RE: GTV6 vented rotors

["Brian Shorey" <bshorey@domain.elided>]

> Vented rear rotors help, but the problem with vented rotors is that they
> really need to be fed air under pressure to the vent inlets at the centre
> of the rotor in order to be most effective. Vented rotors are not hugely
> effective at pumping air on their own. So, the best solution is to fit
> vented rear rotors with ducting to a cuff around the inlet to the rotor.
> Take a look at a production racecar and you should see this arrangement. I
> have done this for my front rotors, but the rears are just a bit too
> difficult at the moment. When I get to it, I plan to make a duct about
11/2
> inches deep and about 8 in wide to fit under the dedion tube then
> transforming (via the NACA profile) to about a 3 in round duct leading up
> to the discs.

Perhaps, however there are more than a couple of GTV6 drivers around here
who have solved all their problems with a set of Tarox vented rotors and
spaced calipers.

bs
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