cross drilled rotors

[Larry" <rocco16v@netzero.com (Larry)]

Note:  There is more to braking performance than being able to lock up the
tires.  Things like fade-resistance, modulation/feel, and
> If you can drive your car as hard as you ever drive it, then stand on the
> brake pedal and lock up the tires, then your brakes are fine.  If you can
> lock up your wheels, then the weakest link is the tire traction, not the
> rotors, pads, calipers, or anything else.  If you don't drive hard enough
to
> overheat your brakes to the point that they become the weakest link, then
> your brakes are fine.  If you need an upgrade, go to the best pads you can
> get before you begrudgingly add more unsprung weight to your car.
>
> Only exception to that I can think of is that in wet conditions brakes can
> become less effective, so maybe that's another criteria.   By the way,
> slotted rotors will dry off much faster (like in one revolution) than
stock,
> so that's one more thing in favor of slots, and increased size won't
really
> help at all.
>
> To whom it may concern, I have slotted rotors on my Passat, mostly just to
> see if I could take stock rotors and slot them on my own (I'm a machinist
> wannabe, and wanted something to practice on).  I switched pads at the
same
> time, so I don't know how much of an affect it had on things, but I get
the
> feeling that wet (soaking wet) performance is better with the slots.