[s-cars] Rotor warp

[Joseph Pizzimenti]

Perhaps warped rotors are sometimes simply coated with
so many brake deposits from a pad that's not up to
snuff?  I found that the Mintex red's leave sometimes
visible deposits with my driving style on my car.
(Had to make that perfectly clear.  ;-)  Some suggest
using a harder pad compound to remedy this and clean
up the rotors of these soft deposits.  But hey, that's
just me.

-Joe P.
--- TM <t44tq at mindspring.com> wrote:
> Has anyone seriously looked into brake ducting?
>
> I think a lot of the warpage and cracking problems
> on
> UrS cars is due to the heavy weight of the car and
> lack
> of proper brake cooling. Those front brakes are
> doing a
> lot of work in an environment that is not
> hospitable.
>
> Porsche, BMW and some others duct their brakes, so I
> think
> it would be a good idea.
>
> One other thought that crossed my mind- have any of
> you
> tried installing brake cooling scoops from a
> UFO-equipped
> car? I don't know if this is possible, but the UFO
> cars
> have big air scoops behind the rotors as well as
> rudimentary
> brake ducts under the front airdam ('91 200q20v,
> V8q).
>
> Those of you warping your rotors on street-driven
> cars make
> me wonder (esp. when equipped w/ 993tt brakes!). My
> car has
> withstood some track abuse (granted I drive slow)
> w/o any
> problems, maybe my brake ducting works, at least
> enough to make
> a difference?
>
> The biggest problem I see is that there is very
> limited space
> to run ducts in the front of the car because so much
> other stuff
> is competing for airflow "space".
>
> Taka
>
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