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Old Mar 30, 2006 | 12:04 PM
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they look very stupid imo....but like subject..

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Old Mar 30, 2006 | 12:06 PM
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better cooling supposedly
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Old Mar 30, 2006 | 12:07 PM
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Chavs wet dream.

Soon they'll be down B&Q sticking circular saw blades to their drum brakes to imitate them.
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Old Mar 30, 2006 | 12:07 PM
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Don't know mate, but never seen a car with them fitted
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Old Mar 30, 2006 | 12:09 PM
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Originally Posted by pornstar!
better cooling supposedly
emphasis on the supposedly there.................if it worked the rally / touring car boys would have started using them years ago..........
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true but thats the speel they give out!
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Old Mar 30, 2006 | 12:11 PM
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tryin to take the idea from bikes.

Like the ZX10R & 6 have wavey disc's to aid coolin & deglazin plus pad wear or something.

Not sure if id like em on a car tho

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marketed as something to do with weight as well iirc
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Originally Posted by pornstar!


true but thats the speel they give out!
you mean the bollocks they give out surely...........I've got the wavy discs on my mountain bike and when I replaced them I asked what advantages there were - and was told none at all. Just looks different.....
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Old Mar 30, 2006 | 12:17 PM
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on a bike where you have a thin disk of a big diameter i can see it possibly helping, on a car, i wouldnt want to trust them at all, its just less of the much needed pad area IMHO
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the surface area is larger than that of a disc of the same diameter if round so heat WILL dissipate faster off it,its simple physics.
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Aaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhh, when I bought my Cossie it had a set on the front, theyre called "rotary discs" and they were fookin shit!, they were warped as well really badly, they were £120 going of receipt I inherited with the car,
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Originally Posted by big_wig_074
the surface area is larger than that of a disc of the same diameter if round so heat WILL dissipate faster off it,its simple physics.
How can it have more surface area of a round disc the same diameter? It's got bits cut out?
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