Here’s another post by Patrick Callahan For the Weekend!

I love brakes. Brakes are second only to tires in terms of importance when turning fast lap times. No matter what the application, the basic job remains the same; slow the car down. I was once told that the easier something is to do, the harder it is to be the best doing it. Slowing a car is simple enough, but it’s the efforts that have been directed to being the best that have brought the brake caliper to an art. Recently there have been huge advances in terms of materials and design. I feel some of these are worth showing off.
Porsche PCCB- The first major change in braking since moving away from asbestos.

AP Racing Radi-Cal- Taking the use of Finite Element Analysis to its full capacity.

Endless Mono-6- The traditional forged one-piece caliper at the current pinnacle of optimization.

Brembo Corvette ZR-1 brakes- Perhaps the most advanced brakes on a road car ever.