Rotor Cooling Rings
Team Owner
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Been tracking/racing C5s for a decade. Don't really see the need for these things. I would just fit my car with spindle ducts and brake cooling ducts to direct fresh air to the center of the rotor. The rotor is an air pump already... give it fresh air and it'll do what it needs to do. Many of us have raced on the old stock C5 slide rail calipers with success. The OEM bits on the C7 are light years ahead of that stuff and far better than the outgoing C6 Z06 bits.
Pro
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Also, depending on how badly these corrode, I might be able to keep them installed all the time as the weather in CA tends to be pretty easy on metals from a corrosion standpoint.
-T
Scraping the splitter.
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St. Jude Donor '13-'14-'15
One of the tracks I frequent is Laguna Seca, which is known to be tough on brakes. Still, I like your suggestion, and would likely follow it.
Also, depending on how badly these corrode, I might be able to keep them installed all the time as the weather in CA tends to be pretty easy on metals from a corrosion standpoint.
-T
Also, depending on how badly these corrode, I might be able to keep them installed all the time as the weather in CA tends to be pretty easy on metals from a corrosion standpoint.
-T
S.
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Instructor
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From: Las Vegas NV
Looks to me like the rings block the air slots that are there on 2 piece rotors and go through the disc assembly from inside to outside. This will force the air coming from the air ducts thorough the internal disc vents that go through the disc itself.
Dale
2013 Camaro ZL1
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Dale
2013 Camaro ZL1
2014 Corvette @4B00
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Had more time, so to clarify last my post.
One piece brake rotor. Air from brake air duct and from centrifugal force flows through the vents in the disc rotor, cooling the rotor.
Two-piece brake rotor used on C7. If the gaps between the brake hub and rotor are not sealed, the air from the brake air ducts can just pass thru and will not be forced thru the vanes in the rotor.
Dale
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One piece brake rotor. Air from brake air duct and from centrifugal force flows through the vents in the disc rotor, cooling the rotor.
Two-piece brake rotor used on C7. If the gaps between the brake hub and rotor are not sealed, the air from the brake air ducts can just pass thru and will not be forced thru the vanes in the rotor.
Dale
2013 Camaro ZL1
2014 Corvette @4B00