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Old Apr 15, 2008 | 07:43 PM
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Hey Guys,

I got a set of DBA rotors from Tirerack. I though that they would be good for tracking because they have a nice venting systems on the them. They are also slotted but in a way were you get a lot of contact to pad.

Well after three track days hair line cracks started to show up on the outer slot. and one of my rotors cracked. I was running carbotech xp8s on them.

Anyway nice rotor for the street but if you are going to make some track runs stay away from them.

I just picked up some Stoptech slotted rotors. Ill let you guys know how they hold up.

K~

Pics will be up later when I figure out how to do that.
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Old Apr 16, 2008 | 06:14 AM
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our stock rotor are vented(front at least), slotted doesn't add contact to the pad, it actually has less.

the cracking is very common for aftermarket drilled/slotted disc, what happen most of the time is they are not casted with the hole(unlike brembo's bbk) and the slot, instead they are just machined out of a solid blank which damage the structure integrity of the disk. i cant say for sure about your brand since i do not have the experience nor the engineering spec of it.

again, you dont need anything more than blank disk for the street.
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Old Apr 16, 2008 | 06:06 PM
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Originally Posted by iam7head,Apr 16 2008, 09:14 AM
the cracking is very common for aftermarket drilled/slotted disc, what happen most of the time is they are not casted with the hole(unlike brembo's bbk) and the slot, instead they are just machined out of a solid blank which damage the structure integrity of the disk. i cant say for sure about your brand since i do not have the experience nor the engineering spec of it.
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Old Apr 16, 2008 | 10:19 PM
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most everyone on the Racing and Competition board uses OEM or OEM replacements like Centric.
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