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Posted by Bill Davies [Email] (more from Bill Davies) on Tue, 14 Aug 2007 02:00:32 Share Post by Email
In Reply to: OK, according to tire rack..., David W, Mon, 13 Aug 2007 19:09:19
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I got it the wrong way round, many apologies, ATE it is on the later cars! So you already have the weight according to Tirerack. However, the ATE ones on Tirerack seem to be slotted.

To make up for being an idiot I tried to do a bit of research. The weight information just doesn't seem to be on the manufacturers' websites. So I looked at a site called http://www.buybrakes.com and they show the "shipping weight" of an OEM Saab rotor at 15 lbs. But they show the shipping weight of standard smooth Brembos as 25 lbs, which sounds ridiculous until you look at the price and work out they are shipping a set of two. EBC drilled and slotted rotors ship at 29 lbs, explicitly for two.

Does this mean the Brembos are the lightest? Probably not, because the discs for the old 96 V4 are smaller diameter and only 8mm thick (one-third of the 9000) but Brembos for that car also ship at 25lbs a pair. There looks to be a standard charge for shipping Brembos of whatever flavour. So unless someone is prepared to actually unwrap a rotor and put it on the weighing scales... makes me wonder about the Tirerack info, too.

I then found a bulletin board thread where the owner of a Mitsubishi EvoIX reckoned he could save 6lbs per side by changing to DBA two-piece rotors, so there's another one for you to look at.

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