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Anything to get more stopping power including caliber and/or master cylinder swaps.
Thanx for the advice on the rotors and pads. I'll add that to the list....cheers.
Thanx for the advice on the rotors and pads. I'll add that to the list....cheers.
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Snake oil?
I was checking the Advance Rotor Technolgy site to see what makes their rotor/pads so good.
Cryogenic tempering?
I've checked with friends...one in the tool and die business, another one a metalurgist for a mining company. Neither one has ever heard of cryogenic modification of metal. Even liquid nitrogen at -197 degrees F has no lasting affect on metal.
Sooo...anyone know the story on these rotors?
Cryogenic tempering?
I've checked with friends...one in the tool and die business, another one a metalurgist for a mining company. Neither one has ever heard of cryogenic modification of metal. Even liquid nitrogen at -197 degrees F has no lasting affect on metal.
Sooo...anyone know the story on these rotors?
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Regarding the cryogenic rotors, has anyone experienced a reduction in the rotor warping typically found with the stock rotors?
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I don't believe the makeup of the rotors has much to do with the warp problem. Ford seems to have found the primary cause of rotor warp to be the over-torquing of the lug nuts. I got over 50k miles from the OEM rotors without much warp and I'm almost 25k on the ART rotors. I'm regularly towing almost 10k pounds and feel strongly that the ART rotors/pads have much improved stopping power.
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Thanks for the info. I will probably order a set of front rotors and pads today.
You mentioned over-torquing of the lug nuts, did you adjust your torque to lower than specified or do you just make sure that the torque is at the limit specified?
You mentioned over-torquing of the lug nuts, did you adjust your torque to lower than specified or do you just make sure that the torque is at the limit specified?
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Originally Posted by GeoQwest
I was checking the Advance Rotor Technolgy site to see what makes their rotor/pads so good.
Cryogenic tempering?
I've checked with friends...one in the tool and die business, another one a metalurgist for a mining company. Neither one has ever heard of cryogenic modification of metal. Even liquid nitrogen at -197 degrees F has no lasting affect on metal.
Sooo...anyone know the story on these rotors?
Cryogenic tempering?
I've checked with friends...one in the tool and die business, another one a metalurgist for a mining company. Neither one has ever heard of cryogenic modification of metal. Even liquid nitrogen at -197 degrees F has no lasting affect on metal.
Sooo...anyone know the story on these rotors?
Read here:
http://lennon.pub.csufresno.edu/~rlk16/cryo.html
And here:
http://www.onecryo.com/onecryo/how-history.htm
And here:
http://www.americancryogenics.com/process.html
And here:
http://www.cryogenicsolutions.com/about.html
And here:
http://www.worldpath.net/~hisaim/page2.html
And here:
http://www.cryoeng.com/images/WhatIs.HTM
And here:
http://www.cryoeng.com/images/Engine...itySecrets.htm
And here:
http://www.cryoeng.com/images/Cold%20Cuts.htm
And here:
http://www.motorsportsengineering.sa...-cryogenic.htm
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