Got a friend with a tuned Miata, and his pads got glased more with blank discs than with slotted.
So slotted discs can have an impact
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glazed pads or warped rotors are caused by going over the temperature range the pads were meant to be used in. If you overheat pads or rotors the brake dust fuses back to the pad or on the rotor causing it to be uneven and wear unevenly. by buying pads to fit the type of driving you do is important. buying wrong pads will get u wrong results.nope-mx3 wrote:slotted rotors can actually be a good thing.
Got a friend with a tuned Miata, and his pads got glased more with blank discs than with slotted.
So slotted discs can have an impact
-n
He actually outruns supercars on the trackSteeb wrote:glazed pads or warped rotors are caused by going over the temperature range the pads were meant to be used in. If you overheat pads or rotors the brake dust fuses back to the pad or on the rotor causing it to be uneven and wear unevenly. by buying pads to fit the type of driving you do is important. buying wrong pads will get u wrong results.nope-mx3 wrote:slotted rotors can actually be a good thing.
Got a friend with a tuned Miata, and his pads got glased more with blank discs than with slotted.
So slotted discs can have an impact
-n
slotted rotors can be a good thing.... say on super cars with gigantic rotors. lightening the rotor may actually help the car slow down due to less rotational mass but its a gamble between more heat sink and lighter rotational weight. the brake rotor with holes, dimples or slots will be weaker because thats the way physics works
That may be somewhat correct, but on any metal surface, increase its surface area and you have better heat dissipation.Whisper wrote:I thought the point of cross-drilling and slotting was mainly to shave off weight and allow gasses to escape faster when using old-school organic pads, which aren't used anymore.
Usually only vented rotors provide better heat dissipation.