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By 25GTT,
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Hey do anyof you guys know much about the ventilated disc brakes?

I see in the General section there is a ventilated disc brake group buy.

Will this be actually better for stopping or does it just mean that on hot days because it is ventilated it can stop as well as it foes at the moment but all the time.

I am just worried that in winter i might crash and ABS might not save my ass like it did once already last year... i want better stopping through winter... would it be a good idea for me to purchase these ventilated disc brakes?

Also on the pic that they have it shows a new brake clamp aswell... does that normally come in a package with the ventilated discs?

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http://www.dba.com.au/5000series/5030.asp

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Are you referring to cross drilled rotors??? Or the way they distribute the heat between the inside of the rotor???

Edit: Ok to cover my knowledge of brakes ( I don't know what will help you that you don't already know though... )

Cross Drilled Brakes are very good for braking in single stop scenarios. They pull you up the quickest but you cant repeatably heavy brake on them or they have a tendancy to crack the rotor.

Slotted: These I believe are the best choice for modded street cars ... They give good stooping power and can take repeated heavy braking much much better than cross drills.

As for the centre of the rotor the new Kangaroo Paw technology apparantly distributes the heat build up much more effeciantly than the previous design and if availabe ( Not all rotors have been changed over yet ) are the better option.

Unless you buy some form of package deal I thought you just purchased the rotors seperately to any calipers and such???

Feel free to now correct and ridicule me :)

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Dan,

Ventialated disk brakes allow primarily for the removal of heat, via transfer from the metal to the air. This is different to slotted or cross-drilled brakes. If your after a decent brake upgrade then either get some R33 GTR disks, or purchase something from DBA.

See'ya:burnout:

MrGTST Grand Master

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Yeah if you are thinking new rotors I would look at DBA for sure... Ask DBASteve which is best for your car....

I have spoken to him recently and the DBA 963 seemed to be the best option. Theses are slotted rotors with the Kangaroo Paw technology.... The only problem is they are only just completing the machining of the disks and such so they are difficult to get.

They will be my future disks anyways... :)

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25GTT

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Would these be a good buy though? Do you think this would increase my stopping power?

I think about $187 for each one, i thought that might be a good deal but don't want them if they won't better my stopping, there won't be too much heat being generated as i don't really do much track work...

MrGTST Grand Master

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Hmmm I guess it depends on your driving style.... I know I could use the better rotors as even on the SAU cruises I must build up huge amounts of heat from my "Spirited driving"

Do you work your car hard often or is it more of a cruizen mobile??? :)

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Originally posted by MrGTST

Hmmm I guess it depends on your driving style.... I know I could use the better rotors as even on the SAU cruises I must build up huge amounts of heat from my "Spirited driving"

Do you work your car hard often or is it more of a cruizen mobile??? :)

Well it's more of a cruisen mobile but last winter whilst cruisen quite a few times when traffic were ever so polite so stop spartically in front of me i though.... hmmm maybe my stopping could be upgraded for next winter... now with more than 100 Killowatts i do feel that i should look at this!

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