cross drilled rotors Scott Williams is WRONG!

[Scirocco-Al" <scirocco-Al@insight.rr.com (Scirocco-Al)]

Thats what the vents inthe vented rotors are.  Basically heat sinks meshed
betweent the two braking surfaces.
----- Original Message -----
From: "T Berk" <tberk@mindspring.com>
To: "Scirocco List" <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Saturday, March 23, 2002 2:27 PM
Subject: Re: cross drilled rotors Scott Williams is WRONG!


> Aireq wrote:
> >
> > Ok this may be an ignorant question. But where does the heat go after
the
> > disc get's heated through friction? I mean is that worked into the
design of
> > this and or other cars? Or the designers just asumme that the heat will
> > disperse through the axle and other parts connected to the brake system.
Has
> > anyone ever though of designing some kind of heat sink for the break
system
> > on a car? You know like the fins you see on top of power amplifiers or
> > computer processors.
> >
> > aireq
> >
> > Jason Snow wrote:
> >
> > > Okay guys, so the best bet (when I need new rotors again) is to buy
> > > stock and call it a day?
> >
> > You might consider the Ate "Power Disc" rotors with the atom-shaped
groove.
> > They are not much more $ than OEM and allegedly are effective in adding
> > cooling.
> > Kevin Collins
>
>
> 1. The ATE disks are what I was talking about.
>
> 2. The answer is the heat goes away into the atmosphere. It might get
> there via conduction through the wheel or axle 1st though but it will
> still 'evaporate'. :)
>
> Better than fins would be cooling ducts aimed at the rotors. That same
> corrugated tubing used for home made ram air setups would do it.
>
> TBerk
>
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