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Wilwood H hard on rotors?
I ran this weekend at Carolina Motorsports Park, my 'home' track. First time using Wilwood H pads (had used Cobalt Spec VR prior to that), and after just 6 runs (about 25 minutes each), my right front rotor cracked. Not just the little heat check cracks, but from the middle all the way through to the outside.
Now, these rotors that were on the car were NAPA 25.00 specials, which most road course guys use 'cause they work and they're cheap. They had a few hundred street miles on them before I went to the track. After installing the Wilwoods, I bedded them in by doing 6 or 7 progressively harder stops from 70-20, then driving about 45 minutes on the highway with no braking to the track to cool them down. They then sat overnight before my runs.
Does anyone else have experience and an estimated amount of time their rotors last when using this combo?
As a comparison, my OEM stock rotors went through 5000+ street miles and 2 weekends (Sebring and CMP) with the Cobalt Spec VR's (which I LOVE, but used the Wilwoods because I wanted to try something new for comparison) and those rotors still look pretty good - they have some grooving in them, but the pads that matched them are gone, so I won't use the rotors anymore.
Would love to hear feedback! Thanks!
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