Are drilled-and slotted- rotors hard on brake pads?
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A more powerful engine uses more fuel, and it stands to reason that if brakes do more work, or generate more energy, they must suffer more wear. In the original planning stage we predicated a 10 per cent increase in pad wear. After all, the holes and slots would be abrasive on the pads and, with less metal-to-pad friction area, we expected more as well. Yet the on-road results have surprised us. In normal usage, pad wear is generally no greater, and rotor wear may be extended. Testing on high-mileage taxis over the past 12 months has shown a totally unexpected benefit. One leading taxi company using DBA Longlife Gold rotors on its fleet has reported that they can last up to 150,000 kilometres with no machining. This is three times the company norm, and has been achieved without any additional pad wear (the pads continued to be changed at the normal 25,000km intervals). The reason for the improvement relates to the shaving effect of the slots, which ensure improved contact between pad a
