Plain vs. Drilled vs. Slotted. vs ??? Rotors - What's what?

In this video I discuss the performance differences between different types of disc rotor designs, the pros and cons and which are best for certain applications.

Music:
Itro & Tobu - Cloud 9

[Smokinskittles]

how did you just talk for 10 minutes without having to do much editiing! You're a great speaker!!! Thanks for the information!

[corvettefever]

Wow, he actually really knows what he's talking about & explained it very well

[justindad]

He talked very well, could be a very good teacher or reporter.

[freddiecharriez]

You get the lowest temp on a solid rotor because it works like a heat sink, but on the track at high speeds and heavy braking slotted is best because it allows the escape of gases and dust. This will give you more brake pad surface to make contacts which will make the car stop faster. Now on a everyday driver you go with either solid or for those that like to push it on the highway like I do drilled & slotted.

[SlikLizrd]

Remember -- The BRAKES stop the WHEELS -- but the TIRES stop the VEHICLE !!

[spartty]

So basically for an everyday driver like myself, I’m sticking to my basic pads and rotors. No need for the fancy drilled and slotted stuff on my 2018 Nissan Murano. Just slap some good quality tires on there, with dependable, plain, quality, brakes and rotors. Thank you good sir.

[videomaniac]

I replaced the one-piece Akebono iron rotors on my sport pkg 370z with a set off slotted Akebono two-piece aluminum hat rotors and put G-Loc GS-1 street pads on it. The front wheels are about 10 lbs lighter, with the rears being about 5 lbs lighter. The results have been great; with next to no brake dust, no noise and a solid linear feel in the pedal. I was also able to shave off another 12 lbs from each of the wheels with the use of forged magnesium monoblock wheels, lightweight Michelin Pilot Sport 4S tires and aluminum lug nuts. The G-Loc pads have about a 50% increase in the coefficient of friction over the OEM Akebonos, which I like because I can now exploit the greater longitudinal and lateral g's the tires can support.

Aside from not being cheap, I'm very happy with how the car is handling now. I'm currently working on installing some aluminum triangulated chassis braces on the car. I replaced the stamped steel front shock tower brace with an aluminum triangulated brace that is about half the weight and more stiff.

[esan]

I'm glad I watched this. Need to replace my rotors, and almost spent twice as much in a drill slotted set... Thank you

[digdeeep]

Good video. Best I’ve seen on the subject. Important point not discussed is that the cleaning effect provided by slots allows a more aggressive pad not used with street rotors due to grooving/off gassing-fade. Slotted rotors off gas fine and keep a smooth surface with aggressive metallics. Cryogenic treatment will also extend rotor life with aggressive pads.

[TheSageSpeaksBU]

That was packed full of info we could use. Thanks, I'm sticking with plain rotors and hi quality ceramic pads.

[turbotrana]

I used slotted rotors once and never again. They wore down the pads heaps quicker and you could feel the pad going over the slots thru the slightly pulsing brake pedal.

[laurelbakker]

Thorough yet concise information. This was a great primer to see before I called around to get pricing on new rotors for my car. Thank you!!!

[markmelgosa]

Awesome video my friend, very informative, I am 59 years old years ago I always worked on my owned vehicles, I started my own business in 1980 painting decorating and maintenance services, I was blessed with making a decent wage so until I retired 3 years ago I started working on my vehicles again to save money on a budget now going to do a full brake job on my wife's minivan and was indecisive on which rotor and pads to use wanted the best I asked a couple of different mechanics and also called a few parts stores and still didn't know what the best way to go, thanks to you I was able to make the best decision on what braking system thank you again looking forward to other videos that you post you get an A-Plus my friend thank you again Marky Mark

[tonytyndal]

Very well spoken and informative. Anyone could watch the video and be knowledgeable enough to make an informed decision.

[shamiable]

Wish i had watched this video before spending more on drilled rotors for no reason. Thank you for the info. Very well explained video

[gregoryhudson]

I've just bought myself a full set of EBC drilled and slotted rotors and a set of EBC "Yellow stuff" pads for my Mazda CX-5. I reckon they have improved the stopping distance massively. I tow a 2 tonn caravan and can definitely tell the difference from the original OEM to EBC. Great video by the way! 👍🏻 😎🇬🇧

[roganAKAmacgyver]

I've learned this when I started tracks days 15 years ago and save a lot because of this. Drilled is for looks and less reliable. If you are daily driving only in that car - get plain. If you are autocrossing or road coursing get slotted, good high temp capable pads and motul to prevent boiling.

[deecee]

Great video. The material was well presented. I learned something and that's always a good thing. Thank you.

[vladus..]

I want to chance my brakes today and I want to inform me befor I buy somethings and you explain etremly good ! Nice video man

[MrSilverback]

Great video! You answered all the questions that I had and have saved me money and possibly headaches. Thanks so much.