ok i was wondering if you switch to drilled and slotted rotors do you have to adjusy anything like with your calipers or what because i was told those rotors are thicker than normal and has anyone ever bought from powerstop brakes before?
if you depress your pistons in your caliper, the pads actually open up pretty wide so if those rotors are a little bit thicker the oem rotors, then just take off the caliper and seperate the pads more
the rotors are not thicker than factory, they cannot be. there is no modification possible to the calipers to allow a thicker rotor (that is safe anyways). I buy drilled & slotted rotors all around, and they always fit right on. be ready to replace them sooner, the rotors normally get a bunch of tiny stress fractures around the cross drilling.
Modern pad designs don't need slots or holes to get rid of outgassing. These rotors fail more quickly and are for looks only.
-Vincent K.
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VKZ24 wrote:Modern pad designs don't need slots or holes to get rid of outgassing. These rotors fail more quickly and are for looks only.
i agree 100%, but they do look nice.
John Benham wrote:VKZ24 wrote:Modern pad designs don't need slots or holes to get rid of outgassing. These rotors fail more quickly and are for looks only.
i agree 100%, but they do look nice.
Well I'm braking from 115+ MPH about every 2 minutes during a 20 minute session on track so how the brakes "look" aren't high on my priority list.
Mostly ricer boyz show up to a track event with drilled and slotted rotors. I had them when I used to show my car, but I cracked a brand new pair at my first track event. That was the last pair I bought.
-Vincent K.
1998 Z-24
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"Racecar spelled backwards is still Racecar"
last i checked those rotors state right on the box/slip that racing voids warranty, and not what they are built for. if you are doing that, you need to do a brake upgrade, i would recomend BAER, they have 13"fron, 12"rear disc conversion with calipers, teflon coated stainless lines, master, e-brake stuff and everything that retails for $2500, so you should be able to get it for slightly under $2000 if you have a shop around you that does business with them.
John Benham wrote:last i checked those rotors state right on the box/slip that racing voids warranty, and not what they are built for. if you are doing that, you need to do a brake upgrade, i would recomend BAER, they have 13"fron, 12"rear disc conversion with calipers, teflon coated stainless lines, master, e-brake stuff and everything that retails for $2500, so you should be able to get it for slightly under $2000 if you have a shop around you that does business with them.
I’m well aware, and I'm way ahead of ya. I built my own custom kit (like Baer’s) with PBR calipers from a ’95 ZR-1 Corvette and custom 2-pc front rotors.
-Vincent K.
1998 Z-24
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http://www.j-body.org/members/vkz24/
"Racecar spelled backwards is still Racecar"
