roverman Art Gertz Winchester, CA. (3188 posts) Registered: 04/24/2009 11:02AM Main British Car: 74' Jensen Healy, 79 Huff. GT 1, 74 MGB Lotus 907,2L |
Cryo'd disk brake rotors
Spoke to Wilwood tech guy at a show. He says cryo is basically useless for race brakes, because when rotors get to about 800F,(as they likely will exceed on a race car), the molecular structure reverts to prior condition, before the cryo treatment.Let's just use use ceramic? Onward, roverman.
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BlownMGB-V8 Jim Blackwood 9406 Gunpowder Rd., Florence, KY 41042 (6470 posts) Registered: 10/23/2007 12:59PM Main British Car: 1971 MGB Blown,Injected,Intercooled Buick 340/AA80E/JagIRS |
Re: Cryo'd disk brake rotors
That sounds right Art. Might do some good if the brakes were vastly oversized but then that would sort of defeat the purpose. Ceramic = big bucks. Scalloped is a good choice though.
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roverman Art Gertz Winchester, CA. (3188 posts) Registered: 04/24/2009 11:02AM Main British Car: 74' Jensen Healy, 79 Huff. GT 1, 74 MGB Lotus 907,2L |
Re: Cryo'd disk brake rotors, aluminum metal matrix ?
Got to be cheaper than ceramic. Same weight and heat dissipation as regular aluminum. Less thermal growth than steel with better wear than cast iron. Silicon carbide particulate is the "magic". Onward, roverman.
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