cross dressed Scott Williams is YOUR DADDY!

[scirious@hotmail.com (Brian Haygood)]

Yeah, check my first post on the subject.  I have noticed this affect and
believe in it (on slots anyway).

The pads can hydroplane across a wet rotor, but when the pad runs over a
slot, it breaks the surface tension of the water and the pad can get back
onto the metal.

Significantly cuts down that, "OMG, why aren't my brakes working!" panic
time when it is really wet out.

BH
----- Original Message -----
From: Jim Jarrett <jarrett@rpa.net>
To: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Saturday, March 23, 2002 4:30 PM
Subject: Re: cross drilled rotors Scott Williams is WRONG!


> On 3/23/02 2:00 PM, "Brett Van Sprewenburg" <brett@netacc.net> wrote:
>
>
> > Oh, I forgot to address the slotted units...
> >
> > Slotting rotors OTOH, might be a consideration.  Cutting thin slots
> > across the face
> > of the rotor can actually help clean the face of the brake pads over
> > time, helping
> > to reduce the glazing often found during high-speed use which can lower
the
> > coefficient of friction.
>
>
> Stepping into this flamewar without my asbsestos suit on:
>
> I'm running the AtE Atom rotors on my Passat and convertible; I put them
on
> because I heard (somewhere) that the slots can help duct water away when
> they get wet.
>
> May be apocryphal.
>
> <ducking out of the line of fire>
>
>
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