I have been looking around for a place to cryotreat my unused Brembo blank's. Some leads I tried were Group A Autosports, Carbotech, Impo Performance, and Stillen. Group A told me they don't do this. Impo and Carbotech are eastcoasters and Stillen sends them to Colorado. I just don't want to pay $50 roundtrip shipping if I can avoid it. Anyone know anybody in the L.A./Orange County area that can cryotreat? Another thing too: I don't want to experiment with shops. Colletti Motorsports told me they got their rotors back almost in pieces after they tried a local shop. I want to go somewhere that knows how to do this.
Thanks for any suggestions!

 

is it really worth cryotreating?
I read last week (can't remember if it was audi board or wrx board) that someone had tried running treated and untreated rotors on the track back to back. No diff was found.

yshi - who goes to do a search

 

the difference is the lifespan of the rotors... I dunno if you can tell a difference in one trackday

 

Evil Knievel?

 

Funny this should come up just now.

Just got off the phone with Bill DeFelice of www.FountainheadCryo.com during "lunch".

I realize he's not on the West Coast (see porterfield, though they charge almost $110 for cryo'd rotors), but he was recommended by Elyse Politis and others on one of the H-T threads a while back.

Bill charges about $35 per rotor for the process, with a discount for 4 or more, and was very easy to talk to.
717-880-5730
York, PA 17403

Benefits are increased rotor wear/live when used with race pads, ... Ed

 

I don't know Someone on this board just mentioned that he had done a track event on his cryo-treated, and that they stayed straight. I just want to try it. It's not huge $$$, so for me it's worth the risk. I'm just sick of my warped rotors chattering like an iguana in Canada.

 

Ed - who can get almost a year out of a set of cryo'd rotors/R4 pads/and 032Rs
(daily driven, let's call it 8-9 months).

 

Try http://www.daliracing.com
It was recommended to me by Andie at Carbotech. As I understand it, you cryogenically treat the rotor to prevent hot/heat spots & to also prevent the rotor from getting warped, as it was stated before. The Carbotech site has very useful technical information about the cryo treatment. Daliracing is located in the san diego area if I remember correctly, but the owner is out & wont be back till the 18th I believe. (Oops, I just checked the site, it says the 16th not the 18th)



[Modified by BLITZ, 2:59 PM 4/15/2002]

 

I always thought about having this done to cams in order to help prevent breakage. Even pistons would be a good idea as well.

If I ever do drivetrain mods I will cryogenically treat the parts before they are installed.

Even thought about it for a header; but don't think there would be any benefits.

 

Thanks for the info Yoshi, Ed, and Blitz!

 

have you tried calling Porterfield in Costa Mesa? If they can't do it, I'm sure they'd know who can.