01-02-2005, 02:38 PM
.RJ Wrote:MichaelJComputer Wrote:On a 2700lb car? I don't think so. I've replaced 4 rotors (which had at least 40k miles on them) in my 3 years of autocrossing and tracking. Maeng and Ryan have similarly weighted cars, and I don't think they go through them all too fast.
I go through rotors as fast as I go through pads (5-6 weekends per set) on my 200hp/2600lb car. Pete's car is going to have a lot more speed, and speed = brake wear, big time (KE = 1/2mv^2). He will be eating rotors and pads.
bingo.
--chad