Mustang Forums at StangNet

e-line rotors ! good or bad? by R1 concepts

This is a discussion on e-line rotors ! good or bad? by R1 concepts within the SVT Tech forums, part of the SVT category; I was on ebay and found these rear rotors for my 96 cobra and there e-line brand by R1 concepts. ...

Go Back   Mustang Forums at StangNet > Mustang Forums > SVT > SVT Tech

Over 151,000 Members!!

Register Vendors Garage FAQ Calendar Search Today's Posts Mark Forums Read



Reply
 
LinkBack Thread Tools Display Modes
  #1 (permalink)  
Old 10-15-09, 12:48 PM
Member
 
Join Date: October 2009
Location: Pickens,SC
Posts: 4
e-line rotors ! good or bad? by R1 concepts

I was on ebay and found these rear rotors for my 96 cobra and there e-line brand by R1 concepts. there were 85.00 for the pair! thats pretty cheap and about 23.00 for the shipping. but with that price makes me worry about the performance and duribility! they are cross drilled ans slotted, and there zinc coated. they look good so i am curious if anyone has purchased any of these brand rotors . and can speak of duribility and peformance of this brand. thanks Don
Reply With Quote
  #2 (permalink)  
Old 10-15-09, 02:59 PM
COBRA90GT's Avatar
Moderator
 
Join Date: September 2001
Location: HOCKEYTOWN ® , MI
Posts: 6,312
What kind of braking will you be doing? Mostly street? Road racing? Autocross? Mixture of racing and street?

If you want durability and solid performance for the street, factory Ford/Brembos are plenty rotor for the vast majority of cobra owners out there. You can usually find good prices on them at Tirerack or other similar vendors.

If you plan on seriously open tracking your cobra (ie - roadrace or autocross events), you may even want to explore upgrading your entire brake package. The typical big name players in the brake industry all have kits out there (you can Google for those manufacturers; I don't know how reputable R1 concepts' brake hardware is though, so buyer beware).

Keep in mind that many people simply like the cross drilled, zinc, slotted, etc, etc rotors for "looks" as well. If you want rotors to look "good," well then by all means go for them - I'm not knocking these types of rotors. The ones that aren't junk, may offer some performance improvement over factory brakes, but they may come with added noise, brake dust, and potential problems. You may find a few "cross drilled" rotors developing hairline cracks from basic street usage.

If your cobra just needs some TLC in the brake department, I'd recommend bleeding your brake fluid, adding stainless steel brake line/hoses (front end at the very least), new pads (brake pad manufacturer is another can of worms, lots of opinions on them), and possibly just turning your original rotors (if enough material is there and/or they are not warped). If new rotors are needed, purchase accordingly.

Whatever route you choose, be sure to do your research first.

G'luck and welcome aboard (see that you are new to Stangnet).

Reply With Quote
  #3 (permalink)  
Old 10-15-09, 08:23 PM
jeremy canter's Avatar
Official Member
 
Join Date: December 2008
Posts: 158
Garage
^^ and post the out come for the rest of us so we have a heads -up
Reply With Quote
Reply




Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is On
Trackbacks are On
Pingbacks are On
Refbacks are On


 




All times are GMT -6. The time now is 05:17 AM.