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| snowwolf 2743 posts 12 months | Friday 30th July  007 VXR said:
Bonnie and Clyde said:
Dont worry Mark, we dont need to know. Thats what we pay Monkfish for      made me chuckle a lot | |
| snowwolf 2743 posts 12 months | Friday 30th July L2VXR said:
I was under the impression that the grooves were for letting hot gasses out under braking and to minimize the pads glazing not to cool the disc,cooling is done via the vents between the disc face's Your right, but the vents in the discs on one side are going the wrong way, they are actually pushing the air away from the disc and not into it. | |
| 007 VXR 15579 posts 24 months | Friday 30th July L2VXR said:
007 VXR said:
L2VXR said:
,cooling is done via the vents between the disc face's thats the  bit they face the wrong way on the left ones ?? I was told buy a brake disc manufacturer that it didnt matter which way round the grooves went when i ask about some that i fitted to another car | |
| Tattooboy 1457 posts 15 months | Friday 30th July The grooves on mine are the same way as you show snowwolf, the drivers side seems correct and the passenger sade seems incorrect, however, I don't think this makes any difference altho someone will prob argue otherwise, I'm sure if there was a major issue, Mr Monkfish would have said something to us all by now
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| snowwolf 2743 posts 12 months | Friday 30th July snowwolf said:
L2VXR said:
I was under the impression that the grooves were for letting hot gasses out under braking and to minimize the pads glazing not to cool the disc,cooling is done via the vents between the disc face's Your right, but the vents in the discs on one side are going the wrong way, they are actually pushing the air away from the disc and not into it. | |
| boggie 207 posts 59 months | Friday 30th July My old VXR were the same on both sides. The APs are handed. | |
| snowwolf 2743 posts 12 months | Friday 30th July boggie said:
My old VXR were the same on both sides. The APs are handed. AP's are far better brakes, and yes they are handed, the discs shown in the pic a thread or two up, I dont think matter what way they go because the fins in the middle of the disc are not curved. | Advertisement |
| Tattooboy 1457 posts 15 months | Friday 30th July snowwolf said:
boggie said:
My old VXR were the same on both sides. The APs are handed. AP's are far better brakes, and yes they are handed, the discs shown in the pic a thread or two up, I dont think matter what way they go because the fins in the middle of the disc are not curved. | |
| boggie 207 posts 59 months | Friday 30th July Tattooboy said: snowwolf said: boggie said: My old VXR were the same on both sides. The APs are handed. AP's are far better brakes, and yes they are handed, the discs shown in the pic a thread or two up, I dont think matter what way they go because the fins in the middle of the disc are not curved. AP's are far better brakes if you use them enough, if not, big pain in butt ! Hi TB, How's your shouty car going? Wish I had the balls to straight pipe mine but my neighbours would lynch me and put me in the stocks by the village pond as an example. In what way are the APs a pain? I have them, as does a colleague (Twoblackhats). He has had no problem with his but I have the wobbles with mine. However I really USE mine and they get rather hot but have always performed well (apart from the wobbles), much better than the frankly scary VXR anchors that were fitted when I got the car. With so much power on tap and a juvenile right foot, I need better braking than GM could offer. Must admit to being disappointed with the APs wobbling. B | |
| Tattooboy 1457 posts 15 months | Friday 30th July boggie said:
Tattooboy said:
snowwolf said:
boggie said:
My old VXR were the same on both sides. The APs are handed. AP's are far better brakes, and yes they are handed, the discs shown in the pic a thread or two up, I dont think matter what way they go because the fins in the middle of the disc are not curved.How's your shouty car going? Wish I had the balls to straight pipe mine but my neighbours would lynch me and put me in the stocks by the village pond as an example. In what way are the APs a pain? I have them, as does a colleague (Twoblackhats). He has had no problem with his but I have the wobbles with mine. However I really USE mine and they get rather hot but have always performed well (apart from the wobbles), much better than the frankly scary VXR anchors that were fitted when I got the car. With so much power on tap and a juvenile right foot, I need better braking than GM could offer. Must admit to being disappointed with the APs wobbling. B | |
