Alfa Romeo Giulia Quadrifoglio: All you need to know about brakes

Alfa Romeo, the world famous Italian manufacturer of cars and sports cars, and its Giulia Quadrifoglio, you (almost) know everything about it, but may not know all the secrets of its brakes; for the 2.9-liter V6 Twin turbocharged petrol engine, which has a powerful power output of 510hp/61.2kgm, enough to make the Giulia Quadrifoglio with a weight of 1524kg complete the 0-100km/h acceleration in 3.9 seconds, and the speed performance exceeds 300km/h to 307km/h The amazing performance of h, with the reconfiguration of the 50:50 balanced car before and after, made Giulia Quadrifoglio the most anticipated new generation of Italian classics. For a model with 510 horsepower and 600 Nm of torque, the configuration of the brakes must not be ignored.

In order to fill this gap, Brembo has revealed all the secrets of its two brake devices for those who are preparing to purchase the Alfa Romeo Giulia Quadrifoglio (one is a standard configuration and the other is an optional configuration).

Exterior

       Alfa Romeo Giulia Quadrifoglio in appearance, the design is more biased toward the sporty style, the front of the head still retains a family-style grille design, and then the front of both sides of the air intake is very dazzling, with strong visual impact. The side of the car body uses a straight waistline, the lines are smooth and compact, the rear is equipped with a black lower spoiler, and uses a bilateral exhaust system with a total of four, while the trunk lid slightly upturned, full of dynamic.

"Standard" configuration is already outstanding

       Brembo's standard braking equipment designed for Giulia Quadrifoglio is comparable to road vehicles. The brake equipment is called High-performance Brembo Braking System. Its components include Brembo combined casting floating ventilation brake disc, front-wheel brake disc diameter is 360 mm, rear brake The disc diameter is 350 mm.

Joint casting brake disks have not been known. So need to explain. Combined casting brake discs combine the advantages of two materials: cast iron (its advantages are its thermal characteristics, such as low degree of deformation, good conductivity) and aluminum (its advantage is light weight). What is special is that the two materials are jointly cast on one component and the performance of the brake disc is improved; in fact, the brake disc is an integral brake disc at low temperatures and floating at high temperatures. Driven disk, because of the high performance requirements in the high temperature and the brake disk is prone to deformation.

        This type of brake disc must not be used with ordinary brake calipers. In order to highlight the graceful lines on the side of this model, the Brembo single brake calipers were selected for the front-wheel 6-piston configuration and the rear-wheel 4-piston configuration. This choice vividly demonstrated the strong personality of Alfa Romeo Quadrifoglio.

Carbon fiber ceramic material to create extraordinary performance

        Alfa Romeo's engineers and designers are not satisfied with this and are constantly striving for excellence. In order to meet the car's most demanding performance requirements, there is also an optional brake system Ultra-high-performance Brembo carbon ceramic material (CCM) brake. System). Therefore, the dimensions of the carbon fiber ceramic floating air brake discs available for the front and rear wheels are 390 mm and 360 mm, respectively. This configuration can meet the most stringent requirements, because the carbon fiber ceramic material deformation is very low at high temperatures, this feature is directly reflected in the car's performance. Brembo has been using this material on a production model (the first model is Ferrari Enzo) since 2002 and is characterized by its ability to withstand repeated use of strength.

In fact, after repeated use, the braking force is always stable. Even in the most challenging braking process, there will be no recession in the carbon fiber ceramic brake discs. The so-called recession is the phenomenon of brakes losing their effectiveness due to overheating. Those who love the Alfa Romeo model can be confident in these two points: the better braking performance and the consistently high and stable braking force after numerous uses.

      Another advantage of carbon fiber ceramic brake discs is worth mentioning: Thanks to its material properties, carbon fiber ceramic brake discs weigh much less than traditional brake discs, which also affects the overall weight of the car. In summary, the Ultra-high-performance Brembo carbon ceramic material (CCM) brake system can improve vehicle acceleration performance and enhance driving comfort. Another important advantage is the reduction of energy consumption.

      This ultra-high performance and ultra-lightweight brake disc is combined with a single aluminum brake caliper. The front wheel caliper is 6-piston and the rear wheel caliper is 4-piston. Compared to the standard brake system, the geometry of the front brake calipers is different. This is specifically designed for carbon fiber ceramic brake discs.

The Alfa Romeo Giulia Quadrifoglio is full of extraordinary passion and its brake system is no exception.