[Shotimes] Porterfield R4S Question

[Carl Prochilo]

I have the FPS "slotted" rotors with Ford pads.  Anything I should look out
for on these in the long run?  No track time on them yet...

Cheers,
Carl Prochilo
92 Ultra Red Crimson
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mark Nunnally" <manunnal@netheaven.com>
To: "shotimes" <shotimes@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, July 08, 2003 1:37 PM
Subject: Re: [Shotimes] Porterfield R4S Question


> Just get you some fixed 4 (or 6) piston wilwood calipers and run wilwood's
> "A" track pads.  You'll turn your rotors everytime you use them :)  Get a
> little pedal pulse, no biggie, just stand on it hard for a few 100 mph
stops
> and the pads will cut them down nicely, shaved true <g>
>
> Might as well be grinder wheels on each side, maybe that's why I haven't
> been able to warp any rotors (to any degree that's annoying) yet!
>
> I have a set of 96 rotors on the 92 that have about 65k on them, they have
> been on since the '99 SHO convention, that track day and several track
days
> since.  They are chewed to heck (ran several sets of carbotech pads on
> them), grooved, and scored up, but still not warped!
>
> mark
>
> imperfections in the
> > > > metal due to heating/cooling cycles, and with the original size
> rotors,
> > > that
> > > > has alway led to warping.
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