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Old Sep 6, 2006 | 09:54 AM
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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 must correct myself. I just ran through the FIA regulation for GT race cars and there are no restrictions on the brake rotor design, other than they have to be made of ferrous material.
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Old Sep 7, 2006 | 09:19 AM
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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.
If that is so then we are talking about two different things. Peace.

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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Old Sep 22, 2006 | 03:33 PM
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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).
JGTC rotors (seen them in WRC too... pictures are hard to find though)



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.

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Old Sep 23, 2006 | 06:04 AM
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That was a late reply ! Lol!
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Old Sep 23, 2006 | 03:28 PM
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better late than never
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Old Sep 25, 2006 | 04:05 AM
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Originally Posted by Nano
better late than never
Pocket Coffee last a long while in the fridge...
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