On the front, the anchor set - up is enormous, with a 10 - piston monobloc alloy fixed
calliper doing its best to engulf a 440x40mm carbon - ceramic disc.
Not exact matches
The brakes are broadly standard but
do get body - matching
callipers.
The optional carbon - ceramic brakes fitted to our test car are no lighter than the standard cast iron set - up thanks to the increased size of the rotors and
callipers, but they
do promise to address the Gallardo's propensity to suffer brake fade in extreme use.
# 700 of work
done very recently, 4 new break pads, 2 new break
callipers, brake fluid and clutch fluid change.
The big brakes (360 mm discs with six - piston
callipers up front) that
do such a good job in this true - life emergency stop (just check - out the video!)