Racing brake rotors

David G · Apr 9, 2017

I have ended up replacing the rotors on my wife's van every 50-60K, bought a set of lifetime guarantee slotted and drilled.

That should stand up to a soccer mom, I hope.

Den N Ms · Apr 9, 2017

David,Yeh it's like a mini Daytona 500 haulin the kids place to place and always in a hurry.

JD Seller · Apr 9, 2017

Dave I hate to tell you this but I have tried the slotted and drill rotors and they do not like the liquid calcium we have on the roads. I actually got fewer miles out of them compared to regular rotors. The slots and holes get roughed up and actually wear out the pads faster too.

Janicholson · Apr 10, 2017

Unless the Racing Rotors are composed of different material than OEM that is more abrasion resistant, I think that, like JD, it will make little difference or wear more. The freshness of the piston seals, the condition and freedom of movement and organic pads make the difference. Jim

gtractorfan · Apr 10, 2017

You reminded me of the NASCAR brakes. What do they use to stand up to so much heat they glow red, like the recent race at Martinsville? (caliper pistons, pads and fluid too?)

Goose · Apr 10, 2017

Rotors may last longer, but I suspect they'll eat pads like crazy.

Racing components, per se, are not necessarily built for long life, they're built to do the job at hand for a minimal period of time.

BTW, in all of the years I raced, the only timing chain we ever had fail was a fancy double roller racing chain. We went back to plain old $12 stock Chevy chains and no more timing chain problems.

Steve@Advance · Apr 10, 2017

gtractorfan, you beat me to it, that is what I was just thinking.

How in the world do they hold up to that!!!

From what I hear it is possible to burn the bead off the tire with too much braking, but the brakes hold up.

Amazing!

ztrmowers · Apr 10, 2017

try keeping brakes on rural route mail vehicle. slotted and drilled is not the way to go. thats a weight came all i see. makes pads not last as long.

504 · Apr 10, 2017

Have you checked the rear brakes? If the rear are not right, the front will wear out fast.

ASEguy · Apr 12, 2017

Lifetime from wear? Who sells them? I would like to get some.

Destroked 450 · Apr 12, 2017

Brake pad material determines the life of the pads and rotors, organic pads wear faster than high metallic or ceramic pads but don't wear the rotor like the harder pads do.
Drilled and slotted rotors help keep the brakes cool but can increase pad wear.
NASCAR uses different brake systems depending on the track they're running on.
For Martinsville they use pads that are nearly 1 1/2" thick with thick heavy rotors to stand up to the heat, on occasion they do experience brake fluid boil and brake fade.
For tracks like Daytona they use pads with maybe a 1/4" of lining and thin light rotors because the only time they use the brakes is for pit stops and wrecks.

used red MN · Apr 12, 2017

I bought a pair of Bosch rotors for my 2005 Chrysler Town and Country van must have been 6-8 years ago. I'd guess they have 60k plus on them no brake shutter yet and I would say the pads are worn to slightly less then half thickness. Seems to me they were $70 each out the door price at Oreileys. They were constructed different then most. The center hub connected to the rotor section on the back side and the vent section space is through a gap on the outboard side around the hub. Hard to explain. However it has seen minimal gravel road use and quite a bit of 1000 mi round trips to visit our home state of KS.

JMOR · Apr 12, 2017

Driver and his/her driving style/habits have a larger bearing on component life than components do. Just the way it is. I look far ahead, largely coast to stop, most highway driving and over 150,000 miles on original brakes, whereas wife is either on gas or brakes (no coasting), all braking at last minute, mostly city and can't get 30,000 miles on rotors/pads.

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