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johnww said:
Don't bet on better stopping distances for ceramic over steel, no data out suggesting that at all. Could be after 5-panic stops, but on the street, highly unlikely so many high speed panic stops are required, if so, best the driver stays home before he kills someone.




Not so sure about that. Autoweek just broke the all time best stopping distance w/ a PCCB equipped turbo. Granted I haven't seen the 0-60 stopping time for steel but so far the Autoweek record belongs to PCCB's and they give credit to the stopping record to the PCCB's:

"But the Turbo didn't only dominate off the line. It took the top spot in braking, too, using just 99 feet of tarmac to come to a stop from 60 mph. That beats all comers before it, including the Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution that previously held the record at 100 feet flat.

Much of the credit for that record-breaking stopping power falls to the $8,840 optional ceramic brakes found on our test car, which never overheated, smoked or pulsed even after repeated hard braking from 100 mph."