Those Brembos, fixed caliper? Or not? [Patent inside!]

[keiri]

NESW20, go to "User CP" at the top of the page and then on the lefthand side of the screen should be an option "Edit Ignore List". Type his name in the box and click "Okay."

No more posts from that user...easy.

[Type[R]+]

Originally Posted by Dave-ROR

I've given up. He can believe whatever he wants. Everyone else who wondered why they used blanks understand the reasons now I believe. That whole "you can lead a horse to water..." thing holds true.

Cyber: Lion answered that correctly

You can't answer my question...

As I said before, everyone thinks they're a brake expert lol!

I'll trust the car engineers.

[SUB-FT86]

You can't compare CCB to some damn LED lights. That was the most retarded comparison ever!! That's like comparing M3 side vents to a track tuned suspension.

[Spaceywilly]

Originally Posted by Type[R]+

And yet they use cross drilled rotors on the best braking car in the world..... and other high performance cars. They must not be that bad.....

It's like you didn't read anything LionZoo wrote. You really can't poke any holes in his argument... no pun intended.

WRC cars basically have typical braking systems on steroids. They aren't cross-drilled. They do have small half moon slots.

Water cooled calipers FTW

[Dave-ROR]

Originally Posted by Type[R]+

You can't answer my question...

I'll trust the car engineers.

OK last reply.

I did, as did others, multiple times.

And since you trust the car engineers then you agree that blanks (and slotted to a point) are better for racing than cross drilled, since they are the ones who also demand them on factory race versions of the car.

Glad we all agree now

[Type[R]+]

Originally Posted by Spaceywilly

It's like you didn't read anything LionZoo wrote. You really can't poke any holes in his argument... no pun intended.

I did, but if they're that bad, why are they on just about every single supercar?

They mustn't be bad at all.....

[Type[R]+]

Originally Posted by Dave-ROR

OK last reply.

I did, as did others, multiple times.

And since you trust the car engineers then you agree that blanks (and slotted to a point) are better for racing than cross drilled, since they are the ones who also demand them on factory race versions of the car.

Glad we all agree now

I do agree, but you still haven't answered my question. If they are that bad, why are they on just about every single supercar?

[Spaceywilly]

I can't answer it as well as ZooLion did, but basically they are on there because they make the car look faster, and that's what people want on a sports car. Why do Mustangs still have hood scoops? They are just trying achieve a certain look. Racing is where that kind of stuff doesn't fly, so what you see in racing is what performs the best (for the most part, in rare cases street cars will get tech that's illegal in race cars because it gives too much of an advantage, for example the hydraulic anti sway system in the mp4c-12 or whatever it is called)

Drilled rotors aren't bad, but they cost
more and don't have any performance advantage. Like ZooLion said, they would hello kitty rotors on supercars if that's what would get people to buy them. In a race car, engineers are concerned with 1 thing: winning. In a street car, they are concerned with making money, and all the marketing BS that goes with it.

[Type[R]+]

Originally Posted by Spaceywilly

Drilled rotors aren't bad, but they cost
more and don't have any performance advantage. Like ZooLion said, they would hello kitty rotors on supercars if that's what would get people to buy them. In a race car, engineers are concerned with 1 thing: winning. In a street car, they are concerned with making money, and all the marketing BS that goes with it.

Sorry, but that is some of the biggest garbage i've read on here.

Even the Bugatti Veyron has cross drilled brakes.

[CyberFormula]

then you'll have to explain why RACE cars use slotted rather than drilled rotors.

Cause we know the incentives of both types of cars. Race car is to win races. Production cars is for the customer.

[Type[R]+]

Originally Posted by CyberFormula

then you'll have to explain why RACE cars use slotted rather than drilled rotors.

Cause we know the incentives of both types of cars. Race car is to win races. Production cars is for the customer.

So you really think they use drilled rotors on production cars because they look cool?

[serialk11r]

That's not that far fetched imo...
Joining the fray

[Type[R]+]

Originally Posted by serialk11r

That's not that far fetched imo...
Joining the fray

I'm beginning to think that, but still fail to believe it's only to 'look cool'. I mean, we are talking about in some cases million dollar plus cars that are pure performance, that could use any brakes they like.

And if drilled rotors are such evil things, why are they on such said cars?

I'll send a few emails tonight, see if I get a truthful answer, or an answer at all.

[CyberFormula]

Originally Posted by Type[R]+

So you really think they use drilled rotors on production cars because they look cool?

so you really think they use blanks/slotted rotors on race cars because they don't want to win races?