RE: 97 brake rotors

From: Jack Hilton III (HEMI@charter.net)
Date: Thu Dec 03 1998 - 09:19:27 EST


There was a write-up in one of the recent Truckin' mags about some company
that makes rotors that are frozen or something with liquid nitrogen and
somehow it makes them mucho stronger and less proned to warpage .

I'll try and find the article .

At 08:45 AM 12/3/1998 -0500, you wrote:
>My fiancee's '92 Plymouth Laser (aka talon, eclipse) had a warpage
>problem. (In fact ALL 1st gen Diamond Star Motors cars do).
>
>I bought 'Brembo' disks from a place in the south east called
>the Brake Warehouse. The disks ROCK. I've hammered them rather
>diligently to seat the pads. Car stops on a dime now.
>
>From the dsm vendor home page: Brake Warehouse Phone: 800-814-0702
>If you tell them you heard about them from Club DSM they may give you
>a deal, YMMV.
>
>Look for cross-drilled rotors, they cool better, less warpage.
>One thing to avoid is hitting puddles after hard braking - not
>good.
>
>-Travis
>'97 CC Sport+ 4WD 5pd
>'92 Ply Laser AWD Turbo 5spd (REALLY QUICK!)
>
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>
>Date: Wed, 2 Dec 1998 22:41:31 -0500
>From: Thinknet <thinknet@mindspring.com>
>Subject: DML: 97 brake rotors
>
>hey folks,
>my rotors need to be replaced on my 97 CC V6. the just seem to keep on
>warping and from what I remember a while back it is sorta common. any
>suggestions on what types i should get? is there even a difference?
>
>Cuervo
>
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>
Jack Hilton

HEMI@charter.net



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