Damaged CC rotor ?
Drifting
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I use these to prevent rotor damage.
http://www.reverselogic.us/lug-bolt-guides.html
http://www.reverselogic.us/lug-bolt-guides.html
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Drifting
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Can you send this picture to Sciom in Germany?
His email is: info@sicom-europe.com
If you can email him the pic he will let you know if it is acceptable or not.
I just sent out my rotors to get refurbished.
I think you should be okay to run them.
The ones I had large chip marks with gouge marks in them.
His email is: info@sicom-europe.com
If you can email him the pic he will let you know if it is acceptable or not.
I just sent out my rotors to get refurbished.
I think you should be okay to run them.
The ones I had large chip marks with gouge marks in them.
In my opinion it is OK for driving. But to be sure you should invest 900€ to fix it properly. Brakes and tyres are not forgiving.
Sounds like Sicom offers a repair / refurbish service for the CCB.
Where did you (vettekid05) ship your rotors ? Europe ? Any details ? Cost, etc?
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I sent the pic to Sicom in Europe per your suggestion and got the following response from Wolfgang Dietz:
In my opinion it is OK for driving. But to be sure you should invest 900€ to fix it properly. Brakes and tyres are not forgiving.
Sounds like Sicom offers a repair / refurbish service for the CCB.
Where did you (vettekid05) ship your rotors ? Europe ? Any details ? Cost, etc?
In my opinion it is OK for driving. But to be sure you should invest 900€ to fix it properly. Brakes and tyres are not forgiving.
Sounds like Sicom offers a repair / refurbish service for the CCB.
Where did you (vettekid05) ship your rotors ? Europe ? Any details ? Cost, etc?
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Maybe we should take offline, but what is evaporation damage? can you elaborate? My car is 5 years old, low miles, made about 10-12 high speed stops and I see no degradation in the CC rotors.
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Carbon brakes do not wear like normal rotors. The resins that hold the rotor together evaporates. Once the brake gets below a certain weight they should be replaced. Your car will be no where near that threshold.
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I believe the permissible weight is stamped onto the rotors...the conventional thinking is that for street-use, the CC rotors could last the life of the car. Repeated track use with a series of high-temperature braking/stopping will necessitate removing the rotors periodically to have them weighed.
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Yes your carbon rotors can be refurbished. I sent out my rotors to Sicom in Germany to get done. You can get a good deal from him. I think you can get them done 2-3 times over. I heard that when they get done they are better than oem.
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St. Jude Donor '15
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I believe the permissible weight is stamped onto the rotors...the conventional thinking is that for street-use, the CC rotors could last the life of the car. Repeated track use with a series of high-temperature braking/stopping will necessitate removing the rotors periodically to have them weighed.
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If you aren't tracking your car, the rotors will probably last a lifetime. Mine were like brand new for 5 years with much more use, then degraded after tracking. Once you reach those much higher temps the carbon evaporates causing pocking or a rough surface. Thats why you have to weigh them to see if they are within spec.
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I forgot pad changes come faster than disk changes so you're right just weigh them at pad changes.
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I remember reading in the ZR1 section a few posts by members regularly tracking their cars (HPDEs) indicating they would go through
three or four sets of CC pads and then have to change the CC rotors. A set of pads might last three--four HPDE days (4 sessions per day)
with a very skilled & experienced driver ?
Running standing 1/2 mile or mile events doesn't generate nearly as much sustained heat on the pads/rotors as road course work...
EDIT: see some comments in this thread about CC pad life by current CCB users...
https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums...pressions.html
Last edited by Gary '09 C6; Feb 28, 2016 at 11:38 PM. Reason: add'l. comment
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