cross drilled rotors
Jul 4, 2007, 06:28 AM
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Just do it and prove them all wrong. Weigh the stock one, and then your new c.d. & slotted rotors and prove the weight savings is worth it! Along with DAve Mac said, you don't really "need" them, but hell...they sure look good. And if you can get them for cheap (I believe got got mine originally for $110 shipped back in '04), why not?
BTW, countersunk is after the hole is drilled, they take a little material (kinda looking like this \__/ ) off the edges of the hole. Hope you understand...it's a good thing!
BTW, countersunk is after the hole is drilled, they take a little material (kinda looking like this \__/ ) off the edges of the hole. Hope you understand...it's a good thing!
Jul 4, 2007, 08:59 AM
#18
Countersinking acts to get rid of the edge that eats pads and destroys the rotors. I would be very skeptical that the weight savings will be anything over a lb a rotor and even that's pushing it. We're not talking about taking a 13 inch solid rotor and swapping it for a 13 inch drilled and slotted rotor, we have tiny rotors and thus less material can be taken off reducing the weight savings. It's also a lancer, if you want to improve acceleration start with modding the engine.
Last edited by ambystom01; Jul 4, 2007 at 09:04 AM.
Jul 5, 2007, 05:21 AM
#19
+1. you start losing a lot of structural integrity when they have holes in them. usually tell people they work better as an eye candy piece than an every day or track driven rotor. you can achieve the same if not better with a slotted and have a lot more piece of mind.
+1
Jul 5, 2007, 08:25 PM
#22
You've also had numerous people (including one that does this stuff for a living) tell you they're a bad idea. You're not going to notice a lb off the wheels, especially when you have big wheels not tiny, lightweight ones (judging by your avatar).
Jul 5, 2007, 08:26 PM
#23
hahaha, i was just asking , i know lot about cars , me and my friends are always swapping engine's on honda's, the only reason i asked this question was to make sure because weight on the wheels makes waaaaay more of a diff than weight on the actual car , so keep your comments to your self
Jul 5, 2007, 08:31 PM
#25
This is a public forum, if you don't like the responses/comments, don't ask questions. If you know so much about cars you should know that 1 lb isn't a massive deal especially when you've already added huge wheels to a low-powered car, it'd be like going crazy on weight reduction when you have a massive stereo system in the car.
Jul 5, 2007, 08:34 PM
#27
If you plan on tracking the car, DON"T GET CROSS-DRILLED ROTORS!!! Neal from Tirerack has said this, Rob from RRM has said this and many other people have said this because they have a tendency to crack especially on a rotor like the lancer has, ie. small. It can't dissipate the heat well so the stress on the rotors is high leading to cracking. Even evo guys don't run cross-drilled rotors (at least those that race seriously) as they can crack them in one event. Yes they have stronger brakes, but they also have massive rotors compared to ours.
Jul 5, 2007, 08:37 PM
#28
If you plan on tracking the car, DON"T GET CROSS-DRILLED ROTORS!!! Neal from Tirerack has said this, Rob from RRM has said this and many other people have said this because they have a tendency to crack especially on a rotor like the lancer has, ie. small. It can't dissipate the heat well so the stress on the rotors is high leading to cracking. Even evo guys don't run cross-drilled rotors (at least those that race seriously) as they can crack them in one event. Yes they have stronger brakes, but they also have massive rotors compared to ours.
Jul 5, 2007, 08:42 PM
#30
This is a public forum, if you don't like the responses/comments, don't ask questions. If you know so much about cars you should know that 1 lb isn't a massive deal especially when you've already added huge wheels to a low-powered car, it'd be like going crazy on weight reduction when you have a massive stereo system in the car.