(June 9, 2015 at 2:48 pm)JesusHChrist Wrote: On say, a 2015 Mustang, is it worth it to get the Brembo brake package or is it mostly marketing hot air?
Reviewers seems to think they are the bees knees, but that could be selection bias.
We make the brakes for the 2015 and newer Mustangs. Brimbo can't meet the tougher manufacturing requirements so that should tell you something. Ford doesn't put Brimbo on their vehicles, not even their Shelbies as far I I know since we produce them all. They must be after market sales by people that have more money than brains. There are standard brake tests performed on part dyno's and car dynos and we easily beat brembo on all tests because we make our own friction material and can tune them to the requested specs. Akebono is a big player in Formula one and our formula one calipers cost $5000 to $14000 a piece. Brembo also produces for Formula 1 but is a spotty competitor, getting a few teams here and there. I just looked at their site and read their claims of F1 successes, but that seems overly hyped, I've not heard that at all. Akebono has been supplying and jointly developing brake systems with the McLaren Formula 1 team since 2007. so we are long term players.
Anyway, perfomance friction, the company that Brembo uses, is pretty good, but owned by a pschopathic bully of a CEO. Lots of turn around and lots of unhappy employees from the stories I've heard.
To aswer you question in a nutshell though, if Ford decided that Akebono brakes were best for their sports cars, why would laymen disagree? If you want greater mu pads for you car, buy European market pads or Police pads. Spending craploads of money for a baseless fad is silly to me.
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