HELP! Which directions slotted/drilled rotors go on? (PICS)

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07-20-2006, 11:40 AM

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That is not what I have said at all, please reread my posts. The internal vanes of the rotor should be sweeping rearward at the top of the rotor.

Maximum, I am not sure by the picture you posted if I am looking at the inside or ouside of the rotor so I cant say for sure which side it is for. From what I can tell, it would seem that the rotors when mounted on the car will have both the internal vanes and slots/drills slanting rearward at the top of the rotor.

thats what i was saying all along

which is the opposite of this

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07-20-2006, 11:52 AM

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Ok snapped some pics on top of the rotor of the cooling fins.

Left rotor from above pic:

Right rotor from above pic:

So what I have been told, the fins have to face to grab cool air..

Normally Aero rotors such as that are designed to have the air come from the inside to outer side, so in the case you are explaining it would be backwards.

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07-20-2006, 12:00 PM

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OK guys this is a super cluster ****! and I'm so confused now but for what I think:

Arrow indicating how it should spin when the car is moving foward.

AND.. the first picture is the passanger side and the 2nd is the driver side.

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07-20-2006, 12:08 PM

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Maximum, the rotor when mounted would be spinning in the opposite direction you have indicated. Read carefully:

WHEN MOUNTED ON THE CAR, THE SLOTS AND INTERNAL VANES OF THOSE ROTORS WILL BE SLANTING REARWARDS AT THE TOP OF THE ROTORS.

I cannot make it any clearer than that.

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07-20-2006, 12:10 PM

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this is what i been wrecking my brain all day..

i even made him a little photoshop image .. lol

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07-20-2006, 12:26 PM

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this is what i been wrecking my brain all day..

i even made him a little photoshop image .. lol

Aren't the vanes slanted the wrong direction? Like stoptech said, they should be slanting rearward at the top of the rotor.

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07-20-2006, 12:30 PM

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Aren't the vanes slanted the wrong direction? Like stoptech said, they should be slanting rearward at the top of the rotor.

everything is too damn ambigious.. thats whats confusing..

is // slanting rearward? or is \\ slanting rearward.. thats the question..

my impression of slanting rearward is \\

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07-20-2006, 12:33 PM

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VEINS...

\\\\\\\\\\\ = Left

/////////// = Right

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07-20-2006, 12:34 PM

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Originally Posted by maximumsportZ

OK guys this is a super cluster ****! and I'm so confused now but for what I think:

Arrow indicating how it should spin when the car is moving foward.

AND.. the first picture is the passanger side and the 2nd is the driver side.

you need the OPOSITE of this...

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07-20-2006, 12:38 PM

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he has them labeled right.. he has the arrow going in the wrong direction.. as if he was backing up instead of going forward

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07-20-2006, 12:43 PM

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Ive contacted Maximum and we have him all sorted out.

When I say slanting rearward at the top of the rotor, the slots would be like this ////

On our AeroRotors, the slots slant forward when properly installed like this \\\

This is assuming you are looking at the left or drivers side of the car. Again, the slots a should not be used to determine proper rotor installation. The internal vanes are the important factor. Regardless of the slot direction, the internal vanes would be oriented like this ///// on the left side of the car to promote proper cooling and airflow.

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07-20-2006, 12:46 PM

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i understand i am wrong.. i get that.. but what i am trying to explain to him is.. he has the right rotor.. wrong direction..

yes its the passenger side rotor.. but arrow pointing counter clockwise would indicate reversing.. not going forward

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07-20-2006, 01:00 PM

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err ok final:

Which is left(drivers) and which is right(passanger)

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07-20-2006, 01:04 PM

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yes... if we are looking at the back of the rotors that is...

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07-20-2006, 01:17 PM

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If we are looking at the outer face of the rotors, this would be the proper installation:

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07-20-2006, 01:49 PM

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This is one of the best posts I've seen in some time. After we're all done here, can we all congregate in the middle of the room and run around bumping into eachother? Thanks.

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07-20-2006, 02:30 PM

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OMG I'm a dumbass!!!

I had the hats installed on the wrong side!!!!!!!!

Left rotor = right side(passanger) Right rotor= Left side (driver) right?

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07-20-2006, 02:48 PM

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OMG I'm a dumbass!!!

I had the hats installed on the wrong side!!!!!!!!

Left rotor = right side(passanger) Right rotor= Left side (driver) right?

ok now they look more like rotors that will fit...

the one on the LOWER part of the picture is for the Passenger side of your car...

the one on the UPPER part of the pictures is for the DRIVERS side of your car...

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