One down side to the drilled rotors is the brake dust. If it's a car that
you like to keep the wheels clean it's a pain. The dust is sucked into the
rotor fins and gets wet when you wash it and slings out when the wheel
rotates. Not a problem on an all out race setup but nasty to keep those
wheels clean on the inside on a driver/show car.
Dimpled or slotted would be my choice anyhow because of the cracking issue.
--
Dad
05 C6 Silver/Red 6spd Z51-drilled rotors = dirty wheels
72 Shark Black/Black/4spd
"Holo" > wrote in message
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> Thanks for the info!
>
> Holo
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>
> "John H" > wrote in message
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>> > I'm upgrading the brakes and rotors. Are there any significant
>> > differences between slotted and drilled rotors? I suspect performance
>> > is
>> > the
>> > same, but I haven't found any information stating one way or the other.
>>
>> From STOPTECH Faq's: "StopTech provides rotors slotted, drilled or
> plain.
>> For most performance applications slotted is the preferred choice.
> Slotting
>> helps wipe away debris from between the pad and rotor as well as
> increasing
>> the "bite" characteristics of the pad. A drilled rotor provides the same
>> type of benefit, but is more susceptible to cracking under severe usage.
>> Many customers prefer the look of a drilled rotor and for street and
>> occasional light duty track use they will work fine. For more severe
>> applications, we recommend slotted rotors."
>> http://www.stoptech.com/technical/
>>
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