Cross Drilled Brembo Replacement Rotors Questions, Advice Needed !
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Originally Posted by Kolia
I am not aware of any professional racing classes that allow the use of rotors other than plain. From rallying to GT, even F1, must have plain rotors (albeit made of carbon-carbon in F1).
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Originally Posted by Kolia
By “plain rotor” I’m referring to the contact area between the pads and the rotor. Plain as opposed to drilled or slotted.
Not to be confused with “Solid rotors” with no internal cooling vents.
Not to be confused with “Solid rotors” with no internal cooling vents.
I have read about rotor thermal mass plenty times on the forums emphasizing that the thermal mass is very important almost to the point that cooling provided by vanes is negligible, which is not the case at all.
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Originally Posted by Kolia
I am not aware of any professional racing classes that allow the use of rotors other than plain. From rallying to GT, even F1, must have plain rotors (albeit made of carbon-carbon in F1).
I have seen similar rotors in other high-level endurance/touring classes. I have also seen plain rotors on other touring cars (more often in the lower-level classes , like WTCC).
Clearly slotted rotors have some benefits... I am not quite sure though why some use them and some don't. I assume it's just more maintenance, more controls, and higher costs to run slotted rotors.
Sorry for late reply
Last edited by Nano; 09-22-2006 at 03:48 PM.
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