Upgrading Brakes Question
I have to replace the brakes on my 2017 Sierra 1500, Crew Cab, Standard Bed. I would like to upgrade to something better than OEM. The Powerstop Truck and Tow Performance pads and rotors (drilled an...
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GDS-3950BH wrote:
Let me get this straight. Drilled and slotted rotors are bad because they have less metal? I guess some people have weighed brand A and B slotted and drilled, and compared those to brand D and C non slotted and undrilled, for the same application?
ROFLMAO.
Not bad; they just have less mass. Rotor are like radiators. The more mass they have to more BTU's they can absorb. That's why you see huge diameter rotors now days.
Yes I have weighed drilled and non drilled rotors when we raced. We just used a 1/4" disk on the back of the car and only used that because the rules said you had to have brakes on all 4 corners. The track we raced at you didn't needs brakes except for the pits and to slow down every now and then on the track.
When you come off a turn at the track you need as little mass hanging off of the axle you can have. Hence drilled rotors.
All that said, if you are within spec on your towing spec's and you overheat your brakes you are doing something way wrong IMHO.
