rotor fin direction ?
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Burning Brakes
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From: phila. pa .usa
rotor fin direction ?
gotta a set of drilled& slotted rotors off ebay,stopchek is the vendor,1 rotor, rightrear cooling fin leading edge is goin forward compared to the other 3 ,the stock ones also had the top edge follwing the bottom when goin forward ,will the 1 rotor run hotter or wont it matter ?
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Originally Posted by 88sk
gotta a set of drilled& slotted rotors off ebay,stopchek is the vendor,1 rotor, rightrear cooling fin leading edge is goin forward compared to the other 3 ,the stock ones also had the top edge follwing the bottom when goin forward ,will the 1 rotor run hotter or wont it matter ?
Burning Brakes
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From: New Jersey
In street driving it's not that big a deal. But on the track you will see 10-15% higher temperature on the rotors going in the "wrong" direction.
I'm assuming you have typical curved vanes, not straight vanes or island vanes.
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Rotors are directional. If they are not installed on the proper side of the vehicle, airflow will be restricted and cooling will be severely diminished. The vanes on a rotor act like a centrifugal air fan, drawing air from the inside of the rotor and flowing it to the outside. The vanes of a directional rotor should arch back like arms on a pinwheel. On the top side of the rotor, the vanes should curve toward the back of the car.
http://www.stoptech.com/faq/data/faq16.html
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Burning Brakes
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Let me add that the 10-15% number is at moderate track temperatures.
As the heat rises the differential gets larger. So if your really stressing the brakes the "wrong" rotor can get much hotter than the others.
As the heat rises the differential gets larger. So if your really stressing the brakes the "wrong" rotor can get much hotter than the others.
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Burning Brakes
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From: phila. pa .usa
Originally Posted by Mighty-Mouse
In street driving it's not that big a deal. But on the track you will see 10-15% higher temperature on the rotors going in the "wrong" direction.
I'm assuming you have typical curved vanes, not straight vanes or island vanes.
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