Brembo conversion is DONE!!!! 6 pot fronts and 4 pot rears!
I know a ton of gen1 SRT jeep owners who have purchased R1 concepts drilled, slotted etc. rotors...and I have a set myself. They use Centric and brembo rotors to drill/slot and I have never heard of an owner have theirs crack etc. These are heavy beasts and some of those guys track them A LOT in the 1/4 mile and road courses. I have severely punished mine and they are still perfect.
Professional
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I was only talking about stock rotors from non-performance cars that had been drilled having issues with cracks. I wouldn't expect a high performance rotor to have the same issues as they're probably conditioned to handle higher heat and pressure than a stock oem rotor, especially from a non-performance car. I was just wondering how a stock Durango or SRT rotor would handle the cross drilling. Do the R1 Centric or Brembo rotors have some kind of heat treating or are they made of a different alloy that makes them more able to handle the abuse than a stock rotor?
Do you know anyone who got their stock SRT rotors drilled or slotted, and of so how have they held up?
Do you know anyone who got their stock SRT rotors drilled or slotted, and of so how have they held up?
pretty sure they do fine with the centric and brembo. The brembo I mentioned are the oem rotors. I know of a few 2012 jeep SRT owners who have had their oem brembos cross drilled/slotted.
Now the durango oem stock rotors? Not sure I would have them done. There are some corss drilled/slotted rotors for the durangos already.
Now the durango oem stock rotors? Not sure I would have them done. There are some corss drilled/slotted rotors for the durangos already.
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It isn't a good idea to drill and slot a rotor that wasn't designed for that. Rotors made with drill and slot don't usually crack. Those that weren't... do.
Heat treat/Cryo treat/alloys/special design on holes edges/etc all usually are not available to a stocker-ish rotor just sent out to be drilled and slotted.
Plus compound the error by not compensating for the added heat ect as you would with treatments and alloy and you end up with for every bit of material you remove, you lessen the surface area for contact with the pads that lessens braking, not improves it.
IndyD
It isn't a good idea to drill and slot a rotor that wasn't designed for that. Rotors made with drill and slot don't usually crack. Those that weren't... do.
Heat treat/Cryo treat/alloys/special design on holes edges/etc all usually are not available to a stocker-ish rotor just sent out to be drilled and slotted.
Plus compound the error by not compensating for the added heat ect as you would with treatments and alloy and you end up with for every bit of material you remove, you lessen the surface area for contact with the pads that lessens braking, not improves it.
IndyD