Exploding Rotors: why you do not drill

[Kneale Brownson]

Ventilated does not mean slotted or cross-drilled.  Ventilated means there
is spacing between the two solid discs supported by webbing.  Allows for
greater heat escape, I believe.

At 02:14 AM 06/21/2003 +0000, illuminaudi at attbi.com wrote:
>In European Car, they say the 2004 A8 L 4.2 quattro has ventilated discs.
>Perhaps they are slotted, which would be better than drilled.  Maybe they
>decided aginst them.  Here's the online version of the article:
>
>http://www.europeancarweb.com/firstlook/0307ec_audia8quattro/
>
>-Matt
>5kcstq
> > At 10:26 PM 06/20/2003 +0000, illuminaudi at attbi.com wrote:
> > >The new A8 is supposed to come with drilled rotors from the
> > >factory.  Hopefully
> > >they aren't Zimmerman (or team door handle) rotors, it would be a
> shame to
> > >lose
> > >Howard Stern... :)
> > The new A8L I looked at in the local dealer's lot the other day had solid
> > rotors.  The fronts are huge, but then, so are the wheels:  19
> inches.  The
> > rear rotors are larger than the fronts on my G60-clad 200q20v.
> >