They finally arrived and I am blown away. These are the wave rotors Brad will be making for the front brakes on his system. To look at them, you'd wonder how the car would stop, but Brad assures me they work These are designed for racing on tracks with long straights that allow sustained cooling of the rotor. They weigh only 6 pounds each (that's at least about a 10 lb per wheel saving over stock) and will therefore provide a major reduction in unsprung weight.

Here are a few photos.

First, both sides.





A side view showing the cooling veins/holes.



A comparison to Brad's "conventional" rotor.

 

Those are some kinda sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeet!!! Thanks Rick!

 

Really cool looking! What is the difference in weight compared to the regular Pinnacle rotor? I assume someone will step up to some track testing.. please keep us posted.

 

cool stuff Rick... very cool!

 

Interesting...

 

Those rotors may cool better but will significantly reduce contact patch.

Isn't that going to be a problem?

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by krazik
[B]Those rotors may cool better but will significantly reduce contact patch.

 

The only problem with these rotors is about a 10% increase in pad wear . I would not recommend these rotors for people doing track days on road courses . These will work fine for auto cross , street applications , drag racing and certain other racing ( oval track!).

Rick liked the look and we have a few drag racers that are looking at the system .

The F-3 caliper that we use , retracts from the rotor so well , that drag racers are looking at the kit to reduce brake friction during the

 

Since brake discs operate as heat sinks for the friction between the pads and the discs, cutting the weight to a third would really lower the capacity of these discs in a track environment. These sure look uber-cool though, and the weight savings may be very enticing to the autocross enthusiast... A compelling and ballsy design to say the least.

 

Jerry

You are correct . The wave design does promote more air flow over the rotor to promote cooling as we have shown on our rear rotor . But your assessments are correct.

brad