Cracked StopTechs?
08-26-2002, 01:34 PM
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Cracked StopTechs?
<center><img src="http://pictureposter.audiworld.com/13568/crackedslots.jpg"></center><p>What's this all about? Can't read it clearly.
Found in Auto Union Jack's picture poster.
Found in Auto Union Jack's picture poster.
08-26-2002, 01:47 PM
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ALL metal rotors eventually crack if subjected to enough heat...
in a race application, that looks like a perfectly normal rotor to me...our Civic rotors look like that after about 12 hours of racing.
Generate enough heat and you will fry the brakes...the badge on the brakes makes no difference.
Generate enough heat and you will fry the brakes...the badge on the brakes makes no difference.
08-26-2002, 01:53 PM
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ah...if you can read the caption, those are the rotors off an ALMS BMW that ran at Daytona...
being shown as an example of what happens to rotors in racing applications and what a "used up" rotor looks like.
That was just to illustrate that slots crack also. 
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08-26-2002, 03:28 PM
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Yep -- Alcon's after three one-hour sessions at Mid-Ohio ...
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in one day. I've had these rotors on the S8 for more than a year and several track events, but the last one at Mid-Ohio was over the top. Before I go back the next time, I'll get some air ducted to the rotors.
<img src="http://pictureposter.audiworld.com/17157/rotorcracks.jpg">
<img src="http://pictureposter.audiworld.com/17157/s8_hre_9.jpg">
in one day. I've had these rotors on the S8 for more than a year and several track events, but the last one at Mid-Ohio was over the top. Before I go back the next time, I'll get some air ducted to the rotors.
<img src="http://pictureposter.audiworld.com/17157/rotorcracks.jpg">
<img src="http://pictureposter.audiworld.com/17157/s8_hre_9.jpg">