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4
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15
57.69%
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are this rotors any good?
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yeah me to,, but the diamond one,, just ,, welll, you normally dont see a design like that,, wonder if it helps as good
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i would just get the one's from www.crateenginedepot.com thats where i got mine from and they were pretty cheap for all 4. there slotted and drilled also
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Dude, they're just rotors, lol. Just as long as you stay away from the DBA rotors (way pricey), or the SSBC & Baer big brake upgrades, then the price difference between one rotor and another shouldn't be too bad. I say stay away from the shady ebay rotors and get some Powerslots, EBC's, or GMPP rotors.
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What exactly is the purpose of buying cheap rotors? Looks? The stock brakes have proven to me on track days that there is VERY little sense doing anything to change the stock brakes. They are just about the best brakes GM has ever put on a small car. When you are pushing 300 horsepower, then an upgrade might be in order.
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You will get what you pay for. We did a little experiment and I remember this thread so I thought you guys might be interested.
We just had a car in that was going to install a cheap local parts supplier rotor. So we placed them side by side with a brembo and the original OEM rotor. They all looked identical in design and measured the same in thickness etc. We decided to weigh them and here are the results. The stock worn out rotor that needed to be replaced actually still weighed slightly more then the cheap rotors. Then we weighed the brembo rotor and that one weighed more then the oem one and almost 6lbs heavier then the cheap o's. If you look at all three they are identical in design. The only thing that I could possibly think that would make that big of a difference in the weight would be the alloy that they are made out of and then density of the material itself. I was told to do this by another vendor a while ago and we have not had the opportunity to do this until just recently.
We just had a car in that was going to install a cheap local parts supplier rotor. So we placed them side by side with a brembo and the original OEM rotor. They all looked identical in design and measured the same in thickness etc. We decided to weigh them and here are the results. The stock worn out rotor that needed to be replaced actually still weighed slightly more then the cheap rotors. Then we weighed the brembo rotor and that one weighed more then the oem one and almost 6lbs heavier then the cheap o's. If you look at all three they are identical in design. The only thing that I could possibly think that would make that big of a difference in the weight would be the alloy that they are made out of and then density of the material itself. I was told to do this by another vendor a while ago and we have not had the opportunity to do this until just recently.
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What exactly is the purpose of buying cheap rotors? Looks? The stock brakes have proven to me on track days that there is VERY little sense doing anything to change the stock brakes. They are just about the best brakes GM has ever put on a small car. When you are pushing 300 horsepower, then an upgrade might be in order.
also in my Opinions,, the steps on moding a car is: Brakes, Handeling, and then Power,, imo there is no sence in having power if you cant control it.
You will get what you pay for. We did a little experiment and I remember this thread so I thought you guys might be interested.
We just had a car in that was going to install a cheap local parts supplier rotor. So we placed them side by side with a brembo and the original OEM rotor. They all looked identical in design and measured the same in thickness etc. We decided to weigh them and here are the results. The stock worn out rotor that needed to be replaced actually still weighed slightly more then the cheap rotors. Then we weighed the brembo rotor and that one weighed more then the oem one and almost 6lbs heavier then the cheap o's. If you look at all three they are identical in design. The only thing that I could possibly think that would make that big of a difference in the weight would be the alloy that they are made out of and then density of the material itself. I was told to do this by another vendor a while ago and we have not had the opportunity to do this until just recently.
We just had a car in that was going to install a cheap local parts supplier rotor. So we placed them side by side with a brembo and the original OEM rotor. They all looked identical in design and measured the same in thickness etc. We decided to weigh them and here are the results. The stock worn out rotor that needed to be replaced actually still weighed slightly more then the cheap rotors. Then we weighed the brembo rotor and that one weighed more then the oem one and almost 6lbs heavier then the cheap o's. If you look at all three they are identical in design. The only thing that I could possibly think that would make that big of a difference in the weight would be the alloy that they are made out of and then density of the material itself. I was told to do this by another vendor a while ago and we have not had the opportunity to do this until just recently.
Last edited by Belto; Oct 5, 2007 at 10:52 AM. Reason: Automerged Doublepost
While I would agree with that thought process on some cars (BMW for instance). I can't agree with regards to the SS/SC. This is just my own experience, but I have run 4 track events with my SS/SC and not once have I had brake fade or otherwise felt that the stock brakes were not up to the task of providing steller braking in the most demanding situations. YMMV of course. BTW, I have ben running stage 2 since just after break-in (14k miles now).