Types of rotors used?

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Oct 23, 2013 | 03:29 AM

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From: Red Deer, Alberta, Canada

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Originally Posted by colodude18

In case you're interested, I just made a how-to on rebuilding the Brembos, linky here:
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Thanks man, your Calipers look like mine. Haha. I thought that bronze color was coming from the AX6 pad dust. Must be a common thing when the calipers get really hot.

Oct 23, 2013 | 03:38 AM

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Originally Posted by Solaris99

I have 9 track days (road courses) on PowerSlot slotted front rotors from TireRack and they've held up well. I'm now seeing more severe heat checking (almost as bad as Wangspeed's), so I'm done with them. I've been using CarboTech XP10s since day 1. For the rears, I had been using cheap street pads for 7 days, but didn't like the bias and having to "chase" the rear end in heavy braking zones. So I started using XP10s on solid rotors on the rear. 2 days on that setup and really happy with it.

Also, since somebody asked, I use different rotors and pads between street and track, of course.

I was talking to a guy from Carbotech about my situation and the fact that I was running the AX6 pads. I asked him if running an XP8 or XP10 would help.

He claimed that the XP8/10 would build even more heat under braking than the AX6 and was genuinely surprised that I was boiling RBF600 and not getting fade.

The point is, maybe XP10s are to aggressive for our cars? Maybe that's in part why your rotors are so cracked? I was thinking about moving up to a XP8 pad to see how that goes. After all, I think I've proved that AX6 is enough for our cars, heh.