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Old 05-16-2005, 09:41 AM   #17
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Originally Posted by RandallNeighbour
What you want to stay away from are slotted brake rotors.
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FYI— I will have slotted rotors installed with the next pad change on my 1997.
I assume you mean that you'll install cross-drilled?

By the way, slotted are not meant to remove a layer of the pad; they are actually designed for gas dissipation. As you brake, there is a layer of gas that builds up between the rotor and the pad that the pad "floats" on. The slotted brakes allow gas to escape so that the pad has better contact. A side effect may or may not be that the pad life decreases faster.
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