[DeTomaso] DeTomaso Digest, Vol 58, Issue 24-Solid Rotors

Tue May 26 12:26:53 EDT 2009

That's what I think as well, confusion of terms is always a problem on the
web.

Basic rotor types are

solid, unvented, unslotted, undrilled ( a round slab of steel )

slotted, undrilled, unvented ( Recessed lines on the rotor faces, can be
straight or curved )

solid and vented ( vented on the edges, solid faces )

slotted and vented

drilled and unvented  ( a round steel slab full of swiss cheese holes on the
faces )

drilled and vented (with both venting on the edges and full of holes on the
flat surfaces )

drilled, slotted and vented

IMHO the best race brakes are Drilled, Slotted and Vented.

The best street brakes are UNDRILLED, Slotted and Vented.

Drilling weakens a rotors, on a race car it doesn't matter because it will
get replaced more often.
But if you are dropping big bucks and want them to last, go with Slotted and
Vented,
leave the holes ...too tempting to finish.

Don't even get into Carbon, unless you drive like a moron on the street, you
will never build up enough heat to use them
to the level that you are paying for the performance.

Now, ya'll can start a thread on pads....

Michael in Savannah

On Tue, May 26, 2009 at 12:02 PM, Ken Green <kenn_green at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Bob,
>
>     By solid, I meant one single solid disk with the pads on opposite faces
> of the disk, like most motorcycle rotors.  I think you are distininguishing
> between drilled and un-drilled, vented rotors?
>
> Ken
>
> --- On Tue, 5/26/09, RCBSONS1 at aol.com <RCBSONS1 at aol.com> wrote:
>
>
> From: RCBSONS1 at aol.com <RCBSONS1 at aol.com>
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] DeTomaso Digest, Vol 58, Issue 24-Solid Rotors
> To: kenn_green at yahoo.com, detomaso at realbig.com
> Date: Tuesday, May 26, 2009, 8:43 AM
>
>
> Ken.
> The Wilwoods are a solid piece at least 1/4" thick one on
> the outside and one on the inside with a venting system
> between that is approx 1/2" wide.... but the rotors
> are solid on each side... no holes as the venting system
> goes between them.. I call these solid rotors but I guess
> you would also say they are vented just to clairify...
> The Mustang is the similar but not as big
>
> Again no fading
>
> Bob
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