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Re: dimpled rotors

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Subject: Re: dimpled rotors
From: Gene Bennett <mlinkesq@impala-ss.com>
Date: Sun, 22 Jun 2003 10:56:26 -0700
> This is hilarious.  The rotors have dimples so that they look like
> drilled rotors once coated with some brake dust:
>
> http://www.tirerack.com/brakes/power_slot/prostop.jsp
>
> I almost want to think less of them for selling something like this.
> But, hey if there's a market and it increases shareholder wealth....

Well, I would never put drilled rotors on anything I own unless the 
rotors were solid.  That statement does not apply to rotors that have 
the holes cast/forged in them, as Porsche' rotors are made.  Any vented 
rotor that has had holes drilled through it has massive stress risers 
on the inside of the vent holes where it is impossible to chamfer the 
sharp edges of the holes.  I can remember standing next to a car that 
had come off the track and hearing a "tink", followed by the sound of a 
piece of the rotor landing on the inside of the wheel.  Needless to 
say, his day was done and the car had to be towed home.

Gene

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