Cross drill vs dimple drill

[blcknspo0ln]

I recently put on a front set of bremco slotted/dimple rotors.. they had about 20 miles on them before I had to put my car down for a month and a half..

I gues we'll see what happens.

oh and to add to the thread, I had AEM cross drilled rotors for 3 years (total of 4, including previous owner) on all 4 sides and none of them had cracks.

 

[james242k2]

So what kind of rotors is everyone suggesting? Crossed Drilled, Dimple, Slotted, or a combo?

 

[blcknspo0ln]

So what kind of rotors is everyone suggesting? Crossed Drilled, Dimple, Slotted, or a combo?

If i wasn't such a ricer I'd recommend powerslot slotted rotors.. or any slotted (only slotted) rotor

 

[Todd TCE]

I bought into the cross drilled rotor cracking thing too, however over the last year or so I've noticed a lot of high profile cars using them. I've also never read a magazine article, or seen anything on automotive shows about cross drilled rotor problems. I would say unless you absolutely beat the piss out of your car you won't have a problem, if you buy them from a reputable company. If you're that hard on your car you'll probably wreck it, or break something else before you have to worry about cracking your rotors. One thing I can personally vouch for is that cross drilled rotors work really well in wet weather, as opposed to normal ones.

I think this is a fair comment. Pretty much what I'd said in my own way as well.

If you DO plan on hard, open track use with elevated temps, be prepared to do changes and watch your parts closely. If you simply prefer the bling that's fine too. But for your own good please keep it on the street.

The 'other cars' that do run such parts do so for a couple of reasons-

1. The bling level. Would you rather your Porsche for 80k come drilled or plain? Yea.. didn't think so!

2. Other such 'exotics' also come with faaarrrr better weight distribution designs than an Eclipse. Don't think for a minute that you can brake as well with a FWD over a mid engine design. Four wheels will generally out brake two wheels. *factoring weight dynamics here

3. Many of these same cars come with rotors and designs far superior to you car to begin with! A stock 14" x 1.25" rotor looking like swiss cheese is still probably better than some 10" rotor on a car weighing more!

Reality; this is a horrible comparison guys.

 

[Defiant]

It's gotten quite a way away from the original question, too. Which was only about what is the distinction between dimpled and drilled.