>Date: Fri, 28 Jun 2002 12:16:36 -0400
>To: ThoughtBoxLabs@aol.com
>From: Arlyn Strano <arlyn@stranoparts.com>
>Subject: Re: Slotted and/or drilled rotors for '86 Civic Si?
>
>At 11:35 AM 6/28/02, you wrote:
>>Slotted rotors: keeps gas released from rotors/pads under high temperatures
>>from creating a "hydroplaning" effect between said rotors/pads.
>>
>>Drilled: more surface area for heat to dissipate.
>>
>>Will
>>
>
>In theory, that is accurate but, if your pads and rotors got hot enough to
>release said gases, you wouldn't have to worry about the holes, your
>brakes would be melted lumps of metal.
>Although we sell cross drilled rotors to our customers who want them, we
>have never felt they lived up to the claims for increased braking.
>Most people who claim improved braking after installing cross drilled
>rotors also installed better quality brake pads, like Hawks or even Metal
>Masters. The improved braking comes from the better brake pad not the
>holes in the rotors.
>
>As Sam (Strano) always says: you wouldn't play basketball wearing
>football spikes. You want as much brake surface you can get and holes and
>slots defeat that purpose.
>
>
>arlyn@stranoparts.com
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