New Power Slot Product
 

I just saw in this month's Tire Rack Inside Track magazine that Power Slot has a new product out that utilizes the factory calipers and new larger 2 piece rotors and caliper relocation brackets for an improved braking system.

They do not currently have them for FC3S, but I shot them an email expressing interest. The front systems look like they are about $475 and the rears about $275 for the other applications. These would be nice with our factory 4 pots.

If you would be interested in these, I would contact them on their contact page.

http://www.powerslot.com/pages/power_slot_plus.html

check closer ,, not available for our cars yet

Looks good, I wouldn't mind having a set, depending on how big the wheels have to be.

I would def. be interested. for the fronts at least. corksport already makes them for the rears.
I saw those a while ago and was dissapointed when I didn't see them for FC's.

Hence my statement:

I was just stating if people are interested, they should contact them.

Oops, someone beat me to it...

the rotors look nice, i dont think i would want a bracket to relocate my calipers though. Doing it this way cost almost 300 extra and i really find it hard to believe that the increase in braking power can justify it. just imo.

The brackets they use look very similar to the brackets that Porsches use in the OEM application for the Brembo monoblock calipers.

The two big advantages I see of these are the larger rotor will have more area on which it can dissipate heat and the force being applied by the caliper to the rotor being applied out farther. Think breaker bar instead of rachet. Same amount of force applied further out nets greater results. Granted it isn't that much farther out, but every little bit helps.

Granted this whole thing could be a moot point, as they may never offer these for FCs.

I would be interested to see how it actually bolts together on the car. I don't trust adapter brackets with my life unless I know for sure it will work just like the sun will rise.

It is actually a quite simple theory. If you have a larger diameter rotor and your caliper is farther away from the rotating axis then you will create much greater stopping power(more tourqe). If you are into auto-x then this will mean later braking points coming into corners. In turn you are able to carry more speed entering into corners and brake faster than with stock equipment. Couple that with less brake fade due to greater heat dispertion and wallah, improved lap times!

Just my understanding of it.

We live in the most litigious country in the world and this company is selling these to the general public. I would be more skeptical if someone on the internet found a way to make some pieces work together.

I am convinced that they have done their homework on these and they will work every time just like the sun rising, provided they are installed properly and the associated parts from the vehicle are in good order (calipers, master cyl, brake lines etc...)

For that price I think that it would be a worthwhile investment. Though I would like to see some hard numbers on just how much it improves braking. I feel that they must have done their homework, but I want to see the proof.
I will second you in contacting them to see if we can build enough interest to get them to consider building a kit for the fc. It can't hurt to try.

I had a similar kit on my 02 WRX at one point. The function of the kit was great -- WAY improved stopping distance on the same sized pads and oversized rotors. The kit, in fact, looks identical. The only problem is that if your wheels dont clear enough, the stress of braking so hard can momentarily bend your wheels and cause rubbing of your caliper on the inside of the wheel. This can be a bigger problem when you hit a pothole and bend your wheel -- :pat: .

I'd love to have this kit for my S4 Vert w/ Fittapaldi wheels... If it fit well!

(the braking power on my wrx was HUGELY improved with the kit... in fact, it was a bit scary)

Got a response from Power Slot today:

Thank you very much for your interest in the Power Slot Plus kit for the
Mazda RX7. We do not have immediate plans to offer a Power Slot Plus kit
for the RX&, but I will survey our distributors and if sufficient interest
exists, we will add the appropriate RX7 applications to our R&D list.

I will highly suggest you take a look at our Power Slot Cryo Program for a
stellar performing alternative to a big brake kit

You know I was thinkin the other day... what about like powerslots for the front, something like racing beats products, or http://www.turboimport.com/catalog/rx7_fc3s.htm

the first thing I saw was the COOLROTORS Dimple Drilled & Slotted Brake Rotors and thought that it was a good alternative to a full cross drilled.

I plan on doing slotted with cross drilled in the back and just slotted maybe the slotted/dimpled in the front.

Anyone have any thoughts on this, good or bad idea?

I mean the cross drilled is supposed to be bad since they can get stress cracks from heating and cooling, so I figured since back is not working nearly as hard and I have the rotors it prolly won't get as hot in the back and I won't have to worry about them possibly shattering back there, but the front is for sure not gonna be cross drilled.