| 007 VXR 15579 posts 24 months | Friday 30th July your starting to get me worryed about getting AP's
 as i only do 5/7k ayear | |
| Bonnie and Clyde 9611 posts 29 months | Friday 30th July 007 VXR said: L2VXR said: 007 VXR said: L2VXR said: ,cooling is done via the vents between the disc face's thats the bit they face the wrong way on the left ones ??I dont mean the pattern on the disc face i mean the holes that are between the two sides of the disc like in the pic below [url] |http://thumbsnap.com/MLbFWbZ2[/url] I was told buy a brake disc manufacturer that it didnt matter which way round the grooves went when i ask about some that i fitted to another car yep thats it .. | |
| Wolfracer 1868 posts 43 months | Friday 30th July 007 VXR said: your starting to get me worryed about getting AP's as i only do 5/7k ayear AP's probably not, friction pads, yes. Remember AP's are a racing(type) pad and like to be warm and wearing to be at their most effective. At the least, you will be wearing off wheel wobbling rust all the time.... | |
| snowwolf 2743 posts 12 months | Friday 30th July 007 VXR said:
your starting to get me worryed about getting AP's Mark, you must have found the VXR brakes perfectly ok or you would have changed them long before now, your brakes must be a perfect set up and run in well.as i only do 5/7k ayear You have to consider if you will get out of your brakes the amount of money put in to change them, if your brakes are good I would be worried that I would be changing them for a lot more hassle. I have read on here that people have changed their brakes to AP's and have problems, I know I could be doing myself out of a nice set of braking gear, but would not want you changing them and find they are more hassle for what you use them for. | |
| Tattooboy 1457 posts 15 months | Friday 30th July 007 VXR said:
your starting to get me worryed about getting AP's I'd stick with what you have mate !as i only do 5/7k ayear | |
| snowwolf 2743 posts 12 months | Friday 30th July Tattooboy said:
007 VXR said:
your starting to get me worryed about getting AP's I'd stick with what you have mate !as i only do 5/7k ayear  | |
| 007 VXR 15579 posts 24 months | Friday 30th July snowwolf said:
007 VXR said:
your starting to get me worryed about getting AP's Mark, you must have found the VXR brakes perfectly ok or you would have changed them long before now, your brakes must be a perfect set up and run in well.as i only do 5/7k ayear You have to consider if you will get out of your brakes the amount of money put in to change them, if your brakes are good I would be worried that I would be changing them for a lot more hassle. I have read on here that people have changed their brakes to AP's and have problems, I know I could be doing myself out of a nice set of braking gear, but would not want you changing them and find they are more hassle for what you use them for. my brakes have been great for juast normal braking over 3 1/2 years which is why i have left it till now .. only done 16k miles on them, with no issues  | |
| snowwolf 2743 posts 12 months | Friday 30th July Tattooboy said:
The grooves on mine are the same way as you show snowwolf, the drivers side seems correct and the passenger sade seems incorrect, however, I don't think this makes any difference altho someone will prob argue otherwise, I'm sure if there was a major issue, Mr Monkfish would have said something to us all by now Roger does know about it, when I was fitting mine and noticed the problem, he knew that they were not handed. | |
| snowwolf 2743 posts 12 months | Friday 30th July Just make sure when you need to check pad depth, that you should always check the passenger side ones for the worst wear, because they will wear quicker than the drivers side.
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| stevieturbo 5256 posts 84 months | Friday 30th July snowwolf said:
It seems strange that the discs fitted to our cars are 50% running the correct way. Grooves are irrelevant, and mostly cosmetic as to how they look.Ive had AP racing discs with the grooves machined both directions for any given rotation. All that matters on some discs, is if the venting vanes are curved, these MUST rotate the correct direction. If they have straight vanes, then it doesnt matter at all. | |
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