Similar cars. Different missions. Very different equipment.
The brakes for both the road and race versions of the latest Ford GT are supplied by the same company, but their specs vary. Greatly.
The street car’s brakes must perform at a high level while also remaining civil—no noise, no discomfort. The ones on the race car have a narrower purpose: to help win races. Both operate on the simple premise of converting kinetic energy into heat, but parsing how each one meets its specific engineering challenges is a deeper dive than you might imagine.
Street Brakes
Even a machine as exotic as the latest Ford GT—the brand’s half-million-dollar, 660-horsepower supercar—is still primarily designed for street use. It’s fast, yes, “but 99% of the time, it is a road car,” notes…
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