brake rotor Options

[st_celica_killer]

hey is there any good front brake rotor out there for our celica st ?????

[shid]

Shin, its actually physically impossible for you to get better braking power out of them; they're surface space is reduced too much by the slots and the holes- now if you replaced the pads, or your old rotors were going out.. then you might feel a difference; but a stock rotor vs cross and drilled, stock rotor would win.

[AndyST4]

Shin, its actually physically impossible for you to get better braking power out of them; they're surface space is reduced too much by the slots and the holes- now if you replaced the pads, or your old rotors were going out.. then you might feel a difference; but a stock rotor vs cross and drilled, stock rotor would win.
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drilled and slotted rotor do improve braking and brake fade because as you brake a gas builds up between your pads and rotor and the slots or holes provide a place for this gas to escape so your pads and rotor can have better contact

[Kwanza26]

drilled and slotted rotor do improve braking and brake fade because as you brake a gas builds up between your pads and rotor and the slots or holes provide a place for this gas to escape so your pads and rotor can have better contact
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That argument may hold true if you're using brake pads for 30 years ago... Read ANYWHERE from retailers that sell slotted/drilled rotors and they WILL NOT say those rotors are for better performance. With today's compound brake pads... there is NO reason to run drilled or slotted rotors from a braking performance perspective. There may be minor heat dissapation differences and such, but braking improvements are lacking.

[shid]

drilled and slotted rotor do improve braking and brake fade because as you brake a gas builds up between your pads and rotor and the slots or holes provide a place for this gas to escape so your pads and rotor can have better contact
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drilled and slotted rotor do improve braking

pads and rotor can have better contact

No, they don't. There's too little surface area- there's no rotor for the pads to make contact WITH. One or the other has the ability to improve braking, as you state. With their powers combined, they don't do jack ****. Not to mention that no one here on this site has brakes powerful enough to merit even drilled or slotted rotors.