Rotor Temperature?
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Drifting
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From: Bealeton Virginia
Rotor Temperature?
I complained to RotorPros about some wierd staining I was getting on my front rotors. Rich was nice enough to send me a new set FedEx in a matter of days. I clear coated the hats yesterday, but then I read the can. "Not for surfaces that will exceed 200 degrees."
How hot do the hats get?
How hot do the hats get?
Team Owner
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From: Raleigh / Rolesville NC
Originally Posted by JLA
I complained to RotorPros about some wierd staining I was getting on my front rotors. Rich was nice enough to send me a new set FedEx in a matter of days. I clear coated the hats yesterday, but then I read the can. "Not for surfaces that will exceed 200 degrees."
How hot do the hats get?
How hot do the hats get?
Look at this front rotor. the orange glow is the cast iron rotor hitting close to 13-1400*
After the rotors cools there will be a nice rainbow color of the rotor hat from hitting temps this high.
Melting Slicks
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I have an infrared thermometer. After hard street driving, I have jumped out, to check the rotor surface temps, and they rarely got above 600. A lot of the heat dissipates to the fins, but the hats do see temps in the 300 to 500 range under normal daily driving.
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Drifting
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From: Bealeton Virginia
Originally Posted by IdriveC5
I have an infrared thermometer. After hard street driving, I have jumped out, to check the rotor surface temps, and they rarely got above 600. A lot of the heat dissipates to the fins, but the hats do see temps in the 300 to 500 range under normal daily driving.
Drifting
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From: San Diego
Originally Posted by JLA
... but then I read the can. "Not for surfaces that will exceed 200 degrees."
How hot do the hats get?
How hot do the hats get?
I chose the 500 deg. paint. because I didn't have the proper oven to cure the third type. I've been driving for two months since painting them. The hats still look glossy.
Good luck!
..rickko..
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Drifting
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From: Bealeton Virginia
Originally Posted by rickko
Sounds like you bought the wrong paint. When I went searching for Clearcoat at Pep Boys they had three types, Normal paint (what you bought), Plasti-Coat Engine enamel - good up to 500 degs., and a third type that needed a process like powdercoating to harden it (ie. must be put in 600 deg. oven).
I chose the 500 deg. paint. because I didn't have the proper oven to cure the third type. I've been driving for two months since painting them. The hats still look glossy.
Good luck!
..rickko..
I chose the 500 deg. paint. because I didn't have the proper oven to cure the third type. I've been driving for two months since painting them. The hats still look glossy.
Good luck!
..rickko..
I never knew that they get that hot
Safety Car
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From: belleville n.j.
Originally Posted by AU N EGL
200* ??? heck that is nothing. most ppl under normal braking rotor temps get 500-800*. On the track and under very hard braking it is not uncommon to see temps of greater then 1200-1400*
Look at this front rotor. the orange glow is the cast iron rotor hitting close to 13-1400*
After the rotors cools there will be a nice rainbow color of the rotor hat from hitting temps this high.
Look at this front rotor. the orange glow is the cast iron rotor hitting close to 13-1400*
After the rotors cools there will be a nice rainbow color of the rotor hat from hitting temps this high.
Drifting
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http://mmargotta.photosite.com/~photos/tn/102_348.ts1107220686000.jpg[/IMG] Mine are good for 900 degrees, and have had them on for 4 months; Still look like new!
Last edited by RatedX; Jul 4, 2005 at 12:55 AM.
