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Old 11-24-2006, 04:15 PM   #14
SaabJohan
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Re: Slot drilled rotors on street cars ?

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Originally Posted by BLU CIVIC
not if they're ceramic
Even though ceramic discs are lighter than iron discs using brakes which are larger than neccessary will still be like carrying around a lot of dead weight.

The advantage with ceramic brakes are their low weight (the also last longer), if you fit bigger discs than needed you will decrease their advantage.

Take a look at F1 for example (which use not ceramic but carbon/carbon composite discs and pads), they always go with a lighter disc if the track allows it. They also use air intakes for the brakes which are as small as possible.
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