PCCB are amazing

[supermono]

Regular readers would know I went steel pretty much immediately I bought the GT2 so I could put on the ceramics when I sold.

That was 5 years ago and by now It's clear I'm not selling so this weekend I put an as new set back on that'd I'd collected a few months back.

The finesse of the steering is markedly improved and even though new pads, the pedal is already better. They're quieter too though still gentleish as new.

Basically that approx 10kg saving per wheel really is noticable.

Add to this the work being done as I write this by Chris at Centre Gravity and I'm looking forward to a brand new GT2 next weekend

SM

[keep it lit]

supermono said:

I put an as new set back on that'd I'd collected a few months back.

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ade

[supermono]

keep it lit said:

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ade

Haha, yep those very ones Ade and I'm highly pleased cheers.

SM

[khushy]

where is the "like" button when you need it FGS???

[keep it lit]

supermono said:

Haha, yep those very ones Ade and I'm highly pleased cheers.

SM

Enjoy the Autobahns & Museum tour mate....

[markiii]

10K per wheel difference?

how much do the steels weight then?

[khushy]

markiii said:

10K per wheel difference?

^doubtful^

[supermono]

Off the top of my head it's 18 vs 8.

I'll weigh them tomorrow for sure.

SM

[mm450exc]

I think it's more like 40lbs all together. So about 5kg per wheel. + the front rotors are larger.

[Skittles001]

Totally agree. I have them on my 7.1 GT3 and they were awesome last weekend during a road trip to and over the Alpine passes, in particular the Fluela Pass in Switzerland with its hairpins and switchbacks. They were also pretty handy in slowing down on the high speed autobahn runs (especially from my best v-max of 192mph) :-)

Ps on the 997s the weight saving is 5kgs per wheel despite the larger rotors (380mm vs 350mm).

Edited by Skittles001 on Monday 21st May 15:31

[supermono]

I'm probably overegging the weight saving but i've gone from same size steels as fitted genuine to original gt2 in 2001.

Whatever it is I guess the rotating inertia is biggest improvement followed by unsprung mass.

I'm genuinely excited about picking it up from CG next weekend

SM

SM

[mrdemon]

I love them turn in is amazing with PCCB's on.

[Guyr]

Weight saving on the 996 GT2 is 16.6kg overall for PCCBs ie just over 4kg per corner.

I can email you the .pdf of the actual Porsche Press announcement for the Mk1 GT2 996 if you like.

Guy

[Bill Stein]

For a second I thought that thread title said "PCGB are amazing". My mistake carry on.

[supermono]

Well they are. 10% discount used to
amaze me for 50 quid.

SM

[mrdemon]

Guyr said:

Weight saving on the 996 GT2 is 16.6kg overall for PCCBs ie just over 4kg per corner.

I can email you the .pdf of the actual Porsche Press announcement for the Mk1 GT2 996 if you like.

Guy

calipers are bigger and weigh more

Rotational mass for turn is a bigger saving.

[supermono]

I have always had the yellow calipers on but used steels that were original fitment for very early GT2s

I'll definitely weigh old and new tonight but as said the rotational inertia is king here.

SM