w02ramair

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Taken from Tireracks website. I wanted to see what yall thought and if anyone has bought any of the brembo or stoptech's rotors with it done and if it made any difference on the track and course?




Deep cryogenic treating is a one-time, homogenous process that permanently and dramatically improves the performance and useful life of metals in everything from brake rotors and performance engines to machine tools and gun barrels. Using a proprietary computer-controlled process, the metal is cooled slowly to deep cryogenic temperatures (-300°F), and slowly returned to room temperature, then heat-tempered as the final step. Computer technology allows the regulation of temperatures to 1 degree, accurately manipulating the Cryo treatment in accordance with the mass of the part it is being applied to.

Although not apparent to the naked eye, the improvements to the metal are significant. Deep cryogenic processing creates dramatic increases in abrasive wear resistance and durability. The increases in tensile strength, toughness and stability couple with the release of internal residual stresses.

How the Process Works

Deep cryogenic processing permanently refines the grain structure of metals at the atomic level. This creates metallurgically improved and stabilized rotors that have a more dense, smoother structure. As a result, you reduce heat and wear on brake rotors and pads.

Applications of Cryogenic Processing

Brake rotors, performance engines, transmissions, gun barrels, cutting and machine tools, stabilizing ferrous and non-ferrous metals.

Gun5

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i dunno but the pro's use it in tranny's and some engine parts i think now..

w02ramair

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I have heard of also doing it in the rear ends. But I also heard that it can make the parts brittle. So if there is enough slack for them to bang around its not a good idea. But for the brakes I don't see why this wouldn't work. I just wonder what the real world difference is.

As I am planning on getting some new ones when I do my brake conversion.

trackbird

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I've run Cryo'd rotors. My race pads chewed them up just like non cryo'd rotors. Save your money.

w02ramair

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Thats what I've been wanting to hear...anyone else with experience?

chicane

In an abrasive use such as a brake rotor... its not going to yield a thing. Not woth the money spent for a street chassis.... or other-wise IMHO.

Foxxtron

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I'll be another person who's not drawn in by the marketing propaganda. It's just something to waste money on. Cryogenic tempering does have it's uses, however with a piece of metal that will eventually see temperatures hot enough to redistribute the molecules (in this case to a certain extent, but not enough to cause a significantly detectable change that the driver can realise) it's efficacy isn't there.

BlackHawk T/A

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This one has been debunked already. Don't waste your time.

trackbird

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I'll qualify it by saying that I got the rotors in a kit and used them since I had them. I wouldn't have bought them on my own, but since I've run a set, I try to share what I learned and save you some money.

w02ramair

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cool, that is awesome guys...thanks a bunch..i will make sure I dont get them.

Divergent Lightning

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Yes there is a difference in a cryo rotor and a normal one, but that is only under purposes of increasing rigidity of the metal. So if you are worried about your rotor cracking in half while you are driving then invest in cryo treatment, otherwise save you money.

roy

Snakeoil for rotors

gollum

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I had a new pair of front OEM rotors cryo treated and they never warped again.