Serious Packaging For Serious Brakes

If you were going to spend in the low five-figure range for new brakes you would expect more than a cardboard box. The Alcon Carbon Ceramic Xtreme (CCX) brake package for the Nissan Skyline GT-R comes in a case that would make some classic guitar collectors jealous.

The CCX disc material is half the mass of a similarly sized iron disc. This alone results in significant improvements in vehicle performance and agility. Extensively track tested by Alcon’s R&D department, the product is fade free, has excellent initial bite from hot or cold, provides stopping power and features low wear rates of both discs and pads.
The GT-R carbon ceramic kit includes:

• 400mm front ventilated, cross-drilled CCX discs mounted to stainless steel bells
• 385mm rear ventilated, cross-drilled CCX discs mounted to stainless steel bells
• New 6-piston, monobloc billet front calipers fitted with Alcon CCX-1 pads
• 6-piston, monobloc billet rear calipers fitted with Alcon CCX-1 pads

“The brake systems on most modern supercars are without doubt of a very high quality – stopping distances, brake feel and fade resistance are significantly better than on previous such cars. The systems are, however, a compromise between cost, performance and refinement. The CCX range of products developed by Alcon takes things to another level and the leap in outright braking performance is a quantum one,” said Alcon’s Sales Director, Jonathan Edwards.

No word on the price of the kit.

Source: Alcon Brakes Blog

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