Girodisc can do replacement rotors
10-15-2007, 05:03 PM
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Girodisc can do replacement rotors
<center><img src="http://pictureposter.audiworld.com/85168/lambo.jpg"></center><p>Girodisc, who makes replacement rotors for the Gallardo has a very nice rotor that can be done for our car. We need verification of the offset (which may be different for the RS4 vs. G-car and RS6) but the price would be the same: $500 per rotor. That's a bit more than the factory cost, but it is a very nice directionally vaned 2-piece rotor.
This is the pair of Gallardo rotors, we would be looking at the fronts. You can also do a 380 mm rotor with a bracket to move the calipers, assuming you have wheels they will fit under.
Ask for Martin www.girodisc.com
No, I have no affiliation or additional knowledge. Only a desire to have both my front rotors spin the direction they were designed to.
Cheers!
This is the pair of Gallardo rotors, we would be looking at the fronts. You can also do a 380 mm rotor with a bracket to move the calipers, assuming you have wheels they will fit under.
Ask for Martin www.girodisc.com
No, I have no affiliation or additional knowledge. Only a desire to have both my front rotors spin the direction they were designed to.
Cheers!
10-15-2007, 06:27 PM
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the slotted design is also for heat dissipation. personally i'd always rather have non drilled
because they tend to stop better. but, the reason i asked about heat issues here, is because of many people tacking their cars and also a high number of rotor complaints already. the RS4 being heavy and all, it doesn't take much to overheat the rotors.
10-15-2007, 07:12 PM
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all things considered, it's not a big advantage at all.
what does a drilled rotor save vs. slotted? a few ounces? and for that savings, you get increased pad wear and decreased rotor strength. slotted is the way to go, IMHO. unless we're talking about Porsche rotors, but those aren't drilled per se.
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10-16-2007, 05:17 AM
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What ever the amount of weight saved is, it seems to be important enough for Porsche, Ferrari...
Jag, MB and many other high performance car manufacturers to use this method in their rotors. Porsche even uses X-drills on their PCCBs which are already twice as light.
Don't forget all the high performance motor cycles use X-drilled rotors too and none of them use slotted brakes. X-Drills will do everything a slotted rotor will do but better.
The big disadvantage of the X-drills is cracking.
Don't forget all the high performance motor cycles use X-drilled rotors too and none of them use slotted brakes. X-Drills will do everything a slotted rotor will do but better.
The big disadvantage of the X-drills is cracking.