New Brakes for the Z

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Jan 13, 2004 | 02:24 PM

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D'oh

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Originally posted by zmachine
Droideka- why the comment? Is that really necessary? These forums could really do without that type of mentality.

D'Oh- I must admit they work pretty damn good so far... I've done some track time and yes they do run a little hotter but I ran a race pad and didn't have any problems. I thought the point of the rotor was to get rid of the heat as fast as possible not hold it in. Isn't that what iron isn't doing? It's holding it in and you need more mass to hold it in. My stock rotors would stay hot long after I stopped where I can touch these ti rotors minutes after.

I'm glad that you have had good experiences so far. I agree that the point of these would be to cool as fast as possible, but I have a hard time understanding how they could stay as cool as other, larger, more massive brakes, or how they could transfer as much heat away as a vented disk brake. However, it is possible that these brakes are designed to work @ hotter temps, so maybe with the race pads they work out quite well. Heat up hotter but cool faster since they have less mass.

Thanks for the review.

-D'oh!