***Please
Note, Power Slot Rotors are available for the early Lightning. If your
Lightning was Manufactured before 12/99 please contact Lightning Force
to place your order.***
It’s a fact that venting the gas emitted by hot brake pads improves
overall brake performance and helps minimize fade. At one time the
conventional wisdom in racing circles was to cross-drill brake rotors
to aid cooling and eliminate the gas emitted by brake pads. However,
today’s elite teams in open wheel, Indy and Trans Am racing are moving
away from crack-prone, cross-drilled brake rotors in favor of rotors
modified with a fatigue-resistant slotting process.
Power Slot
rotors bring this technology to the street and are specifically
designed to run cooler, promote dramatically improved wet and dry brake
performance, and are a safer alternative to drilling crack prone holes
through cast iron rotors.
The Power Slot slotting process
removes far less of the rotor’s surface area than conventional cross
drilling to help maintain the highest possible co-efficient of friction
for the brake pads to work against. Slotted rotors trade only 3. 7% of
their surface area to the slots that vent the gasses, while drilled
rotors sacrifice up to 7. 75% of their surface area, and rotors that
are both drilled and slotted sacrifice up to 9. 38% of their surface
area. Less surface area means less stopping friction.
Starting
with select castings manufactured in Italy and the U. S. , all Power
Slot rotors are CNC machined to application specific tolerances that
utilize a patent pending tapered-slot technology to create a vent for
brake dust and pad gasses while preserving rotor strength.
The
slot designs of Power Slot rotors are angled to use the rotors’
direction of rotation to enhance performance. This makes them side
specific with left side (driver’s) and right side (passenger’s) rotors.
Brightly-plated Power Slot rotors also eliminate rusty rotor
syndrome and enhance the look of custom wheels. Their military spec
cadmium plating adds a high-tech appearance and corrosion resistance.
Power
Slot rotors are designed to beat the challenges of high performance
driving and severe duty brake demands, and represent one of the most
cost-efficient performance brake upgrades offered in the market today.
