured it was a good middle ground. Slightly larger brake surface with less dust without the expense of the PCCBs. A fellow Taycan owner told me he had a scary situation with his PCCBs when they were wet. Since they get used less, the pads weren’t drying during heavy rain, and when he needed them there was noticeable lag before friction kicked in. Have any of use experienced that?also in my opinion the brake rotors/pads are not the issue with repeated brake applications for high speed high deceleration use cases with 5,100 lbs 4 door sports sedan...
there aren't any street legal tires that will hold up well to this type of repeated brake usage - the Tycan is so heavy and so fast - it's really really easy to overwhelm the tires and once they get a bit greasy your PCCB's really don't matter - your braking distance is going to increase when the all season tires are over heated…
if you are using the friction brakes enough to worry about thermal fade your tires are way way way more of a liability than your steel rotors - given this car's weight, size and power it's under-tired and there is no street legal tire that will come close to maximizing the thermal characteristics of even the base steel rotors…
my lizard brain is threatening a revolt right about now and working to overcome the rational brain writing this post - Porsche marketing, can not, must not be wrong - PCCB's are beneficial on an EV with .38g's of regen for 90% of braking usage on the street - they MUST be useful - they look soooooo pretty and cost sooooo much - they must be better.
you'll run out of optimal tire grip before you run out of thermal capacity with the Taycan even with the steel brakes.
that's my $0.02 - my lizard brain is screaming at me right now - I'll take a break.
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