ATE Power Discs

[Perry, Christoper (EDS)]

I would have to say that they help in wet climates too.  It has been raining
very hard the last couple of weeks here in the Seattle area(big surprise)
and even after going through some large puddles/flooding my breaks were
"right-there".  I am using ATE Powerdisks and Pagid semi-metallic pads.  One
note on the Pagid pads, they squeal AND create a lot of dust.  Not much
better than OEM if you ask me. But they seem to stop well so...

Cheers,
Chris Perry
89 90q

-----Original Message-----
From: Larry C Leung [mailto:l.leung at juno.com]
Sent: Sunday, November 18, 2001 8:49 PM
To: sholtby at yahoo.co.uk
Cc: dlam119 at bellsouth.net; quattro at audifans.com
Subject: Re: ATE Power Discs


The only time the slotted or cross drilled rotors really make a
difference is if you manage in your braking to heat up the pads to the
point that they are seriously out-gassing, the gas leaving the pads keeps
the pads from contacting the disks. The slots or holes provide a path for
the hot gases to escape, allowing for full pad/disk contact. Below this
threshold, you MAY even experience reduced brake performance due to
slightly less availible surface area. I personally run solid ATE disks on
my Solo2 GTi, but it IS an excessively light car (1000 kg, wet w/driver).

LL - NY