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elwood 03-27-03 09:55 PM

In response to an earlier post about aluminum rotors in OEM applications -- they were used in the rear on Plymouth Prowlers, and I believe (not sure about this one) that they were used on a Lotus vehicle. According to a very knowledgeable friend, aluminum rotors have some very nice characteristics, but unfortunately suffer from relatively low thermal capacity compared to cast iron, and would thus require an extremely (prohibitively?) large rotor to offer adequate fade resistance if used on the front in a heavy street car.

Chronos 03-28-03 02:13 AM

What's components are aluminum in the AP big brake package???

Chronos 03-28-03 02:19 AM


Originally posted by fdracer
i though we were gonna get some insane14" carbon-carbon brakes...

HOHOHOHOHO, just the thought!!! :bigeyes: :drool: :drool1:

:bowdown::bowdown::bowdown: 14" carbon-carbon

jeremy 03-28-03 02:12 PM

nothing like an infomercial in the racing section.

yallgotboost 03-30-03 03:41 PM

They use aluminum rotors on sprint car front brakes. The rotors get torn up bad and pads do not hold up well. But thats 1 place i know for a fact they use aluminum rotors

Chronos 03-31-03 11:21 PM

you're saying the $2,795.00 AP 4 piston front 13" brake package is not good quality??? I always held them in high regard.

Gene 04-03-03 09:55 AM

Yeah but the only time sprint cars use their brakes is to stop the wheels when they are spinning upside down after crashing and flipping over 10 times.

Chronos 04-03-03 10:50 PM

what exactly are sprint cars? Are you saying these are not good rotors to use?? Anyone know what the JGTC cars use for braking? I'll take some of those please!! :D :D :D


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