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Hmm less surface area for the pad for them to contact makes the car stop quicker?! Right. Placebo effect taking place. If your rotors don't crack as previously stated it will be nothing short of a miracle.
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Originally posted by Y2KSVT:
You seriously took your rotors off the car, drilled them yourself, then put them back on? And then you thought they made your car stop faster? 
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the only place rotors should be cross drilled is at a machine shop, where there is acess to proper equipment...did you use water when you drilled????? if not you just runined your rotors, i dont even want to see them. i have seen countless times what happens when rotors are not cross drilled properly, if your holes are not PERFECTLY straight, it will cause a counterbalancing issue in the rotors, causing extreme wobble, and possible axle breakage...
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Originally posted by todras:
Hmm less surface area for the pad for them to contact makes the car stop quicker?! Right. Placebo effect taking place. If your rotors don't crack as previously stated it will be nothing short of a miracle.
I have to disagree. I myself have DBA crossdrilled/slotted rotors on mine and it does stop alot faster than stock. They really shine when stopping from high speeds in a hurry. There is no blueing, cracking or anything on mine after about 2500 miles. I know this because I get bored and pull my car apart what seems like every few weeks and the have been paying especially close attention to the rotors and pads. The pads are still good and everything.
Placebo effect, I personally don't think so. It does stop harder, faster without any fading at all.
Then again maybe it has something to do with the Wilwoods and style pad I have on top of the rotors.
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Duh Wilwood's. Single piston/dual piston might have something to do with it. 
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<sheepishly> dual piston <sheepishly>
but still, my rotors haven't cracked or anything, yet. The only problem I have is dusting from H E double hockey sticks.
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Originally posted by 69Boss302:
but still, my rotors haven't cracked or anything, yet.
Probably because you didn't do them by hand.
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but what of all the horror stories you hear about rotors cracking and those are from big name companies? I know it's beating a dead horse, but the debate about crossdrilled vs. blank still goes on. I've seen racecars with them and without, with and without problems, motorcycles have them and don't seem to be a problem to them.
Maybe it's in the way they're made or circumstances that they are put into?
I agree that drilling your own isn't the best way to go, but maybe he'll get lucky and things will work out. Then again, maybe it will be a lesson learned without too much in consequences paid. Hopefully.
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Maybe there's a reason Bembro has the holes cast into the disks instead of drilling the blanks  DIY brake hole drilling, lol. I thought I had seen everything...
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