Rotors and pads - Where do you guys buy them?

[Robotazky]

good stuff in this thread, except this comment.

Turbulant flow is actually better for cooling, since air is a very good heat insulator. And, do you know how turbulant the flow is in those vanes already?

rofl

 

[njaremka]

Turbulent airflow results in increased air velocity but in loss of airflow volume because it's just air swirling around and around vs. laminar flow entering and exiting the brakes in a prompt manner. Heat dissipation requires maximum airflow.

again, do you really believe that there is laminar flow in the rotor vanes? (regardless if there is rust in there or not)

 

[Robotazky]

This pseudo-physics discussion is amusing.

Remember calculus? All air flow is laminar if you do not define what accelerations are considered non-laminar. All air flow is also turbulent if you do not define what is and isn't turbulent. It's about the distance between molecules whose acceleration is the basis of your integration.

Total volume of air, humidity of the air, etc are all that matter. Thus, whether the flow is turbulent or laminar is completely irrelevant. Rust impedes flow of air and that is what is relevant. So, I say again, coated metal that inhibits or prohibits rust is going to prolong the life of the rotor and it is not a function of the type, laminar or turbulent, of airflow. That said, common sense and the scale that we typically use as humans tells me that it would be most logically deemed turbulent. But that's all relative.

 

[DKaz]

I'm not denying it's turbulent, but you want to make it less turbulent. A few inches into the brakes, the air eventually becomes laminar before exitting.

 

[JReichle1]

Anywhere but autozone... Duralast brake parts suck!

 

[njaremka]

I'm not denying it's turbulent, but you want to make it less turbulent. A few inches into the brakes, the air eventually becomes laminar before exitting.

a few inches into the brakes? a few inches into the brake ducts, and the air is already out.

 

[AIMWO4]

That's it! I'm installing a brake water cooling system(rofl)

We have very little air at this altitude. (hand)

 

[Robotazky]

^^ If you can develop a simple, cheap, effective liquid cooling system, you will be THE man.

 

[KBrian]

Nudge, nudge, wink, wink?

 

[wmzda5]

I bought the regular EBC non-slotted, non-dimpled, non-drilled rotors. They are really nice rotors. I'm very happy with the quality and the price. Now, these were put on my Focus, but the Focus had awful brakes OEM straight off the lot so I consider the comparison to be a very good go-by. Since the 5's brakes are actually pretty good from the factory, I would expect the EBCs to do an excellent job.

The EBC rotors are made of a very high quality material, are manufactured on extremely good state-of-the-art lathes, and have a coating that keeps rust from forming. This coating comes in very handy at keeping the rust out of the venting surfaces. Rust build up in the vents decreases air flow by causing a lot of turbulence.

I rarely will tell someone without serious deliberation that they can trust a product, but the EBC rotors are really high quality products. The pads are of course really sweet, too. I really don't think you can go wrong with EBC, at least the regular rotors anyway. I think I paid about $130 for mine and I'd pay it again in a heartbeat.

I paid 200CAD for a set of 4 rotors and pads nickel chrome coated, hub painted, cross drilled.

 

[wmzda5]

It will be a DIY job...which I am not looking forward to. Last time I dealt with these brakes I had a difficult time getting the retainer spring back onto the caliper. I still have a scar on the palm of my hand from trying to seat the springs on my SVT brakes over four years ago. I can do brakes on any car with my eyes closed but these f-ing retaining springs got the best of me. Any tricks to dealing with them?

getting the retaining spring off is easy just pry it with a screw driver or ice pick. putting it back, use an ice pick or small pointed screw driver(+)m place one end of the spring inside the hole and hook the other end with the ice pick and put the pointed edge of the ice pick in the other hole and guide the other end of the spring in. Hope this helps this is how I do it its fairly easy w/out unecessary injuries.