Anyone used aftermarket rotors on there cobra,such as the ones on E-bay or somewere like that,i was wondering if the drilled and slotted ones was any good.Want be doing much racing but still want a good brake
thanks:shrug:
Aftermarket brake rotor question
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Anyone used aftermarket rotors on there cobra,such as the ones on E-bay or somewere like that,i was wondering if the drilled and slotted ones was any good.Want be doing much racing but still want a good brake
thanks:shrug:
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Why do you want drilled or slotted rotors if you are not putting them through extreme performance? Just get a solid faced rotor and good pad.
You want surface area, drilling and slotting makes the rotor worse for your application.
You want surface area, drilling and slotting makes the rotor worse for your application.
thanks man:rockon:
Strip as in drag strip? If so you need max stopping power which means most surface area on the rotor.
All drilled and slotted rotors do is vent heat and gases built up between the pad and rotor face under extreme conditions. Neither of those are need on the street or strip. And to be honest most modern pads do not create very many gases under extreme braking like they used to.
You just can't go wrong with the OEM Brembo rotors!!
IF YOU CAN FIND THEM!
Centric(sic.. oops) makes a nice solid replacement, they own Power Slot.
Drilled rotors only valid usage IMHO would be street and car shows.
Even the C6 Z06 guys that do heavy tracking are scrambling to find solid replacement rotors, because the OE drilled ones CRACK when they get tracked hard.
Slotted are ok, I wouldn't pay more for them though. They also contribute to faster pad wear.
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Unfortunately the OEM Brembos are out of production and unavailable for the foreseeable future.
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...or Centric!
Rotorpros also seem to have nice stuff, but not sure what is made in China and what is not. Don't think I'd get them off eBay since I'm betting most of them are Chinese...
Rotorpros also seem to have nice stuff, but not sure what is made in China and what is not. Don't think I'd get them off eBay since I'm betting most of them are Chinese...
I ordered some from rotorpros.com. they look great. I havent put them on yet. They use the centric rotors. They also have a warranty. I got mine with pads for 220 shipped several weeks ago. they were running a sale. I figured for that price they were definately worth a try.
Mine is a street car. I don't track it, so they really don't get abused.
Thanks for all the info i have been doing some checking on different rotors:rockon:
Question. Did the Hawk pads turn your rotors brownish, black?
www.tirerack.com still has the stock brembo's in stock. They're extremely cheap also, I bought mine from there several years back.
Those are the 27192 rear rotors. Just also discovered that the 27005 front rotor is pretty much nonexistent:cuss:
Brake rotor usage
When i go to the drag strip or daily street use i use my powerslot slotted rotors. when do autocross/track days i use the drilled cause they stay cooler longer than slotted. slotted rotors have more initial bite than drilled. if you arent getting a big name rotor stay away from drilled. brembo, willwood and baer offer warranties on their drilled rotors. i have learned over my life that when you buy cheap you will end up paying for it in the end....
When i go to the drag strip or daily street use i use my powerslot slotted rotors. when do autocross/track days i use the drilled cause they stay cooler longer than slotted. slotted rotors have more initial bite than drilled. if you arent getting a big name rotor stay away from drilled. brembo, willwood and baer offer warranties on their drilled rotors. i have learned over my life that when you buy cheap you will end up paying for it in the end....
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