Has anyone tried these? are they ok for street use or too aggressive?

 

outside of F1 and endurance racing(Le Mans) I've not seen anyone actually using them. where on earth can you get them for a honda?

 

A-T-S USA has these for ITR

 

damn i bet they are charging a arm and a leg. i dont see what good they will do unless u run auto cross constantly

 

ats also makes carbon pads and a clutch for some honda/acura models. The rotors are not for daily driven cars, i think they're in the neighborhood of $3000.00 and will suck at street temps. stick to a slotted rotor for daily applications.

 

i've seen these about 7 years ago for mountain bikes made by amp. they were only supposed to last maybe one month. they never came out. think about it, why would you want them. why would u make them. you need something that will last and not shred into a black carbon powder. In F1, they may last 1 race.

 

These are useless for a street car and barely useful for a track car - unless you are doing 24-hr endurance racing.

CF and ceramic rotors need a TON of heat to get up to operating temperature. They won't work at all in a daily driven car. You have to make a hard stop from 60 mph+ to get any heat in them - once you do get heat in them - you would then require a tire compound (i.e. race slick) that would be able to deal with the braking force these brake rotors can generate. They also cool very quickly - so to keep them at operating temp - you need to be constantly braking -i.e. circuit racing.

Braking involves friction between 1) the pad and rotor and also 2) the tire and the road surface. If 1) exceeds 2) then you lock up the brakes - what's the point in that?

No matter what - these brakes are waaay too expensive to be considered useful in any way.




[Modified by Big Phat R, 11:40 AM 10/22/2002]

 

what's wrong with the stock rotors??????

 

Nothing wrong with stocks...just saw them for sale and wondering who would use them. I know CF brakes in general are very aggressive (literally stop on a dime)...so I just wanted to know if they had made a streetable version or if these were for auto crossing.

 

Did u read BigPhatR's post? Carbon rotors are carbon rotors...it is intended for one use and one that requires heavy braking and constant high temps. There is absolutely no benefit running these for autox...stock ones would perform just as good. One benefit is less unsprung weight but i wouldnt pay such a hefty price....unless my competition starts to use them...but again im only talking about endurance races. Stick with conventional materials for brake rotors.