I saw a video of a civic vs a gsr on fullrace.com and when they hit there brakes, sparks shot out of there wheels and off the brakes?

My friend just told me its because of ceramic brake pads at higher speeds but is this true?

Whats the cause?

 

Friction.

 

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ummm okay? I never saw a car in my life shoot sparks from the brakes....

and you say friction....so stock cars shoot sparks when the brakes create friction? I dont think so

 

i think it has something to do with the brake pad material... reminds me of the glowing brakes in the cheezefrog video haha.

 

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AAAHAHAHA i saw that video ha

Yeah but is it from ceramic brakes, because im pretty sure stock cars dont just shoot sparks when you brake...

 

they are ht members here but i forgot whats there username
but heres the link to th ere videos http://www.panekmechanik.com/video_main.html

 

i think the car had willwoods on it.... i would check out what kinda pads willwood uses..

 

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BINGO! Thanks, i watched one of the videos and noticed it did in fact have willwoods, now im interested to find out what pads they use and why they shoot sparks ha

 

ok well generally ceramic pads don't usually spark as much as metallic pads. and almost any car will do it under the right conditions. under heavy enough braking, it will create enough heat and friction to spark.

 

that sounds like plain ol metal to metal contact, full metallica pads???, ive seen the calpiers and bracketts develop oblong holes over time and matbe the caliper is hittin the rotor a little??