Drilled Rotors

From : thumper

Q: does anyone have any experienceusing drilled or grooved rotors on dodge trucks all ive read here is how useless the rotors are on these trucksand i was thinking of trying aftermarket instead. thx thump .

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From : trey

thumper wrote does anyone have any experienceusing drilled or grooved rotors on dodge trucks all ive read here is how useless the rotors are on these trucksand i was thinking of trying aftermarket instead. thx thump drilled rotors may help with the heat disepation but when you drill heols in the rotors you are removing surface area so there is less pad contact and there is less mass to absorb the energy. i have also heard of the drilled rotors cracking. they may or may not improve stopping but i would think they would not last as long as a solid rotor. .

From : kend

on fri 27 aug 2004 203710 gmt trey treydog90spam@hotmail.com wrote thumper wrote does anyone have any experienceusing drilled or grooved rotors on dodge trucks all ive read here is how useless the rotors are on these trucksand i was thinking of trying aftermarket instead. thx thump drilled rotors may help with the heat disepation but when you drill heols actually you are removing mass and the rotors will heat up faster. some claim they help clear water as do slotted rotors. in the rotors you are removing surface area so there is less pad contact and there is less mass to absorb the energy. i have also heard of the drilled rotors cracking. they may or may not improve stopping but i would think they would not last as long as a solid rotor. drilling rotors is a compromise for lower unsprung weight in a high performance vehicle. dual front rotors on front of my motorcycle and for very light aircraft and others. i would be reluctant to use them on a truck. .

From : gary carter

thumper wrote does anyone have any experienceusing drilled or grooved rotors on dodge trucks all ive read here is how useless the rotors are on these trucksand i was thinking of trying aftermarket instead. thx thump drilled rotors may help with the heat disepation but when you drill heols in the rotors you are removing surface area so there is less pad contact and there is less mass to absorb the energy. i have also heard of the drilled rotors cracking. actually in hard braking drilled rotors will have better pad contact. the holes allow the gasses that build up between the rotor and the pad to dissapate.on a normal street truck it probably wont do much good unless you are talking towing a trailer over the rockies then they might be a life saver. gary carter they may or may not improve stopping but i would think they would not last as long as a solid rotor. .

From : transurgeon

thumper wrote does anyone have any experienceusing drilled or grooved rotors on dodge trucks all ive read here is how useless the rotors are on these trucksand i was thinking of trying aftermarket instead. thx thump drilled rotors may help with the heat disepation but when you drill heols in the rotors you are removing surface area so there is less pad contact and there is less mass to absorb the energy. i have also heard of the drilled rotors cracking. actually in hard braking drilled rotors will have better pad contact. the holes allow the gasses that build up between the rotor and the pad to gasses that build up between rotor and pad hahahahahahahaha somebodys been reading hot rod again ! dissapate.on a normal street truck it probably wont do much good unless you are talking towing a trailer over the rockies then they might be a life saver. gary carter they may or may not improve stopping but i would think they would not last as long as a solid rotor. .

From : tbone

thumper wrote does anyone have any experienceusing drilled or grooved rotors on dodge trucks all ive read here is how useless the rotors are on these trucksand i was thinking of trying aftermarket instead. thx thump drilled rotors may help with the heat disepation but when you drill heols in the rotors you are removing surface area so there is less pad contact and there is less mass to absorb the energy. i have also heard of the drilled rotors cracking. actually in hard braking drilled rotors will have better pad contact. the holes allow the gasses that build up between the rotor and the pad to dissapate.on a normal street truck it probably wont do much good unless you are talking towing a trailer over the rockies then they might be a life saver. i think that you are confusing drilled and slotted. slotted rotors give an escape path for the gasses across the entire surface of the pad. a hole has little ability to perform this because until the hole passes the pad there is nowhere for the gasses to go and the surface area of the pad that the hole passes is minimal. holes are usually drilled into the rotors to lighten them and many hp rotors have both slots and holes. -- if at first you dont succeed youre not cut out for skydiving .

From : gary carter

thumper wrote does anyone have any experienceusing drilled or grooved rotors on dodge trucks all ive read here is how useless the rotors are on these trucksand i was thinking of trying aftermarket instead. thx thump drilled rotors may help with the heat disepation but when you drill heols in the rotors you are removing surface area so there is less pad contact and there is less mass to absorb the energy. i have also heard of the drilled rotors cracking. actually in hard braking drilled rotors will have better pad contact. the holes allow the gasses that build up between the rotor and the pad to dissapate.on a normal street truck it probably wont do much good unless you are talking towing a trailer over the rockies then they might be a life saver. i think that you are confusing drilled and slotted. slotted rotors give an escape path for the gasses across the entire surface of the pad. a hole has little ability to perform this because until the hole passes the pad there is nowhere for the gasses to go and the surface area of the pad that the hole passes is minimal. holes are usually drilled into the rotors to lighten them and many hp rotors have both slots and holes. -- if at first you dont succeed youre not cut out for skydiving automotive brake rotors are usually not solid they have cooling fins between the braking surfaces allowing gases to escape . gary carter .

From : tbone

thumper wrote does anyone have any experienceusing drilled or grooved rotors on dodge trucks all ive read here is how useless the rotors are on these trucksand i was thinking of trying aftermarket instead. thx thump drilled rotors may help with the heat disepation but when you drill heols in the rotors you are removing surface area so there is less pad contact and there is less mass to absorb the energy. i have also heard of the drilled rotors cracking. actually in hard braking drilled rotors will have better pad contact. the holes allow the gasses that build up between the rotor and the pad to dissapate.on a normal street truck it probably wont do much good unless you are talking towing a trailer over the rockies then they might be a life saver. i think that you are confusing drilled and slotted. slotted rotors give an escape path for the gasses across the entire surface of the pad. a hole has little ability to perform this because until the hole passes the pad there is nowhere for the gasses to go and the surface area of the pad that the hole passes is minimal. holes are usually drilled into the rotors to lighten them and many hp rotors have both slots and holes. -- if at first you dont succeed youre not cut out for skydiving automotive brake rotors are usually not solid they have cooling fins between the braking surfaces allowing gases to escape . gary carter while true the holes do not have enough surface area to do that job properly. there main purpose is to reduce the mass of the rotor while keeping the overall surface area large bigger calipers and pads. the reduced mass works well in hp situations for light vehicles but is not necessarily the best idea for a truck where the increased braking requirements can overheat them. -- if at first you dont succeed youre not cut out for skydiving .

From : trey

kend wrote on fri 27 aug 2004 203710 gmt trey treydog90spam@hotmail.com wrote thumper wrote does anyone have any experienceusing drilled or grooved rotors on dodge trucks all ive read here is how useless the rotors are on these trucksand i was thinking of trying aftermarket instead. thx thump drilled rotors may help with the heat disepation but when you drill heols actually you are removing mass and the rotors will heat up faster. some claim they help clear water as do slotted rotors. in the rotors you are removing surface area so there is less pad contact and there is less mass to absorb the energy. i have also heard of the drilled rotors cracking. they may or may not improve stopping but i would think they would not last as long as a solid rotor. drilling rotors is a compromise for lower unsprung weight in a high performance vehicle. dual front rotors on front of my motorcycle and for very light aircraft and others. i would be reluctant to use them on a truck. i would have to agree with you. however they sure would look badass on the str-10! .