While surfing around this AM, I found this
Anyone know if they are carbon rotors available yet for the Boss?
....probably crazy expensive....

Anyone have experience with carbon rotors?

 

more surfing, found this:
http://www.turbinebrakerotors.com/index.php

and this:

"The pricing for the Mustang fitment rotors and pads are as follows:
Purchased direct from the Turbine Rotors site- $599.99 per rotor and
$249.99 for an axle set (4 pads) of the race pad formulation.
FYI, we plan to start shipping May 1st 2012
Regards,

Ralph H"

 

I contacted Ralph too, he said Brembo rotor application will be available this summer. Currently they are for base GT brakes.
Steve

 

Steve,
Please post when you hear something....

 

Wow those would be great. I did some research last year at that time it took special calipers to go with the available carbon/ceramic rotors. The original carbon rotors were useless on a street car as they just had no stopping power cold. Then the combined carbon ceramic rotors came out that issue seems to have been solved. But the rotors are much thicker and fragile so special bigger calipers were needed and handling them was still an issue. It is only a matter of time before they solve all the issues but I wouldn't be surprised if calipers were needed along with the rotors.

 

Interesting. Looking forward to these. They sound really loud so definately looking at track only use.

 

A few years back my son was part of a Ferrari Challenge team, the F430 had carbon rotors a set of 4 in 2008 were north of $8,000

I am sure these will be pricey!

 

20 years ago I was in the pits at Mid-Ohio and picked up one of the carbon rotors from the Jaguar team the mechanic told me they cost 25k each.

 

13 years ago $20 was more than enough to fill a 16 gallon tank. Cost of aftermarket parts will go down as time goes on, right?

 

$10,000 front brake job? Sure, I think I'll buy a Porsche.

 

That's not even the funniest thing about that ad. Save a whole 84.00 when you buy them online, is. Hahahaha

 

 

Whatever is in the first post is just a regular disc painted black...you can see the machining marks.

Interested for someone else to try out the "turbine" rotors first

 

You're correct those rotors in the OP are cast iron. They aren't painted though they are treated with a acid which turns the metal black similar to what is called blueing for guns. Ceramic also called carbon ceramic rotors are coming and the price is coming down just a matter of time.

 

These look interesting. No price posted?

 

Isn't the '13 GT500 supposed to have carbon ceramic rotors?

 

Ditto. Sticking with the heavy iron until I see some more use of these things.

 

Got a price cost around $1800 for the rotors and pads evidently you don't need calipers with these. Supposedly the rotors will last the life of the car. The center section is aluminum which conducts heat much better than steel or even cast iron so they should heat evenly and not warp and should cool better too. Plus they weigh like 9 pounds compared to 25 lbs for the typical iron rotor. Unfortunately they won't have 355mm or 380mm rotors till next fall.

 

Give's me some time to save up.

 

I asked about that, this is what he replied:


In our testing we have found that both rotors (carbon ceramic and
stainless steel) with our pads produced lower sound levels versus a cast
iron rotor. In fact the carbon ceramic produced the lowest sound levels.
The video on our site is our test at Watkins Glen. We had our carbon
ceramic rotors and pads on the front but stock cast iron and race pads on
the rear. The sound you are hearing is the rear cast iron rotor and Hawk
DTC70 pads. You have a good ear, you are the first person to pick up on
the sound in the video. I thought I would get many more questions.
Regards,
Ralph Hansen

Also:

Thanks for contacting Turbine Rotors.
To answer your question, the rotor can be resurfaced with new wear plates
when the top of the rivet is exposed.
In our brake dyno and on-car testing in street applications the rotor is
projected to last 150,000 miles before the rivet heads are exposed. In a
race/track application the rotor should last several seasons.
The two wear surfaces, carbon ceramic or heat treated stainless steel are
extremely hard and need diamond tooling to machine.
Our custom formulation brake pads wear in the same time frame as a regular
pad on a cast iron rotor. A regular brake pad would wear at a much higher
rate due to the hard wear surface.
I hope this answers your question.
Regards,
Ralph Hansen
President
Turbine Rotors