brake rotor Options

[st_celica_killer]

hey is there any good front brake rotor out there for our celica st ?????

[shid]

Shin, its actually physically impossible for you to get better braking power out of them; they're surface space is reduced too much by the slots and the holes- now if you replaced the pads, or your old rotors were going out.. then you might feel a difference; but a stock rotor vs cross and drilled, stock rotor would win.

[AndyST4]

Shin, its actually physically impossible for you to get better braking power out of them; they're surface space is reduced too much by the slots and the holes- now if you replaced the pads, or your old rotors were going out.. then you might feel a difference; but a stock rotor vs cross and drilled, stock rotor would win.
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drilled and slotted rotor do improve braking and brake fade because as you brake a gas builds up between your pads and rotor and the slots or holes provide a place for this gas to escape so your pads and rotor can have better contact

[Kwanza26]

drilled and slotted rotor do improve braking and brake fade because as you brake a gas builds up between your pads and rotor and the slots or holes provide a place for this gas to escape so your pads and rotor can have better contact
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That argument may hold true if you're using brake pads for 30 years ago... Read ANYWHERE from retailers that sell slotted/drilled rotors and they WILL NOT say those rotors are for better performance. With today's compound brake pads... there is NO reason to run drilled or slotted rotors from a braking performance perspective. There may be minor heat dissapation differences and such, but braking improvements are lacking.

[shid]

drilled and slotted rotor do improve braking and brake fade because as you brake a gas builds up between your pads and rotor and the slots or holes provide a place for this gas to escape so your pads and rotor can have better contact
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drilled and slotted rotor do improve braking

pads and rotor can have better contact

No, they don't. There's too little surface area- there's no rotor for the pads to make contact WITH. One or the other has the ability to improve braking, as you state. With their powers combined, they don't do jack ****. Not to mention that no one here on this site has brakes powerful enough to merit even drilled or slotted rotors.

[GT4WRC]

Not to mention that no one here on this site has brakes powerful enough to merit even drilled or slotted rotors.

Some of us do
I'm going for slotted rotors next as I compete in the odd road rally. Despite some TRD pads and race brake fluid, I still managed to get the pads to glaze over during my last rally.

My Rover rally car will be getting 331.7mm rotors with Wilwood 6 pot calipers up from with 300mm at the rear with twin pots. Combine those with some seriously sticky DOT approved slicks and you'll have some mega stopping power - especially in a car that will weight around 1000kg (and have 300bhp @ wheels)
Gary