[GTRaptor]

I will be installing a new set of brakes on my 95 GT, my front rotors are starting to crack and several friends that use performance pads have the same problems with theirs. All of the cars are 98 and earlier models.

Seem like at least "Performance Friction" Street/Strip and racing pads heat the rotors too much and will kill them after a few years.

This could also happen with other performance pads used with the stock rotors which seem not too good at handling the extra heat generted with agressive driving and using performance pads.

So, if you have stock rotors stay away from Carbon-Metalic or simillar pad compounds as they will ruin your disks in a short time.

Please tell us if you have experienced the same, it could be a very important issue as more people start buying performance pads.

[97 MGT]

I had heard the same thing a while back. Also the company that made drilled and slotted rotors for my car stopped drilling all the way though and dimple drilled them from then on. Most drilled rotors all the way through crack easily. I use Raybestas pads. I can still stop on a dime even with those pads because of my rotos.

I've always been told that unless you're planning on autocrossing or open tracking just to use the cheap pads. They won't stand up to the heat generated under heavy usage, but will actually stop the car better than the high performance pads. True or false?

[Twister]

the reason the pads wear out rotors quicker is that performance pads require more heat to work right than normal pads

[GTRaptor]

Right, but the problem is that they not only wear the rotors, they could crack them !!!
Just imagine what would happen if a rotor breaks appart...not nice.

[Twister]

Rob, if you keep an eye on your parts, you'll be fine, however ask Kenny Wallace about a broken rotor.....