which rotors and pads to get?
05-20-2008, 09:54 AM
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Slots don't keep your brake pads even/straight. Some people say they allow out gasing of the pads, but most pads today don't have that issue anymore. Also a lot of manufactures like Baer say that slots actually scrape your pads clean. I'm guessing to make sure that you always have 100% of the pad contacting the rotor and you don't get brake material build up between the pad and rotor.
Personally my thoughts are that blanks are going to give you the best performance. They have more surface area and mass and obviously are less prone to cracking.
Personally my thoughts are that blanks are going to give you the best performance. They have more surface area and mass and obviously are less prone to cracking.
05-20-2008, 12:30 PM
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Time and time again the whole "Drilled and Slotted vs Blanks" debate has been brought up and time and time again blanks have been the preferred choice for strictly performance minded people. The drilled and slotted look much better and people seem to get them more for that reason; unless they aren't doing their research first. Talk to the autox guys and see what they use if people are still not believing that the drilling and slotting are for looks in most cases.
05-20-2008, 01:13 PM
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Weak case? How about your theories? Just how do those holes make it cooler since there is NO airflow through them when the rotor is in motion. How aout the "keep pads flat" theory that I busted all up? How many years of working on cars do you have under your belt???
Go talk to people that actually race regularly and are competitive when racing and see what they say.
If the people you talk to tell you something else then I'd advise you to stop listening to them because they don't know dick.
Next we'll hear all about how back pressure makes more torque
Before anyone thinks I'm getting pissed, nope I'm just blunt.
05-20-2008, 02:10 PM
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Time and time again the whole "Drilled and Slotted vs Blanks" debate has been brought up and time and time again blanks have been the preferred choice for strictly performance minded people. The drilled and slotted look much better and people seem to get them more for that reason; unless they aren't doing their research first. Talk to the autox guys and see what they use if people are still not believing that the drilling and slotting are for looks in most cases.
05-20-2008, 02:19 PM
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Thank you! If it isnt already there needs to be some type of sticky that informs people of this because there is a lot of "my friend told me this" stuff going around and frankly, its just wrong.
05-20-2008, 02:32 PM
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I can remember this argument coming up back in the late 90's when the LS1's were 1st available. Even back then blanks were considered the better choice. Like has already been said, cross-drilled rotors have a tendency to crack under extreme use. The more surface area, the better.
it's common sense 