CS Rotor Wear !!

I thought that ceramic rotors had longer life than steel - unless you allowed the pads to wear excessively in which case the plates could damage the rotor.

 

As I understand it, “wear-out” for the CS rotors is determined by cumulative high temperature heat cycles and is measured by an on-board computer. Beyond “wear-out” lifetime you risk catastrophic failure of a rotor. Within my limited circle, I know of no one who has reached wear-out of CS or Enzo rotors.

 

Here's some info from the archives.

http://ferrarichat.com/forum/showthread.php?t=2236

http://ferrarichat.com/forum/showthread.php?t=24877

http://ferrarichat.com/forum/showthread.php?t=38181

 

According to official at the Brembo stand at the Frankfurt motorshow, CCM-rotors should last a whole life of the car if you don't do extensive track work.

 

where is the advantage here? ccm brakes only make sense to me if you track the car ie. can you tell the difference of 40 lbs unsprung weight on the street? doubt it. most cars that offer ccm are driven very few miles anyway so rotor life is not a consideration. huge $ of these should provide near lifetime of TRACK DRIVING

 

There are multiple advantages provided by the CS brakes including much larger rotors (380mm fronts, 350mm rears versus stock 330mm all around), lower unsprung weight, reduced fade, and I believe 6 piston calipers in the front versus 4 pistons. If one’s purchase criteria is to reject technology whose advantage can only be exercised on a track, may I suggest buying an automobile brand other than Ferrari and Porsche.