The brake system on a car or truck works by converting kinetic energy into
heat energy. The friction between the brake pads and rotor creates heat, but
when brakes get too hot bad things can happen. The most dangerous thing about
hot brakes is the decrease in braking power known as “brake fade”.
However, heat is a normal product of the braking system. The problem
is, too much heat, for every increase of 100 degrees over the normal operating
temperature, brake wear doubles. The longer brakes stay at high temperatures,
the more wear they experience. Also, at high braking temperatures, a gas is
expelled by the brake pads, (known as "out-gassing"), which forms a barrier
between the pad and rotor. The out-gassing effectively pushes the pad away from
the rotor reducing brake efficiency.
SP Performance rotors provide the best solution by considerably
decreasing brake temperatures and increasing brake pad to rotor contact by
effectively reducing brake pad out gassing.
Read more about Sp Performance 4 different types of rotors and Brake
Pads.
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