Cross Drilled, Slotted, both, neither?

[ralexander03@snet.net (Rick Alexander)]

I ran the stock set up for a while with stainless/Teflon lines. At the auto
cross they would fade but not on the street.

I upgraded to Mintex pads, this cured the fade at the autocross but the fade
on track days was terrible. This set up was as fine as the stock set up on
the street.

I then upgraded to ATE Power Disks. This has solved all of my fade problems.
It's still not any better on the street.

Bottom line is dictated by what you are using the car for and the appearance
you may want to pay for.

Rick Alexander
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----- Original Message -----
From: "ATS - Patrick Bureau" <pbureau@attbi.com>
To: "Euroroc II" <flaatr@yahoo.com>; <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Thursday, July 25, 2002 9:06 PM
Subject: RE: Cross Drilled, Slotted, both, neither?


> Well for the front if you have the choice I would go with stock, why
because
> the price of the slotted/drilled ones are 2x the price of a OEM rotor from
> AutoZone.
> But in the rear (I have 16v rotors on my 8v) the price difference is truly
> minimum.
> Is it better for street use? good question and though I have had my
> Zimmerman in the rear for some time, I cannot answer the question without
a
> biased answer, why? to be honest, I wanted something to show, they look
> great.
> Do they make a difference, I cannot say, but I have a set on mine.
> Now does my scirocco brake better because of it, I can only answer this,
> your braking system is only has good as your weakest part; I changed from
a
> 20mm M/C with 9.4 and drums, and oem brake pads to a much improved 22mm
> Corrado m/c with 10.1 front and 8.9 rear cross drilled rotors,Mintex red
> pads, and stainless steel lines, and I do know that my car does stop in
1/2
> the distance it used to.
> The question remains, is it because of the rear rotors? most likely the
> rotors are part of the reason why it does, but I believe that the whole
> system in its entirety make the real difference.
> The last question which I did not address was, will I spend the money to
> upgrade for street use the front rotors next time to cross drilled?
> Probably not, 19$/e at AutoZone versus 55$/e for cross drilled. Would I
buy
> cross drilled for street used and permit me to show off all wheels at
> shows.. perhaps, I have yet to come to that question yet myself.
>
> I know, I did not truly answer you question, because I cannot, but I could
> only share my opinion.
>
> -------------------------------------------------------
>     __  __________
>    /  |/_ __/ ___/ Patrick Bureau
>   //| | / / \__ \  1985 8v Prowler Orange "Beatrice"
>  / _  |/ / ___/ /  1985 8v Titian Red "Lucky"
> /_/ |_/_/ /____/   http://www.longcoeur.com/scirocco
>
>
>
> =>-----Original Message-----
> =>From: scirocco-l-admin@scirocco.org
> =>[mailto:scirocco-l-admin@scirocco.org]On Behalf Of Euroroc II
> =>Sent: Thursday, July 25, 2002 6:15 PM
> =>To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> =>Subject: Cross Drilled, Slotted, both, neither?
> =>
> =>
> =>I need new rotors so I thought I'd get a few opinions on the differences
> =>and benefits of either cross drilled or slotted... which is
> =>better. I guess
> =>there is always cross drilled and slotted and then the final choice is
> =>nothing.
> =>
> =>-R-
> =>
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