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People often ask "Do sport rotors really do anything ?" and our honest answer is in most cases and at speed, they do. First the cooling advantage is simple physics so YES they cool pads and rotors but the surface area reduction (again simple physics) actually means LESS braking UNLESS you change the brake pads for a higher friction compound. Performance pads offer significantly higher stopping than most aftermarket and OEM pads (according to our dyno tests) and one extensive independent vehicle test conducted on a closed race track in the UK on a Sport compact (Golf GTi) showed performance pads to stop several car lengths faster than three popular USA aftermarket brands tested. Add this extra friction to the better cooling and you have better brakes.
Extra benefits of sport rotors are not often spoken about but are very worthwhile. This is the effect the slots have on maintaining a flat smooth pad surface during the pads wear life. The slots encourage the pads to wear with a more flat pattern and the "Ribbing" common with non slotted rotors does not appear. This removes the "Record groove" effect of pads on plain rotors, particularly around the outer edge and helps pads maintain better contact area with the rotor through their life. As far as were concerned this is the MAJOR benefit of sport rotors over all others as honestly speaking Performance pads have such a high temperature rating they don't NEED degassing. We sell and stock many different brands of performance brake upgrades includeing KVR Performance, EBC and Brembo. |
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