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08-30-2007, 04:05 PM
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Slotted Rotor Install
Is there a preferred direction for the slots to go? At TDC (12 oclock) facing the rotor from outside of the wheel, should the slots be facing aggressivly like this: /// or should they be be facing the other way, like this: \\\ ?
Or does it matter?
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#2
08-30-2007, 04:56 PM
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They should be not facing agressively, like the stock SVX wheels go. They should be facing the oposite way. Allows for better cooling.
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#3
08-30-2007, 05:07 PM
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I just put some on and they are put on like this: If you are looking at the wheel, (that was stupid) - anyway - if the wheel is turning clockwise, the slots would be \\\\, and if it was turning counter-clockwise ////. The would be moving the gas or heat out towards the tire. That might be wrong though.
 I will have to check my other ones. 
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#4
08-30-2007, 09:00 PM
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The guys at StopTech made this very easy:
Stand facing the PASSENGER side front wheel Salute the front wheel with your RIGHT hand Now look at the angle of your hand, your fingers are pointing the direction that the slots should go.  On the DRIVER'S side, do the same thing only salute with your LEFT hand  Now wasn't that simple?? .
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#5
08-30-2007, 09:50 PM
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Those brakes look HUGE!!! 
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#6
08-31-2007, 04:24 AM
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There seems to be a problem here. The left side has slots and is dimple drilled and the right side only has slots!
Thanks for the detailed explanation of the rotors John. I would not expect anything else from you.  Salute the car with the hand that you are on the side of. Left hand with left side of car. etc. This is easy to remember.
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#7
08-31-2007, 05:45 AM
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Well think about it. The spacer supports between the two plates on the front rotors are directional. Centrifugal force is going to pull air out, however if your turning against those spacers, the air isn't going to be able to escape as efficiently. The backs, i would just put on the same direction as the fronts.
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#8
08-31-2007, 06:02 AM
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www.svxfiles.com The first SuperCharged SVX, the first 4.44 gears, the first equal length headers, the first phenolic spacers, the first Class Glass fiberglass hood, the first with 4, 4.44s in his driveway Fiberglass Hood thread My locker 4.44 Swap link
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#9
08-31-2007, 10:33 AM
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The material I've read in forums as well as name-brand pages (StopTech, Baer, etc.) indicates that the direction of the slots is often inconsequential, so long as the vanes are appropriately oriented.
Regarding StopTech's AeroRotors: <linky> Quote:
 Regarding the StopTech guys' "salute-ion" (oh, I slay me), that may very well apply to their SVX rotors, but their webpage shows that even their own brand varies.  Brembo says half 'n' half of that, too: <linky> Quote:
It's probably safest to go by application, by brand.Considering that the amount of gas that the slots are responsible for capturing is slight, that both ends of each slot are open to atmosphere, and that most of the way around, the slots are completely exposed, I'd follow the vanes first, manufacturer's guidance second, and (in indifference expressed by the components and their manufacturer) aesthetics third. Naturally, as this defies some of the statements made in previous posts by a bunch of guys who don't just blindly hurl answers, I'm entirely interested in reading any opinions, quotes, or theories which parallel or contradict this one.
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#10
08-31-2007, 09:20 PM
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So I will. HAHAA! My Big Rotors have axial vanes, and are "more" directional, but we won't get into that right now. What was that quote about "You should not drink, and post?"
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