Slotted
Rotors
Slotted rotors are great for
track as well as performance street driving, and
are designed to heat up your pads quickly for optimum
breaking performance, without removing surface area
for the pads to contact. In the
slotted rotors, slots wipe the surface of the
rotor forcing the gases to expel through the slots.
The slots also greatly improve wet weather braking
by preventing hydroplaning between the pad and rotor.
It’s a fact that venting the
gas emitted by hot brake pads improves overall brake
performance and helps minimize fade. At one
time the conventional wisdom in racing circles was
to cross-drill
brake rotors to aid cooling and eliminate the
gas emitted by brake pads. However, today’s elite
teams in open wheel, Indy and Trans Am racing are
moving away from cross-drilled
brake rotors in favor of rotors modified with
a fatigue resistant slotting
process.
Brembo
Slotted Rotors
Brembo Sport slotted brake
rotors are for drivers who want to improve the
looks and performance of their vehicle’s original
braking system without having to change additional
brake components. Brembo Sport slotted brake rotors
provide excellent stopping power in everyday traffic,
as well as high performance street and track driving.
Brembo Sport slotted brake rotors meet the challenges
of high performance street driving while adding
an authentic, race-ready look.
Brembo
Sport slotted brake rotors match the vehicle’s
original equipment rotor’s dimensions and are fully
compatible with its hubs, brake calipers and road
wheels. Front and rear Brembo Sport slotted brake
rotors are available to provide a matched appearance
on all four corners of the vehicle, and employ one-piece
vented or solid rotors depending on the vehicle’s
original equipment specifications.
How
the Brembo Slotted Rotors work
Starting with select castings,
Brembo
Sport slotted brake rotors undergo the race-born
practice of machining multiple shallow slots into
the disc’s front and rear surfaces to provide paths
to disperse built-up heat and gasses, and assist
in refreshing the surface of the brake pads. Compared
to cross-drilled rotors, machined slots have been
widely adopted for racing and street use because
they minimize the cracking caused by repeated, high
stress, high temperature brake applications. The
slots are angled to use the rotors’ direction of
rotation to enhance their performance, which makes
the rotors side-specific with left and right side
rotors.
Brembo
Sport slotted brake rotors are sold in axle
pairs and the easiest way to verify correct usage
is to install the rotors on the side of the vehicle
that results in the end of the slot` nearest the
pads first.
Brembo
Sport slotted brake rotors are coated for corrosion
resistance to help eliminate rust and offer a bold,
aggressive appearance to enhance the look of the
vehicle’s road wheels.
The slots on Brembo
performance rotors are machined to the minimum
thickness. This is done to insure that the rotor
strength is not compromised, keeping safety and
reliability in mind for virtually all automotive
cars and trucks. This is a bolt-on, hassle free
way to greatly improve your stopping performance.
kage for weekend racing, Brembo has the systems
best engineered to meet your needs. |
