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Old Feb 14, 2011, 12:37 AM
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i bought the rotors from map. i'm useing hawk hps pads. The rotors have no track days and maybe only 1 autocross day
Old Feb 14, 2011, 12:54 AM
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^it could be pad deposits.
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so why..

Originally Posted by riceball777
i bought the rotors from map. i'm useing hawk hps pads. The rotors have no track days and maybe only 1 autocross day
..do you think there are "warped"?
Old Feb 15, 2011, 10:29 AM
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Originally Posted by cfdfireman1
Sure buy the good ones.

This can happen with the mixture of pads youve been using. you need to get the right pad and compound for your car to balance out the braking in the car. You could have a really aggressive pad in the front and change your braking to 90% in the front you have to run the best compound for the car.
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Yo Al,

What pads do run in you evo front and rear? How about a picture or 2 of your rotors?
Old Feb 19, 2011, 06:20 PM
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Why do you all keep calling them rotor pro's when you know they are centric standards (C-tek)

For street use they are fine - but w/ R-comps and real race pads they can be unreliable and fail pretty quickly. To the OP w/ the PFC disc's - I would at least suggest the Centric Premium's.
Old Feb 22, 2011, 07:43 AM
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can you help..

Originally Posted by PFC Brakes
This can happen with the mixture of pads youve been using. you need to get the right pad and compound for your car to balance out the braking in the car. You could have a really aggressive pad in the front and change your braking to 90% in the front you have to run the best compound for the car.
..me find a set of rotors that can stand up to track use then?
Old Feb 25, 2011, 10:39 AM
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Alex Leonard,

Still waiting for the "data" you said was going to be emailed to me as well as waiting for an answer here.
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Still waiting Al.
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lol ^
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Bump for data
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Al's online right now, he must have just forgotten about this post and the data.
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I was about to buy a 2-piece set of rotors from PF... Guess random blanks + good pads it is...
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Ask Al.
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Originally Posted by cfdfireman1
Ask Al.
Where is he?


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