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Re[2]: drilled rotors

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Subject: Re[2]: drilled rotors
From: Richard Welty <rwelty@suespammers.org>
Date: Sat, 9 Mar 2002 07:57:11 -0500 (EST)
On Fri, 08 Mar 2002 21:46:30 -0800 Douglas Shook <shook@usc.edu> wrote:
> I do think the drilling improves immediate brake
> response when the rotors are wet,

probably, yes. the main point to cross drilling is, as i said, to provide a
place for material between the pad and the rotor to go.

> may increase heat
> dissipation (greater surface area exposed to air),

balanced against a reduction in the mass of the heat sink. i haven't run
the numbers, but at best it's likely to be a wash.

> but
> probably reduces overall friction.

probably.

richard
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