from my reasearch everyone is running sloted up front because it can handle more heat and is less prone to cracking as opposed to crossdrilled.

yet when i saw the spoon s2000 it was running full cross drilled all the way around.

any reasoning behind it?

 

As long as thy're cast holes, rather than drilled after being cast, they should work fine. Honestly who are the people who cracked their x-drilled rotors? Tell me if they were cast or drilled after?

 

Why does spoon use them... So you can see them on their car, make a market for them, and sell them to you at stupid prices...

JMO

P.S. The "JDM way" isn't always the best way...

 

You gotta think too that the Spoon guys are probably changing rotors fairly often. I don't think cracking is a big concern when your changing your rotors every event.


[Modified by Chris93Si, 9:00 AM 8/19/2002]

 

I'm with Chris93Si. If you're only going through 4 or 5 heat cycles with the discs anyway, who cares if you're running cross drilled. It's the heat cycles that really weaken these things.

 

exactly, the slotted rotors are a good choice for a street car.

race teams (not corey) have the budget to change parts as much as they want staying within the rules. endless budget almost. or it seems.

however, i used to run brembo stock diamter cross-drilled on my old accord h22 accord. ran them for 70+k miles with no signs of cracking.

 

Non-Honda question!

If cross drilled rotors are bad for a street car, then why does Porche sell them on alot of their models? I'm not saying that Porche knows what thet're doing anymore than honda (S2000 for $32,000 VS Boxter S for $55,000 prooves this) but we must all admit that they are a very competent company. So why would they offer cross drilled rotors on their street cars? Is there method to their madness?

 

Wanna know why, so porsche owners think they are getting the BEST.. Its not, every porsche racecar owner on the track that I run on tell me the change from the crossdrilled rotors to the solids... its all about marketing... The lower pricetag model cars without cross drilled, are more about function...

 

Wow, damn greedy germans.

 

after 18 months:


OUCH!

looks much better this way with the 2-piston legend calipers:

 

hey del that has to hurt but arent the slots and cross drilled roaters just for show these days since the pads dont give off gas like the asbestos or whatever ones did

 

usually...

IF you're brake rotors are actually large enough, they'll cool quicker, but after having those crossdrilleds I'd rather stick to a solid vented rotor instead. Yeah, the solid rotor DOES get hotter but it'll last longer and cost MUCH less. $72.xx shipped for stock vtec rotors.