2009 Litchfield Type-20 - Alcon Brakes

The Type-20 is fitted with latest 6-pot mono block Calipers and 365mm Discs using the same technology behind Alcon’s involvement in top level motorsport, including F1, World Rally Championship, NASCAR and Japanese GT racing.

Calipers

The Advantage Extreme callipers used are gravity die cast monobloc constructions using aluminium alloy for optimum strength and weight.

Other caliper benefits include:

• Monobloc 6 piston design for high stiffness (firm pedal) with low weight
• Piston bore sizes are staggered to ensure even pad wear
• Pin-mounted pads provide low threshold pressure and low noise

Pads

These low noise pads offer strong cold performance for start up and city driving and are specially formulated for excellent resistance to fade at elevated temperatures

Discs

Alcon’s Advantage Extreme discs have been engineered to produce optimum bite, thermal stability and durability in an exceptionally high strength to low weight design. This has been achieved by combining a special Alcon developed iron alloy disc with an aerospace specification alloy bell.

Other disc benefits:

• Unique crescent grooves on friction faces provide the bite usually associated with drilled discs without the attendant durability problems
• Directional curved cooling vanes for optimum cooling performance
• Alcon’s floating disc system has been designed to allow thermal expansion of the disc throughout its life while minimising the tendency to judder